Rebel Caledonia Investments investors campaigning for the break-up of the business are about to send shareholders a proposal demanding the liquidation of the company. Led by led by Sir James Cayzer, t... [more]

GX Networks has acquired Firstnet Services, the Leeds-based telecoms services company, for £4.3m.... [more]

Cogne UK has acquired George H Cook, the steel supplier with sites in Sheffield and Coventry, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

GB Communications has acquired Motek Portable Products of South Yorkshire, and is now looking to expand its radio equipment business into the offshore and petrochemical sectors and open offices in the... [more]

Cherry Valley, the Lincolnshire-based duck producer with about 650 staff, is expected to be acquired by Thailand-based venture capital firm Navis.... [more]

Meica, the Ashford-based building maintenance company with 220 staff, has been acquired by Imtech of the Netherlands.... [more]

Troubled textiles firm Carpets International UK is putting all seven of its operations up for sale. The UK-based company, which went into receivership on Wednesday, employs around 1200 people across t... [more]

A senior union boss yesterday said a business case could be drawn up in less than two weeks if Birmingham's Alstom train plant was put up for sale. Tom Keogh, Amicus West Midlands regional officer, sa... [more]

Mears has acquired Scion Group, the Newbury-based building maintenance company, for up to £6m.... [more]

McDonald Yang is to be acquired by shell company Readybuy and floated on Aim, in order to fund the expansion of its range of Yang Sing ready meals.... [more]

Mussett Engineering, the Norfolk-based manufacturer of metal and plastic components with 80 staff, is being bought out of a Company Voluntary Arrangement by a group of investors.... [more]

Powrmatic is to buy Selkirks Manufacturing, the Barnstaple-based manufacturer of chimneys and exhausts, out of receivership for £2.7m, and some of the 180 jobs are expected to be saved.... [more]

Mouchel has acquired Parkman Group, the Sutton Coldfield-based support services and consulting engineering company, for £78m, and the combined group will focus on road maintenance contracts.... [more]

Premier Oilfield Services, the Aberdeen-based supplier of oilfield equipment with 41 staff, has been acquired by Superior Energy Services of the US for £20m.... [more]

H&A Wines of Chorley has been bought out of administration by the owner of Halewood International for about £2.5m, saving up to 150 jobs.... [more]

BHP Billington, one of the worlds largest mining groups, is preparing a bid for Drax, the UK's biggest power station. The coal fired power station is being auctioned off by creditors. The generator ... [more]

Alizyme, the biotechnology group, has effectively been put up for sale a week after it sealed a $42m licensing deal in Japan for its anti-obesity drug. Dr Richard Palmer, the groups chief executive, ... [more]

Scarlett Retail, owner of Allders department store group is in talks to aquire a stake in House of Fraser and may make a full scale takeover bid for its rival.... [more]

WT Foods has acquired Marston Valley Foods, the manufacturer of chilled ready meals, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Watershed Plastics of Durham has acquired HydroFlow Solutions, in order to expand its drainage equipment business into Ireland.... [more]