Weetabix, the breakfast cereal manufacturer, is to be acquired by Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, the US private equity firm that owns Premier Foods, for £642m.... [more]

Laird has acquired Intron, the manufacturer of composite doors, for an initial £9m, in order to expand its security systems division.... [more]

Taylor & Francis is to acquire Dekker, the US scientific, technical and medical publisher with 170 staff, for £82m.... [more]

UKbetting is to acquire Oddschecker, the betting odds comparison service, for up to £4.7m, and has also announced plans to raise £11m in a share placing.... [more]

Park Group is to acquire the North East and North West operations of Mirfield Financial Services for £2.3m, in order to add about 9,000 new customers to its cash lending business.... [more]

Eclipse Translations has acquired the former in-house translation department of ICI for undisclosed terms, and is also planning to increase its international freelance workforce from 850 to 1,000 by t... [more]

Weetabix, the breakfast cereal manufacturer, is to be acquired by Hicks, Muse,Tate & Furst, the US private equity firm that owns Premier Foods, for £642m.... [more]

Laird has acquired Intron, the manufacturer of composite doors, for an initial £9m, in order to expand its security systems division.... [more]

Taylor & Francis is to acquire Dekker, the US scientific, technical and medical publisher with 170 staff, for £82m.... [more]

UKbetting is to acquire Oddschecker, the betting odds comparison service, for up to £4.7m, and has also announced plans to raise £11m in a share placing.... [more]

Park Group is to acquire the North East and North West operations of Mirfield Financial Services for £2.3m, in order to add about 9000 new customers to its cash lending business.... [more]

Eclipse Translations has acquired the former in-house translation department of ICI for undisclosed terms, and is also planning to increase its international freelance workforce from 850 to 1000 by th... [more]

Lord Black, Chief Executive of Hollinger International, has resigned in disgrace from the helm of his newspaper empire amid rising expectation that his most prized titles, including the Daily Telegrap... [more]

Venture Production, the North Sea oil and gas company, has been put up for sale after less than two years on the London Stock Exchange. The business is believed to be worth £135 million and has attrac... [more]

Delancey, the property group, has put its portfolio of prime London retail developments and office space for sale. The assets are said to be worth between £200 million and £300 million. Delancey is pr... [more]

Sage has completed the acquisition of Softline, the South African supplier of business management software.... [more]

Cox Insurance has acquired Bennetts UK, the Worcester-based insurance broker with 20 branches, for £4.5m.... [more]

Sanctuary Group has acquired Creole Records, the reggae music company, for £1.3m.... [more]

Diploma has acquired Filcon Electronic, the German supplier of specialist connectors to the defence and aerospace markets, for £4.3m.... [more]

ITIS Holdings is to acquire Estimotion, the Israel-based developer of traffic forecasting systems based on the position of mobile phone, for up to £2.8m.... [more]