Future Network has sold its Silver Shark magazine publishing business in Poland to Wydawnictwo H Bauer for £2m.... [more]

Blue Edge Software, the developer of statistical software, has been acquired by Business Objects of the US for an estimated £4m.... [more]

Screen has acquired Joyce-Loebl, the Gateshead-based developer of the SmartSeat entertainment system for trains and arenas, for £3.2m.... [more]

Cedar, the financial software company, is to be acquired by Alchemy Partners for £4.2m, and will also receive a £34m cash injection and debt facility from Bank of Scotland and Alchemy.... [more]

Invensys is selling its power storage business, which includes 5,000 employees in nine countries, to EnerSys of the US for £348m.... [more]

Sanctuary is to acquire Bravado International, the music licensing company, for an initial £7.8m.... [more]

Hunting has acquired Moose Jaw Asphalt, the Canadian producer of asphaltic paving products, for £14m.... [more]

Baker Tilly is planning to merge with HLB Kidsons to create a combined accountancy firm with about 300 partners and 2,000 staff.... [more]

Palmer & Harvey McLane, the food and cigarette distributor, is planning a £165m management buy-out.... [more]

Arthur Wood has acquired the Pristine Pottery Company of Longton, Stoke- on-Trent, for a small sum, and will transfer the manufacturing operation to its Longport factory.... [more]

Viking International, the Glasgow-based tyre distributor, and sister company National Tyre Service of Stockport have undergone an estimated £25m management buy-out from Continental of Germany, and a f... [more]

Headlam has acquired the trade, stock and distribution rights of Georgian Carpets, the carpet supplier with annual turnover of £3m, and will relocate the business to its West Midlands distribution cen... [more]

Lookers is selling its SMAC Continental Mercedes-Benz dealership in Southend for about £5m.... [more]

Lucent Technologies has sold an 80% stake in the Lucent New ventures Group to UK-based private equity firm Coller Capital for an estimated £66m.... [more]

Games Workshop has acquired 85% of Sabertooth Games, the US producer of collectible card games, for £2m.... [more]

Ryland is acquiring a Volvo dealership in Liverpool from Drayton Motors for £1.1m and a Mercedes-Benz dealership in Newcastle from Cragside for £1.5m.... [more]

Caffyns has acquired Skinners, the Eastbourne-based Volkswagen dealer, for £1.4m.... [more]

British Vita has acquired Fabex, the Blackburn-based thermoplastic sheet manufacturer, for £3m, and will relocate the business to its site in Redhill.... [more]

Babcock International has sold its cement handling business to Langley Holdings for £0.5m, and is now negotiating the sale of its AKI plasterboard drying equipment business.... [more]

Brambles Industries has sold its US equipment rental business to National Equipment Services for £84m, and the proceeds will be used for bolt-on acquisitions and to boost capital spending.... [more]