Biggart Baillie has acquired Steedman Ramage, the law firm with 44 employees and offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh... [more]

Global Group is to acquire Paul Layzell Foods, the manufacturer of dumplings and pastry products, for £0.5m... [more]

Jentique, the furniture manufacturer, has been bought out of receivership by Deeside Furniture for undisclosed terms, saving more than 200 jobs... [more]

Oystertec has acquired the plumbing division of Delta for £28m, as part of a strategy to develop its own European pipe-fitting distribution network... [more]

Brockhampton, the owner of Portsmouth Water, is planning to undergo a £71m management buy-out, involving the creation of a special purpose buy-out vehicle called South Downs... [more]

The B&Q stores in the UK and Castorama DIY stores in France may be put up for sale by Kingfisher, who are looking to raise £1bn through a sale and leaseback arrangement of the freeholds. ... [more]

MBNA, the American credit card giant is believed to be the favourite to buy First National Retail Finance, the point-of-sale credit finance arm of Abbey National, worth around £250m. ... [more]

Aegon, the Dutch financial services group, has ended talks with Royal & Sun Alliance about buying the UK group’s life assurance and investment management operation for more than £1bn. There are no cur... [more]

Morgan Grenfell Private Equity is preparing an auction of Coral Eurobet in the first quarter of next year after sale talks fell through over price. The group was originally acquired from Ladbroke Gro... [more]

Malibu rum is expected to go up for sale after US regulators recently blocked Diageo and Pernod Ricard's acquisition of Seagram's drinks business. Offering to sell the label would allay the US Federal... [more]

Bunzl has acquired Nebraska-based Packers, the supplier of disposable products to the beef and pork industry, for undisclosed terms... [more]

Sage has acquired Coala, the French supplier of business management software, for £13m... [more]

Senior has sold two industrial businesses to Tyco of the US for GBP1.6m, and is now looking to sell a further six businesses... [more]

John Mowlem has acquired Daubney, the Lincoln-based mechanical and electrical contractor, for up to £5.5m... [more]

NTL has put its transmission unit up for sale. The debt-laden cable TV and telephony group has had an offer from the BBC for part of the unit - the satellite uploading division, but it is thought NTL ... [more]

Hartest has acquired Tinsley Group, the Croydon-based manufacturer of cable fault testing equipment, for £1.9m, and is also raising £3m in a share placing... [more]

Fenner is to acquire the Enerka conveyor belt business of Luxembourg-based Unipoly for £47m, in order to become the world's largest supplier of heavyweight belts... [more]

Toms of Denmark has acquired Parrs Quality Confectionery, the Poole-based manufacturer of wine gums with 250 staff... [more]

Sanctuary has acquired the Black Box Music classical and ja, record label for £0.3m... [more]

Sopheon has confirmed plans to acquire Orbital Software of Edinburgh for £13m, which is expected to lead to job cuts among the 325-strong combined workforce... [more]