Ainscough is to acquire the mobile crane operations of Baldwins out of receivership for an estimated £35m.... [more]

Henry Boot is to sell its Henry Boot Management specialist construction business to Hedehjem for £5m.... [more]

BPP Holdings has acquired Malpas Flexible Learning, the London-based provider of professional education and HR training, for £5m.... [more]

JS Barton has bought BFD Group, the Edinburgh-based food distributor, out of receivership for a nominal sum.... [more]

South Lakeland Caravans has acquired Lake District Leisure Pursuits, the operator of three caravan parks in Cumbria, for £16m.... [more]

Arnotts, the Dublin department store, has a potential bidder proposing to offer £131m for the company's 4 stores.... [more]

Stanley Leisure has stated its interest in the casino operator London Clubs International. It has reportedly bid £250m, but there are a number of other interested parties. ... [more]

Loch Fyne Oysters, the Scottish company with around 4 million oysters, has been put up for sale. Offers between £5m and £10m are expected for the business.... [more]

Thomas Potts has sold BP Cook, its Harlow-based screen-printing subsidiary, to a former managing director.... [more]

Gyrus has sold its surgical drapes business to Microtek Medical for £2.5m.... [more]

Capita Group has acquired Cost Auditing, the London-based provider of legal cost auditing services for the insurance sector, for up to £7.9m.... [more]

Vertex has acquired 7C, the call centre operator with 434 staff at sites in Liverpool, Birkenhead, London, Pembroke and India.... [more]

Document Express, the Oldham-based office equipment supplier with 40 staff, has undergone a multi-million pound management buy-out.... [more]

RM Neilson and Johnstone Binnie-McKenzie have merged to create a combined Glasgow-based quantity surveying business with a staff of 20.... [more]

Bullough has sold its Boulter boiler manufacturing business to Buderus Heiztechnik of Germany for £8.5m.... [more]

Unilever is to sell Pamol Group, the Malaysian producer of palm oil, to Palmco for £97m.... [more]

Babcock International has sold BMH Chronos Richardson, the Nottingham-based weighing and packing group with about 100 staff, to Premier Tech of Canada for a nominal sum.... [more]

Holders Technology is to acquire the PCB materials business of Cimatec of Germany for £0.7m.... [more]

Hanson has paid £48m for five acquisitions, including Marshalls Flooring of Nottinghamshire, Small Lots bagged building materials of Kettering, the Red Bank soft mud brick factory in Leicestershire an... [more]

RMR is to acquire Talent Group, the independent TV production company, in a £1.3m reverse takeover.... [more]