NCC Group, the Manchester-based software services company with 140 staff, has undergone a £30m management buy-out.... [more]

Aegis has acquired the media buying assets of Independent Media Services of the US for £5m.... [more]

Parity Group has acquired the training facilitation business of Technical Training of Edinburgh for £0.7m.... [more]

Lair International of Bridgend has acquired Talisman, the Essex-based manufacturer of nylon handcuffs, for £1m.... [more]

Amey, the support services group with 9,000 staff, is to be acquired by Grupo Ferrovial of Spain for £81m, which will enable Amey to resume its place in the Tube Lines consortium.... [more]

Chesterton International, the commercial property company, is expected to accept a £10m takeover offer from Phoenix Acquisitions, a vehicle set up by one of its largest shareholders.... [more]

Linden has acquired the Fairfield housebuilding joint venture between Wiggins and Galliford Try for £7.2m.... [more]

Hanson is to acquire Better Materials Corporation, the US aggregates company, for £97m.... [more]

Invensys has reported weak trading again. In a radical revision of its rescue strategy unveiled only a year ago Invensys, on Tuesday, announced that it would sell two thirds of its remaining busines... [more]

Georgica, the aim listed leisure group, is understood to be considering a sale of its MegaBowl ten pin bowling business, which it owns in a 50:50 joint venture with Duke Street Capital. Nick Oppenhei... [more]

Convergent Communications has sold its systems division to the Oval subsidiary of A,urri for £4m, in order to focus on its mobile phone service and distribution business.... [more]

SembCorp Utilities of Singapore has acquired the Enron Teesside Operations chemicals site at Wilton for £83m, securing the future of 579 jobs.... [more]

Elopak has acquired the Bowpak and Quadrobloc carton packaging business at Houghton-le-Spring from SIG Combibloc.... [more]

Showpla Mouldings, the Cannock-based plastics company, has been bought out of receivership by a management buy-in, saving more than 100 jobs.... [more]

Burn Stewart has acquired the Black Bottle whisky brand and the Islay single malt Bunnahabhain, together with the Bunnahabhain distillery, from Glasgow-based Edrington for about £10m.... [more]

Network Health & Beauty, the Farnborough-based distributor of beauty and personal care products with 47 staff, has been acquired by EPIC Brand Investments and the Lornamead Group.... [more]

Gloystarne, the Rotherham-based warehousing and transport company with 300 staff, has been bought out of administration by New Wave Logistics of Milton Keynes for undisclosed terms.... [more]

British Media Group, Aegis, is poised to buy up the European arm of the US market research company, NFO. NFO is being put on the market by its parent, American advertising giant Interpublic, for abou... [more]

Celltech, Britain's biggest biotechnology company is likely to take over Oxford Glycosciences (OGS). Celltech may seek a buyer for Zavesca, OGS's treatment for Gauchers disease. The product which is... [more]

Noddy's search for a new home came to an end when Chorion took the for sale sign off its childrens brands division after failing to find a buyer. The company was reported to have a price tag of £30m.... [more]