Pfizer, the US drugs group, is considering the sale of its surgical opthalmology business, which generates $150m in annual turnover. The division has manufacturing facilities in the Netherlands and Sw... [more]

Stanelco has acquired Adept Polymers, the manufacturer of biodegradable plastics, for £0.3m... [more]

Paragon Labels has acquired EPL Technologies of Gainsborough and Norfolk Labels of Griston, increasing its workforce by 140 to 500... [more]

Royal Bank of Scotland has acquired Community Bancorp, the Massachusetts-based bank with ten branches, for £69m... [more]

Diploma has acquired HA Wainwright, the distributor of temperature and pressure control instruments, for £7.8m... [more]

Braemar Seascope is to acquire Cory Brothers, the ship agency, for £1.5m... [more]

Berkeley Berry Birch has acquired MacRobins, the insurance broker and employee benefits company, for an initial £0.7m... [more]

IG Group, the spread betting company, is to undergo a £143m management buy-out backed by venture capital group CVC... [more]

CRH is to acquire Cementbouw, the Dutch building materials and DIY group, for £488m... [more]

The tour operator MyTravel has put its American assets up for sale in a move that could raise more than $300m. The debt-laden company has hired Banc of America Securities to handle the sale. Interes... [more]

Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings, the infrastructure businesses with businesses stretching around Canada, Australasia and the Far-East is interested in bidding for South East Water the £400m busin... [more]

Lord Moynihan, the former Conservative energy minister, is close to announcing the sale of Consort Resources, the UK's biggest privately owned gas producer in a deal worth about £200m. Two bidders ar... [more]

Centrica, Britain's biggest household energy supplier, is preparing to sell Goldfish, its loss-making financial services arm. Goldfish as expanded beyond credit cards with the Goldfish Bank, which of... [more]

Abbey National is understood to be in talks with various parties to sell its French mortgage business, which has assets of £4bn. The Abbey National is also in talks to sell its Italian Mortgage opera... [more]

Taylor & Francis has acquired Frank Cass & Co, the London-based journal and book publisher, for £9.5m... [more]

Ashtead has raised £6m from the disposal of certain non-core businesses, including the sale of the rental assets of its Big Air division to Speedy Power and its mast climbing work platforms to Mastcli... [more]

Kleeneze has sold its DMG display marketing business to Premier Direct for £4.1m... [more]

Insure-Shop has acquired Birstall-based K&M Lee Insurance, taking its national network to 21 branches... [more]

Zwemmer, the London-based arts bookseller, has been bought out of administration by Shipley... [more]

GKN has acquired Pilkington Aerospace, the manufacturer of military aircraft canopies, for £42m... [more]