Redbridge Holdings has acquired H Goodall, the Wolverhampton-based fresh produce wholesaler with 15 staff.... [more]

Initial Packaging Solutions of Widnes has been bought out of receivership by a management buy-out, securing 90 jobs.... [more]

ISA International has been bought out of administration by a London-based consortium, securing the future of 290 jobs at its computer supplies business in Bradford.... [more]

Cardfair has acquired Card Warehouse in a £45m deal, creating a new company called Greeting Card Group with more than 400 shops.... [more]

Pink Link, the Huddersfield-based haulage firm with 50 staff and 20 vehicles, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Lloyds TSB Corporate.... [more]

Centrica, Britains largest gas supplier, should sell all of its recently acquired North Sea gas storage facility to protect customers interests, Ofgem, the energy regulator has said.... [more]

Powderject, the vaccine maker, is to be acquired by Chiron of the US for more than £540m.... [more]

Sports Resource Group, the sports marketing company, has agreed terms for a £6.6m management buy-out.... [more]

IFG Group has sold The ISA Shop, the Nottingham-based independent financial advisor, to The Money Portal for £1.9m.... [more]

Ryland has sold its Peugeot dealership in Stoke-on-Trent to Greenhous Group for £2.3m.... [more]

McCowans, the Stenhousemuir-based toffee confectionery company with 70 staff, has been acquired by a management buy-in from Dutch consortium ... [more]

John S Burns has acquired three printing businesses in Glasgow for just under £1m, including Dave Barr Print, Vibracolour and Clydeway Print.... [more]

Powderject Pharmaceuticals, the vaccines company, is poised to accept a £500m takeover bid by Chiron Corporation of the US.... [more]

Knowledge Support Systems' principal trading subsidiary is to be acquired by Eurovestech, and the remaining KSSG shell will undergo voluntary liquidation.... [more]

Acal has acquired 70% of the issued share capital of Computer Parts International from its management and 3i Group, in a £5.8m deal.... [more]

Beckett Group has acquired Hose Somers, the Thetford-based insurance broker, and is now in discussions with four other regionally-based brokers.... [more]

Omnico has acquired PL Plastics, the supplier of plastic building products with branches in Preston and Wigan, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Northumbrian Water has been sold by Suez of France to a consortium of financial institutions led by Deutsche Bank and Ecofin, in a £2.2bn deal.... [more]

Lloyds TSB is to sell its French private banking and fund management operations to UBS of Switzerland for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Mushroom Records is being acquired by Warner Music of the US for an estimated £15m.... [more]