Rank has sold its games and slot machine businesses, which trade under the names of Leisure Machine Services and Seasonal Amusements and employ 800 staff, to Gamestec Leisure for £30m.... [more]

James Fisher is to acquire Air Supply of Norway for £4.8m and WM Defence of the UK for £3.1m, in order to expand its marine support services business.... [more]

Astex Technology has acquired MetaGen Pharmaceuticals, a spin-out from Schering, and about eight of MetaGen's 40 staff will transfer from Berlin to Cambridge.... [more]

Rok Property Solutions is to acquire the Manchester, Glasgow, Teesside, Cardiff and Ellesmere Port assets from the administrators of Ballast for up to £2m, expanding its network of regional offices to... [more]

Rank has sold its games and slot machine businesses, which trade under the names of Leisure Machine Services and Seasonal Amusements and employ 800 staff, to Gamestec Leisure for £30m.... [more]

James Fisher is to acquire Air Supply of Norway for £4.8m and WM Defence of the UK for £3.1m, in order to expand its marine support services business.... [more]

Astex Technology has acquired MetaGen Pharmaceuticals, a spin-out from Schering, and about eight of MetaGen's 40 staff will transfer from Berlin to Cambridge.... [more]

Rok Property Solutions is to acquire the Manchester, Glasgow, Teesside, Cardiff and Ellesmere Port assets from the administrators of Ballast for up to £2m, expanding its network of regional offices to... [more]

Jarvis Hotels, the chain of 67 hotels, is planning to undergo a £153m management buy-out backed by Lioncourt Capital.... [more]

HSBC has acquired Bank of Bermuda for £770m, as part of a strategy to expand its private banking and fund administration operations.... [more]

Intercare, the pharmaceuticals manufacturer, is to be acquired by Cardinal Health of the US for £306m.... [more]

East Surrey Holdings has acquired two local gas network operations from United Utilities for £3.1m, including United Utilities Gas Networks and United Utilities Gas Pipelines.... [more]

PricewaterhouseCoopers has sold the United Milk Creamery at Westbury in Wiltshire out of receivership to a consortium of three milk co-operatives operating under the name of Westbury Dairies.... [more]

Grant Thornton has sold Unit Press, the Preston-based office chair components company, out of receivership to one of its founders, securing the future of 130 jobs.... [more]

UK domestic appliance moulder Imco Plastics has gone into administrative receivership. The Glastonbury-based company, which turns over £4.3m (E6.0m), is now in the hands of KPMG. The group was hopeful... [more]

Jarvis Hotels, the chain of 67 hotels, is planning to undergo a £153m management buy-out backed by Lioncourt Capital.... [more]

HSBC has acquired Bank of Bermuda for £770m, as part of a strategy to expand its private banking and fund administration operations.... [more]

Intercare, the pharmaceuticals manufacturer, is to be acquired by Cardinal Health of the US for £306m.... [more]

East Surrey Holdings has acquired two local gas network operations from United Utilities for £3.1m, including United Utilities Gas Networks and United Utilities Gas Pipelines.... [more]

PricewaterhouseCoopers has sold the United Milk Creamery at Westbury in Wiltshire out of receivership to a consortium of three milk co-operatives operating under the name of Westbury Dairies.... [more]