Advanced Medical Solutions is to acquire MedLogic, the Plymouth-based manufacturer of medical grade adhesives for the wound closure market, for £2.5m, and has also announced a £4m rights issue.... [more]

Le Riche has acquired Channel Rentals, Channel Publications and Trade Advisory Business Service from ComProp for £1.7m, in order to expand its electronics retailing and publishing business in the Chan... [more]

Semple Cochrane has sold its Aberdeen-based marine electrical business to management for £0.1m... [more]

Amberley is to sell DS Companies, the manufacturer of water-based coatings, press room chemicals and adhesives in Germany and Sweden, to Fuji Hunt for £13m, thereby completing the disposal of all trad... [more]

Smith & Nephew has sold its Rehabilitation business to AbilityOne of the US for £87m, creating a leading supplier of rehabilitation products to hospitals with operations in Kirkby, France and the US... [more]

Thales has sold its Somerset-based fisheries vessel monitoring systems business to a management buy-out under the name of BlueFinger... [more]

Javelin Systems Europe and Jade Communications have undergone a management buy-out from US parent Aspeon, creating a combined retail technology business with about 80 staff in the North West... [more]

Microcomputing, the Washington-based IT solutions company, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms... [more]

Serco Railtest has acquired the Glasgow-based rail grinding subsidiary of Schweerbau, in order to help deliver its contract with Railtrack. ... [more]

Artisan is to sell Speymill Contracts, the provider of property refurbishment services, to Wigmore Group for £4m... [more]

Arcolectric is to acquire Otehall Switches, the Haywards Heath-based manufacturer of micro switches, and related company Otehall Tooling for a total £1.7m... [more]

Shell is to acquire Pennzoil-Quaker State, the US lubricants company, for £1.2bn... [more]

ITV Digital is being placed into administration in an attempt to "protect" the channel while urgent restructuring work is carried out. It is proposed that Deloitte & Touche partners will be appointed ... [more]

Wessex Water, the water company owned by failed US energy trader Enron, is to be acquired by YTL Corp of Malaysia for £1.24bn... [more]

Cadbury Schweppes is to acquire Nantucket Allserve, the US soft drinks company with annual sales of £42m, for undisclosed terms... [more]

CD Bramall is set to acquire Quicks, the Ford car dealer, for £40m... [more]

Innovation Group has acquired Midas IT Services, the Kent-based provider of IT hosting services to the insurance industry, for £4m... [more]

De La Rue is to acquire the banking automation business of Papelaco, the Portugal-based manufacturer of self-service banking technology, for GBP16m... [more]

Anite has acquired Ideal Technology Services, the Manchester-based provider of software and consultancy services to local authorities, for £5m... [more]

Synergy Healthcare is planning to acquire the Hays Clinical Support Services division of Hays Commercial Services, which provides instrument decontamination and sterilisation services to hospitals, fo... [more]