Evolution has agreed to merge with Beeson Gregory in a £92m reverse takeover, creating one of the largest independent retail stockbroking groups.... [more]

Pressac is to sell 51% of its Interconnect wiring and circuit board business to management for £4.6m.... [more]

Provident Financial has sold its Colonade Insurance Brokers subsidiary, which includes 88 high street outlets, to Swinton Group for £27m.... [more]

Cable & Wireless has won approval from the Guernsey parliament to acquire Guernsey Telecom for £30m, and will invest £5m in the island's e-business infrastructure.... [more]

IFG Group has acquired Trade Credit Brokers, the Irish independent credit insurance brokerage, for an initial £1m.... [more]

JV Group has merged with Howells Group to create JVH Group, a combined Bridgend-based facilities management and business outsourcing group with 235 staff.... [more]

Joloda International has bought the assets of Transpotech, the Anglesey- based pneumatic roller systems manufacturer, out of receivership, saving about 60 jobs.... [more]

Cleanright Environmental Services has been bought out of receivership by the DBI Group, securing the future of 150 jobs.... [more]

Hanson is to acquire Choctaw, the US concrete pipes company, from Amatek for £92m.... [more]

De La Rue has acquired an 85% stake in Sequoia, the US supplier of voting equipment, from Jefferson Smurfit for £24m.... [more]

Metnor has acquired Keynor, the Newcastle-based commercial and leisure contractor with 60 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Country & Metropolitan is to undergo a £15m reverse takeover by an unnamed private house builder.... [more]

Kewill Systems is selling its enterprise resource planning software business to Exact of the Netherlands for £13m, and the proceeds will be used to acquire e-commerce companies.... [more]

European Telecom has been bought out of receivership, with the UK distribution business going to Global Telecoms Distribution and the phone repair business to Phone Fix, securing the future of 70 jobs... [more]

Tribal Group has acquired Nightingale, the healthcare architectural practice with offices in Oxford, London and Brighton and more than 100 staff, for £6.7m.... [more]

Springwood has acquired Victorian Leisure, the Barnsley-based nightclub operator, for £3.2m.... [more]

Solid State Supplies has acquired Steatite, the distributor of electronic components, for £1.4m.... [more]

Glen Dimplex has acquired two distributors of electrical equipment - Brownbrook of Craigavon and Dimco of Dublin, which together employ around 100 people.... [more]

Tornado is to acquire Virtue Broadcasting, the provider of online broadcasting services, for £5m, and will change its name to Tornado Virtue.... [more]

Parkman has acquired Full Circle, the Swindon-based education and training services company, for up to £1.5m.... [more]