Spirax-Sarco Engineering has acquired Watson-Marlow Bredel, the peristaltic pump distributor, from Walter Becker South Africa for £1.3m.... [more]

XKO has acquired Control, the ERP software company with 40 staff and offices in Deeside and Birmingham, for £1.2m.... [more]

Barkston, the Leeds-based plastics company with more than 100 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

James Brearley & Sons has acquired Nichols Williams Durrant & Co, the Leeds-based investment and pensions adviser.... [more]

Xstrata is to acquire MIM, the Australian coal, zinc and copper producer, for £1.9bn, partly funded by a £900m rights issue.... [more]

Stylo has acquired Shelly's, the operator of 11 high street shoe shops, for £1.5m.... [more]

MyTravel has sold MyTravel Financial Services, its foreign exchange wholesale business, to Travelex for £21m.... [more]

Initiative Software has acquired Tele-Connect of Staffordshire from Cedar Enterprise Solutions for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its call centre software business.... [more]

Royal & Sun Alliance has sold its UK private medical insurance business to a management team backed by Barclays Private Equity for £147m.... [more]

My Travel is to cut 2000 jobs as part of a strategic review aimed at keeping the tour operator afloat until next year. The group has been considering selling assets including its Cresta short breaks ... [more]

Upmystreet.com, one of the pioneers of the UK Internet sector, has filed for protection as it sought a buyer. Upmystreet developed a reputation for high quality database technology. The group, owned... [more]

Vantis has acquired the non-audit business of Beavis Walker of London for up to £5.2m.... [more]

Birkby's Plastics, the injection moulder with 500 staff in Yorkshire and Detroit,has undergone a management buy-out from Japanese trading house Marubeni.... [more]

CJ Vander, the Sheffield-based manufacturer of silverware, has undergone a management buy-out from US parent Syratech Corporation, and sister company International Silver is also part of the deal.... [more]

Osmetech has announced a £2.2m deal to acquire Roche's US-based OPTI range of blood gas analysers.... [more]

Incisive Media has acquired Risk Waters, the financial publisher, for £35m.... [more]

TTP Communications has acquired Mobisys Telecom, the South Korean GSM/GPRS terminal integration and design company with 24 staff.... [more]

Scottish & Southern Energy has acquired Neoscorp, the Berkshire-based provider of communications network infrastructure, for £13m, in order to expand its SSE Telecommunications division.... [more]

Emap is to acquire Excelsior Publications, the French publisher of consumer magazines, in a £64m deal.... [more]

Ceramic Tile Distributors has been acquired by Saint Gobain of France, securing the future of 124 jobs at sites in Newcastle, Hull, Sunderland and Darlington.... [more]