Intelliplus has acquired Airserve the Sussex-based mobile commerce company for undisclosed terms... [more]

W&G Baird Group has sold its Textflow digital printing division to management for undisclosed terms... [more]

Newell & Budge the Edinburgh-based IT services company is to undergo a £5m management buy-out backed by 3i and is seeking acquisitions to expand the business throughout the UK... [more]

Ley Rubber the Liverpool-based manufacturer of rubber stoppers and tubing has undergone a £1.1m management buy-out and is now planning to double in size and increase exports... [more]

BP is to acquire Veba Oil and the Aral chain of service stations from Eon in exchange for its 25% stake in Ruhrgas which will make BP the leading petrol retailer in Germany... [more]

BG is to sell its natural gas storage business to Dynegy of the US for £421m which will involve the transfer of 260 employees and a processing terminal at Easington... [more]

Ashquay the property company is to undergo a reverse takeover by Stonemartin Corporate Centres the provider of serviced offices. ... [more]

Royal Doulton has sold its Caithness Glass glassware subsidiary to Royal Worcester & Spode for £6.1m... [more]

Levy Gee the accountancy firm has been acquired by a new company called Numerica for undisclosed terms and Numerica is now looking to acquire further small professional services firms... [more]

Aberdeen Asset Management has acquired Ivory & Sime Asset Management for £9.6m... [more]

James Cotterell & Sons the Walsall-based manufacturer of equestrian products and belt buckles has been bought out receivership by FH Tomkins Buckle saving 55 jobs... [more]

Ambex Group has acquired SGB Manufacturing the West Midlands-based manufacturer of scaffolding products for £3.5m... [more]

Persimmon is planning to sell its Beazer Partnerships social housing and timber construction business to management for £5m... [more]

Oasis the fashion retailer is to undergo a £54m management buy-out backed by PPM Ventures... [more]

DCS is to sell its IT outsourcing division to management for £21m in order to focus its software business on the logistics and automotive markets... [more]

BP is to sell two Burmah Castrol chemical businesses - Foseco in the West Midlands and Chem-Trend in the US - to Cinven for £240m... [more]

Protherics is selling its computer-aided molecular design business to Tularik of the US for £6.7m... [more]

Hunting has sold its Hunting Engineering defence contracting division to ABN Amro and a management team for £42m and the business will be renamed Insys... [more]

Bonhams & Brooks is planning to merge with Phillips to create a combined fine art auction group that will include Phillips' Bond Street saleroom and regional auction houses... [more]

Regent Inns has acquired Pals Leisure Group and Vered the operators of Pals bars in Croydon and Ipswich for £2m... [more]