Lister Petter, the old established diesel engine manufacturer, has been put into administration whilst it seeks new investors. The business, which empoys 250 and has a turnover of over £35 million is ... [more]

Ennstone, the quarry products group, is expected to announce soon that it has appointed Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein to conduct a strategic review which could lead to an auction of the group, possib... [more]

Rank has acquired Disctronics, the CD replicator with factories in Blackburn, Crawley, France and Italy, for £34m, in order to expand its Deluxe film services business.... [more]

Loch Fyne Restaurants is planning to rescue the chain of Le Petit Blanc restaurants out of administration in a £1.1m deal.... [more]

Tribal Group is to acquire Hacas, the social housing consultancy, for £45m... [more]

Ennstone has acquired T&T, the Doncaster-based limestone quarry operator, for £2m... [more]

The UK Competition commission has stated that WM Morrison would be the only bidder among the four supermarket operators vying for Safeway that would be able to promote competition nationwide. The Comm... [more]

Bena Pri, the Bulgarian soft drinks producer, is to be put up for sale by state receivers in September this year according to local press reports. The company was previously a bottler and producer for... [more]

Eliza Tinsley Group, the engineering company that closed its Chesterfield plant this year, has put the property up for sale to raise around £1.55m. The group is aiming to recoup some of the £3.8m lost... [more]

Huntsworth is to acquire Hatch Group, the public relations company with offices throughout the UK, for £1.6m... [more]

Portman Building Society is to acquire the Staffordshire Building Society for undisclosed terms, gaining 42 branches and a wider product range... [more]

Bridgedale has bought John Partridge, the Staffordshire-based coat manufacturer, out of administration for undisclosed terms... [more]

Eldridge Pope, the Dorset pub operator, is unlikely to be bought by Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries. The reason is the price. However, Eldridge Pope is still in talks with another trade buyer ... [more]

SectorGuard has acquired First Response Security Services, the provider of manned guarding services at buildings in London and the Midlands, for an initial £0.2m... [more]

Lakeland Dairies has acquired Pritchitt Foods, which includes a milk processing plant in Newtownards and an office in Bromley, for £13m... [more]

Bomfords has acquired Gerber Fresh Produce for undisclosed terms, in order to strengthen its position in legumes, vegetables, salads and fruits... [more]

Severn Trent has acquired Hales, the landfill company, from RMC for £141m, in order to expand its Biffa waste business... [more]

Hoseasons, the self-catering holiday company, has been acquired by private equity firm HgCapital for £40m... [more]

National Starch & Chemical is to sell its Plasticoat cheese coatings business to DSM for undisclosed terms... [more]

GB Liners has acquired International Moving Company, adding four new sites to its nationwide network of removals and storage branches... [more]