Cordiant Communications and Publicis of France have agreed to merge their media buying operations which include Zenith Media and Publicis's Optimedia... [more]

Charnwood Group of Leicester has merged with Tubbs Group which has operations in Nottingham and Wiltshire to create a combined elastic manufacturing business called Stretchline with 500 staff... [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]

Baron Corporation the Leeds-based software supplier is to merge with Euro System Projects of Surrey in a £2m deal that will lead to 18 redundancies among the 53 staff... [more]

Lovells is to merge with Paris and Brussels-based Simeon & Associes creating a combined law firm with more than 130 partners in continental Europe... [more]

Hammond Suddards Edge is to merge with Rossotto e Associati the Italian law firm with 44 lawyers... [more]