Secure Trust Banking is to acquire Old Mutual Securities, the provider of institutional stockbroking and corporate finance services, for up to £12m.... [more]

Arla Foods has acquired HT Webb, the speciality cheese supplier, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

It has been commented that The Big Food Group may consider closing down Iceland, its struggling supermarket chain. It is thought that rivals such as Tesco and Sainsburys may be interested in the 700 b... [more]

A number of bidders are eyeing the troubled babywear retailer Mothercare, but it is understood that formal hostile approaches are unlikely before Christmas.... [more]

Fenmarc, the Cambridgeshire-based vegetable processing company with 500 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by 3i.... [more]

Aggregate Industries has announced the £12m acquisition of five businesses - GFX Hartigan in the Midlands, Border Stone of Powys, Central Coated Stone of Nottinghamshire, Francis Flower and a 50% stak... [more]

SIG has acquired Kesteven Roofing Centre, the roofing distributor with 3 branches in Yorkshire and Humberside.... [more]

Boston Matthews has acquired Munchy, the manufacturer of extrusion equipment, and production is being relocated from Wallingford to the Boston Matthews site in Worcester.... [more]

First Great Western is to merge with Thames Trains and Wessex Trains, creating a new Greater Western rail franchise, as part of the Strategic Rail Authority's plan to have a single operator at each ma... [more]

John Laing has sold its Holloway White Allom building restoration division to a management team for £5m.... [more]

Arrow Group, the Hull-based industrial doors group, has undergone a £5m management buy-out backed by Northern Venture Managers.... [more]

Travelcare has acquired 13 Holiday City outlets, taking its total number of branches to 370.... [more]

Corus is to acquire Precoat International, the steel pressings company with 250 staff at two Welsh plants in Cardiff and Cross Keys, for £7.2m.... [more]

Carphone Warehouse has acquired Opal Telecom, the Warrington-based provider of fixed-line telecom services, for £65m.... [more]

Center Parcs, the chain of four holiday villages, is being acquired by Sun Capital Partners in a £465m sale and leaseback deal.... [more]

Oasis Healthcare has acquired Ora Dental Group, the operator of ten dental surgeries in London and the south-east, for up to £5m.... [more]

Logica and CMG have announced plans for a £510m merger to create a combined IT services business named LogicaCMG, which will lead to the loss of about 1,400 jobs.... [more]

Range Cooker, the supplier of upmarket kitchens, has accepted a £22m takeover offer from Britannia Living and Graphite Capital Management.... [more]

Building Design Partnership has announced plans to merge with Whicheloe Macfarlane, the architecture and design company with 80 staff at offices in Bristol and Southampton.... [more]

RMC Aggregates has acquired FB Gibbons & Sons, the operator of a sand and gravel pit near Peterborough, for undisclosed terms.... [more]