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

Morse has acquired Grantham Sutch Associates, the London-based computer services group with 20 staff, for £3.1m.... [more]

ERA Technology has sold its water and gas pipes testing business to Building Investigation & Testing Services.... [more]

SR Gent International has been acquired by a Singapore-based businessman, but will proceed with plans to close clothing factories in Mexborough and South Kirkby with the loss of 150 jobs.... [more]

WS Atkins has confirmed it has received an approach to buy the business. The company was valued at around £900m at its peak. ... [more]

Ferries and logistics group Cenargo International, which employs 581 staff in the UK, has been placed into administration. Ernst & Young has been appointed administrator to the firm and certain subsid... [more]

United Business Media and Aegis, two of Britain's biggest media groups, are locked in a £550m bidding war for NFO, America's leading market research company. Many bidders are believed to have express... [more]

Eleco has acquired Leonardo Internet, the provider of integrated web and print design solutions for the construction industry, for £0.2m.... [more]

Telecom Service Centres, the call centre company with 1,700 staff, has undergone a £23m management buy-out backed by Lloyds Development Capital.... [more]

Amelca, the operator of a new dairy near Burton-on-Trent, is being bought out of receivership by start-up company Starcross Food.... [more]

Gala, the operator of 166 bingo clubs and 28 casinos, has been acquired by venture capital groups Cinven and Candover for £1.24bn.... [more]

Azlan, the distributor of computer networking equipment, is to be acquired by Tech Data of the US for £140m.... [more]

Maersk Air, the Danish airline, is to sell its loss-making UK arm. The company has 400 employees and operates a BA franchise from Birmingham airport.... [more]

SHL Group has sold The Resourceful Services Group, the holding company for the Park Human Resources recruitment advertising and consulting business, to Work Communications for £4.6m.... [more]

Royal & Sun Alliance is to sell Tyndall Investment Managers of Australia to James Fielding Holdings for £10m.... [more]

Cable and Wireless is being circled by a number of potential buyers, despite massive restructuring and loss-making divisions. The company rejected an offer of £1 per share.... [more]

Lookers has acquired JN Holdings, the operator of Taggarts Jaguar and Land Rover franchises in Glasgow and Motherwell.... [more]

Millfield is to acquire RST Group, the accountancy firm with 110 staff and 13 offices in the north of England and Scotland.... [more]

Warthog has expanded its games software business with the £0.2m acquisition of Texas-based development studio Fever Pitch, in order to gain a presence in the US.... [more]

European Motor Holdings has acquired the Preston Hall BMW dealership in Stockton from Arriva for £7.4m.... [more]