Bodycote International has acquired Oy Galvano the Finnish metal treatment company with annual sales of £2.3m... [more]

Headlam has sold Gordon John Textiles the Salford Quays-based curtain manufacturer to management for £2m while Claremont Fabrics and BS Brown of Glossop have also been sold... [more]

Sysdrill the Aberdeen-based software company has been acquired by Paradigm Geophysical the worldwide provider of information solutions for the oil and gas industry... [more]

Wolseley is to acquire Westburne Group the Canadian supplier of plumbing equipment for £250m as part of a strategy to expand its presence in the North American construction industry... [more]

Aegis is to acquire Demoscopie the French market research consultancy with annual turnover of £3.5m and MEMRB Customs Research Worldwide which has offices in 22 countries... [more]

BioFocus is to acquire Cambridge Drug Discovery the drug screening specialist for £27m in order to offer a wider range of services to the pharmaceutical industry... [more]

Vosper Thornycroft is to acquire RTK Marine the Poole-based boat supplier for about £4m... [more]

Barlows the Chester-based property developer is to undergo a £37m management buy-out... [more]

CGNU is to sell its Belgian non-life insurance business to Winterthur of Switzerland for £72m... [more]

Enterprise Inns is to acquire 439 managed pubs from Morgan Grenfell Private Equity for £262m and will convert them into tenancies... [more]

Cardington has bought the Hardy Amies fashion house for undisclosed terms and plans to market the brand to a younger audience... [more]

WPP has acquired Springbok Technologies the Texas-based public relations company with 60 staff through its Cohn & Wolfe subsidiary in the US... [more]

Charles Taylor Consulting is to acquire Resolve International the supplier of insurance underwriting services with offices in London Paris Madrid Barcelona Brussels and Miami... [more]

Advantica Technologies has bought US-based Stoner Associates from Severn Trent for £18m in order to expand its gas pipeline and engineering business in North America... [more]

IRevolution is planning a reverse takeover of Sep Industrial to gain a stock market listing and a share issue will raise £10m for the development of its systems integration business... [more]

Robert Wiseman Dairies has acquired Lordswood Dairy the southwest-based milk distributor for £2m in order to increase the output of its new Droitwich dairy... [more]

Prodrive is to acquire Tickford for undisclosed terms in order to create an enlarged automotive design business with 500 staff and turnover of more than £100m... [more]

Fibernet has acquired ICG Interconnect the German supplier of computer networks for £1.8m... [more]

FKI has acquired Stearns Airport Equipment Company the US manufacturer of airport baggage systems for £5.2m... [more]

Wadkin the Leicester-based woodwork machinery manufacturer has been bought out of receivership by management saving 110 jobs... [more]