Eliza Tinsley is to acquire ForTeq of Italy for £1.8m as part of a strategy to expand its off-highway products business in continental Europe... [more]

WR Group has bought Westward Refrigeration Service from Linde Refrigeration of Germany for undisclosed terms as part of a strategy to provide full refrigeration facilities to retailers throughout the ... [more]

Precise Communications is to merge with the Unique broadcasting company to create the Unique Communications Group providing a wide range of marketing broadcasting and corporate communications services... [more]

Kingsbridge Holdings is to acquire Benson McGarvey the Nottingham-based financial adviser for £13m... [more]

Aggregate Industries has acquired Blacktop the asphalt contractor for undisclosed terms... [more]

Travis Perkins has acquired Lawford & Sons the London-based builders merchant... [more]

Rexam is selling its MiTek building products business in the US which manufactures steel connectors for roofing timbers to Berkshire Hathaway for £275m... [more]

Merant is to sell its Merant Micro Focus software tools business to Golden Gate Capital and Parallax Capital Partners of the US for £45m in order to focus on e-commerce... [more]

Civilian Content has acquired Isis Productions the producer of music and children's programmes from Westpool Investment Trust... [more]

Davis Service is to acquire RentX the US chain of 74 tool hire shops for £34m... [more]

Grafton Group has announced the recent acquisition of a further four builders merchants including GA Day of Portsmouth BSG of East London Norman Rhead of Stoke and Hawkesford of Market Drayton... [more]

Mike Beer Transport has bought Tipro the international bulk tipper operator from Star Cargo for undisclosed terms and has also announced plans to consolidate its three UK depots onto a new site at the... [more]

Guardian Media Group is to buy the Scot FM radio station from the Wireless Group for £25m and will rename the business as Real Radio Scotland... [more]

Great Universal Stores has sold Breathe.com the internet service provider to Affinity Internet for £1.7m... [more]

Winchester Entertainment is to acquire The Feature Film Company the film distributor in exchange for 80000 new ordinary shares... [more]

Eurocopy has acquired County Business Machines supplier of photocopiers and fax machines for £1.4m... [more]

Business Systems Group has acquired the design business of Atomic Tangerine for up to £6.7m in order to expand its online solutions division... [more]

OneClickHR has acquired MicroSolve Training the supplier of computer training services from offices in Manchester and Edgware... [more]

Sealine International the Kidderminster-based yacht manufacturer has been acquired by Brunswick Corporation of the US for £48m... [more]

Balfour Convenience Stores has acquired the Clements chain of 15 stores in the Hampshire area and now plans to add 25 new stores a year to the existing 132... [more]