European Colour is to sell Tor Coatings, the County Durham-based coatings supplier, to a management buy-out for £13m.... [more]

Aggregate Industries has acquired aggregate and ready-mixed concrete assets in the US from Wakefield Materials for £43m, in order to expand its East Coast business.... [more]

Alfred McAlpine has acquired Eastern Contracting, the electrical services company, for £13m, in order to strengthen its position in the provision of infrastructure services to the utility sector.... [more]

Taylor Woodrow has acquired Journey Homes of Phoenix, Arizona, for £29m, in order to expand its housebuilding operations in the US.... [more]

Taylor & Francis has acquired the publishing business and assets of US-based reference book publisher Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers for up to £3.1m.... [more]

Carillion has announced the £9m sale of the hoists, accommodation and general plant operations of Maxxiom, its plant hire joint venture with P&O, to Hewden Stuart.... [more]

Alchemy Partners is backing plans for a management buy-out of MMS International, the provider of information on fixed income and foreign exchange markets with more than 100 staff, from Standard & Poor... [more]

Proactive Sports Group has acquired Fox Sports, the Durham-based sports management company, for up to £1.2m.... [more]

Microgen is to acquire Wishstream, the provider of hosted e-billing services, for an initial £0.5m.... [more]

Kidde has acquired Ajax Group, the Dutch provider of fire protection products and services, for £12m.... [more]

Aga Foodservice has bought HC Troldahl, the Newcastle-based provider of refrigeration and air conditioning services, out of administration for £2.3m.... [more]

Zurich Financial Services is to sell Gresham, its private equity business with 32 staff, to management for undisclosed terms.... [more]

A number of parties are set to bid for Schick-Wilkinson Sword, Pfizer's shaving products business. They include Reckitt Benckiser, Rayovac Corporation and Energizer Holdings. The deal could fetch arou... [more]

It is reported that media giant Bertelsmann is likely to sell off its internet music trading site Napster.com, in which it has invested £63 million.... [more]

Bertelsmann AG is said to be talking with rivals about selling its online book retailer BOL. Potential buyers include Amazon.com, but a number of other parties have expressed interest. BOL has about 2... [more]

Sage has acquired CPASoftware, the US accountancy software supplier, for £9m.... [more]

Granada Learning has acquired Leckie & Leckie Publishers, the Fife-based publishing company, for £1.5m.... [more]

Teronix Engineering, the manufacturer of automotive components, has been bought out of receivership by Currie & Warner Group, saving 110 jobs.... [more]

Intercare has acquired LCO Sante, the French contract pharmaceuticals manufacturer with 179 staff, for £35m.... [more]

Sellotape Company, the manufacturer of adhesive tape with 200 staff, has been sold by Verdoso Investments to Henkel of Germany for undisclosed terms.... [more]