Kenwood Turned Parts Engineering of the Isle of Wight has been bought out of receivership by a former director, saving 50 jobs.... [more]

Rok has sold the plant hire business of recently-acquired Llewellyn to Cox Plant for £4.5m.... [more]

Protherics is to acquire Enact Pharma, the biopharmaceuticals company, for £7.9m, and has also announced plans to raise £3m in a share offer.... [more]

Duckworth, the independent publisher, has been bought out of administration by a group of US investors for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Reg Vardy has announced the £11m acquisition of seven more dealerships, including Jaguar and Land Rover sites in Edinburgh, two Volkswagen sites in Wolverhampton and three Ford sites in the west of Sc... [more]

Dennis Publishing is to acquire the I Feel Good publishing company for £5.1m, in order to expand its Choice Publishers division.... [more]

John Laing has sold Beechcroft Developments, its retirement home construction business, to a management buy-out backed by Bank of Scotland for £34m.... [more]

Stanley Leisure has bought the Palm Beach Casino in London from London Clubs International for £36m.... [more]

Co-operative Group is planning to acquire the Norpak chilled and frozen foods distribution business in Staffordshire from United Co-operatives for undisclosed terms.... [more]

PricewaterhouseCoopers has sold Oriental Express Frozen Foods, the Norfolk-based ready meals company, out of receivership to a management buy-out, saving 150 jobs.... [more]

JE Wilson & Sons has acquired Duncan's, the Lanarkshire-based confectionery manufacturer, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Software for Sport is to acquire Chorus Application Software, the south-west of England-based supplier of financial software systems, for £1.4m, and has also announced plans to change its name to Comp... [more]

Vale Brothers has acquired Equus Polymer, the Willenhall-based manufacturer of equestrian products, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Parkdean is to acquire Pactrem, the owner of two caravan holiday parks in Cornwall, for £13m.... [more]

Global Group has announced that its Canterbury Foods subsidiary is to sell the Spacehire cold storage and vegetable freezing operation in Goole to Mulberry Foods for £1.9m.... [more]

Mouchel has acquired Lloyd Davies Associates, the Newbury-based information management consultancy, for up to £1.7m.... [more]

Capital Gaming has been established to acquire the Cardiff-based gambling machine assets of Coinmaster out of receivership, saving 15 jobs from the 50-strong workforce.... [more]

Tomkins is to acquire Stackpole, the Canadian manufacturer of power train components, for £143m.... [more]