Coils UK, the Ebbw Vale-based manufacturer of electromagnetic devices with 60 staff, has undergone a £1m management buy-out, and will be renamed Electro Magnetic Technology.... [more]

Channelfly has sold its Power Promotion dance music promotions business to management for £0.2m.... [more]

Interactivity Group is to acquire L&P-MCC, the healthcare advisory firm, for £7.4m.... [more]

CRP Holdings of Skelmersdale is to merge with Balmoral Group International, creating a combined international oil field services group with 450 staff.... [more]

Oxford University Press has bought the Grove dictionaries business, which will involve the transfer of 11 London-based staff.... [more]

Halma has acquired Radcom, the Hampshire-based manufacturer of pipe monitoring equipment, for £2.9m.... [more]

Theodore Goddard of London is to merge with Addleshaw Booth of Leeds and Manchester to create a combined law firm with 180 partners and 500 lawyers.... [more]

Smart Approach, the provider of security training to airport operators, has agreed to a £3.5m reverse takeover deal with Aim-listed cash shell Robert H Lowe.... [more]

Thomas Potts has sold the pre-press arm of G&E Digital Media in Peterborough to a management team, securing 25 jobs, and is now in discussions to sell G&E's digital print business.... [more]

Leger Holidays, the Rotherham-based coach operator with 130 staff, has undergone a £22m management buy-out from MyTravel.... [more]

Six Continents is to reveal details of the demerger of its pubs and hotels businesses next week. The brands, which include Inter Continental and Holiday Inn hotels and All Bar One and O'Neills pubs, a... [more]

Northumbrian Water has sold its Imass computer solutions business to management for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 80 jobs.... [more]

Cheshire Circuits has acquired Cranford Circuits of Winsford, creating a combined circuit boards business with 90 staff.... [more]

Pizza Express is considering three approaches for the business, raising hopes of an early decision on the sale of the chain. Amongst potential buyers is a management buy out team led by David Page, ch... [more]

Boosey & Hawkes is to sell its musical instruments division to Rutland Fund Management for £20m, and is now looking to sell its music publishing business.... [more]

Leadbitter, the construction company with 330 staff, has been acquired by Heijmans of the Netherlands for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Lafarge has acquired Premier Readymix Concrete of Staffordshire for undisclosed terms.... [more]

London Scottish Bank has acquired Pacific Home Loans, the secured lending broker based in Leigh, Essex, for an initial £3.2m.... [more]

BP has announced a £250m deal to sell a 45% stake in the Bayernoil refinery, an 18% stake in the Trans Alpine Pipeline, 247 retail stations in Germany, 55 stations in Hungary and 11 in Slovakia to OMV... [more]

Podia is to sell Jardine Communications, the public relations consultancy, to Global Acquisitions for £0.2m.... [more]