Top Knobs of Newton Abbot has been sold out of receivership to Staffordshire-based Grosvenor Ceramics Hardware, while the St Helens side of the business has undergone a management buy-out and will be ... [more]

Hydrex has acquired Lindsay Plant, the operator of hire depots in Kilmarnock and Edinburgh, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Readymix has acquired Breton Precast, Breton Roecrete and Breton Scotland from Farrans Group for £4.7m, in order to expand its concrete operations in Ireland and Scotland.... [more]

KPMG has secured the sale of Country Bakehouse, the Llandudno Junction-based cakes factory with 90 staff, out of receivership to Martins Cakes of Manchester.... [more]

Distillex, the Leyland-based solvent recovery company with 44 staff, has been acquired by P&R Disposal Services of St Helens for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Hays is selling three of its four divisions to focus on its largest division, its recruitment business. Hays is not planning to cut any jobs while it disposes of the other three divisions - Mail & Exp... [more]

Fernedge Printers of London has been bought out of receivership by Image Litho, saving 14 jobs.... [more]

Agfa has acquired Printing Techniques, the Northampton-based printing equipment company with 40 staff.... [more]

Business Post Group has acquired BXT, the Birmingham-based technical courier with 138 staff, for £1.8m.... [more]

South Staffordshire Group has acquired Servotomic, the provider of home assistance policies for domestic boiler breakdowns, for £2.4m, in order to expand its HomeServe subsidiary.... [more]

JBG Building Services, the Pontypridd-based provider of residential property services, has undergone a management buy-in for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Butcombe, the Bristol-based independent brewery with 15 staff, has been acquired by the former owners of The Beer Seller.... [more]

Huveaux is to acquire Lonsdale, the publisher of study aids, for up to £6.8m, and the deal will be funded by a £7m share placing.... [more]

Loch Fyne Oysters, the Scottish seafood company, is to be acquired by its own staff, in a deal backed by the Baxi employee-ownership trust and the Royal Bank of Scotland.... [more]

Taylor & Francis has acquired CRC Press for £60m, in order to expand its scientific publishing business in the US.... [more]

Cronimet has acquired Rotherham-based Tinico Alloys for undisclosed terms, creating a combined scrap metal merchant with annual turnover of £22m.... [more]

Bucknall Austin has acquired the Citex construction management business out of administration, securing about 300 jobs.... [more]

TMI Foods, the Northampton-based bacon and vegetable supplier, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Bank of Scotland.... [more]

Electra Partners is selling the Tom Cobleigh pub chain to Spirit Group for £106m.... [more]