Sainsbury has acquired collapsed US retailer Ames, and about 12 of the 18 New England sites will be converted to its Shaw's format.... [more]

Centrica has announced the £304m acquisition of Dynegy Storage and Dynegy Onshore Processing, the owner of the Rough offshore gas storage facility in the North Sea and onshore processing facilities at... [more]

Creston is to acquire EMO Group, the marketing communications company with 57 staff in Swindon and Bristol, for up to £5.7m.... [more]

William Baird is to sell Lowe Alpine, its Kendal-based outdoor sportswear business, to Aspen for £13m.... [more]

Meggitt has sold Wayfarer Transit Systems of Poole and Systech Solutions of Croydon to a management buy-out for £15m.... [more]

Campus Media is to acquire The Get Real Marketing Company, the brand communication company that focuses on students, for up to £1.2m.... [more]

NTP has acquired TTC Training of Woking from ABTA, to create a combined workforce training business with 280 staff.... [more]

Siemens has sold its electronics manufacturing facility in Nottingham to a management buy-out operating under the name of SMS Electronics for undisclosed terms, and all 200 staff will be retained.... [more]

HSBC is to acquire Household International, the US consumer finance company, for £8.6bn.... [more]

Prudential is to sell its German life insurance business to Canada Life for £82m.... [more]

Park Group has acquired Cheshire Securities, the Stockport-based credit services company, for £1.2m, taking its network of branches to 29.... [more]

Skipton Building Society has acquired a majority stake in Private Health Partnership, the Otley-based private health insurance broker, for £3.4m.... [more]

Alsford Timber has acquired Flint Timber, the Sussex-based timber merchant, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Penna Consulting has acquired Nethouse Trading and its subsidiary The Resourcing Centre for about £0.5m, in order to expand its recruitment outsourcing business.... [more]

Lincat has acquired Britannia Kitchen Ventilation, the Warwickshire-based manufacturer of commercial kitchen ventilation canopies, for up to £1.4m.... [more]

Kingfisher is to sell its prime retail parks worth £500m. The 15 parks and 5 development sites held by Chartwell Land have a rental income of £29m. Kingfisher plans to focus on DIY, which may also lea... [more]

Riverdeep, the Irish educational software company, has been approached with a possible bid. Schroders Salomon Smith Barney are advising the company, which is valued at around £165m. ... [more]

Old Mutual, the financial services group based in South Africa is selling off its small London-based bond broker, King & Shaxson.... [more]

Chorion, the intellectual services company, has a number of bidders vying for its children's division. Evolution Beeson Gregory is advising on the sale and potential bidders include Carlton, Granada. ... [more]

Magnet Harlequin, the Uxbridge-based printing company, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]