Balfour Beatty is to acquire Mansell, the Croydon-based construction services company with 2,430 staff at 29 locations, for £42m.... [more]

Invista, the DuPont lycra business with about 500 staff in Northern Ireland and 375 in Wilton, is to be acquired by Koch Industries of the US in a £2.7bn deal.... [more]

Aggregate Industries has acquired Southern Nevada Paving Company, the US-based limestone and asphalt producer with 140 staff, for £38m.... [more]

Balfour Beatty is to acquire Mansell, the Croydon-based construction services company with 2430 staff at 29 locations, or £42m.... [more]

Invista, the DuPont lycra business with about 500 staff in Northern Ireland and 375 in Wilton, is to be acquired by Koch Industries of the US in a £2.7bn deal.... [more]

Aggregate Industries has acquired Southern Nevada Paving Company, the US-based limestone and asphalt producer with 140 staff, for £38m.... [more]

Food group Hibernia Foods, which is currently in administrative receivership, is making encouraging progress towards achieving its aim of being sold as a going concern, the company has said. Some of t... [more]

Weetabix, the breakfast cereal manufacturer, is to be acquired by Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, the US private equity firm that owns Premier Foods, for £642m.... [more]

Laird has acquired Intron, the manufacturer of composite doors, for an initial £9m, in order to expand its security systems division.... [more]

Taylor & Francis is to acquire Dekker, the US scientific, technical and medical publisher with 170 staff, for £82m.... [more]

UKbetting is to acquire Oddschecker, the betting odds comparison service, for up to £4.7m, and has also announced plans to raise £11m in a share placing.... [more]

Weetabix, the breakfast cereal manufacturer, is to be acquired by Hicks, Muse,Tate & Furst, the US private equity firm that owns Premier Foods, for £642m.... [more]

Laird has acquired Intron, the manufacturer of composite doors, for an initial £9m, in order to expand its security systems division.... [more]

Taylor & Francis is to acquire Dekker, the US scientific, technical and medical publisher with 170 staff, for £82m.... [more]

UKbetting is to acquire Oddschecker, the betting odds comparison service, for up to £4.7m, and has also announced plans to raise £11m in a share placing.... [more]

Venture Production, the North Sea oil and gas company, has been put up for sale after less than two years on the London Stock Exchange. The business is believed to be worth £135 million and has attrac... [more]

Sage has completed the acquisition of Softline, the South African supplier of business management software.... [more]

Cox Insurance has acquired Bennetts UK, the Worcester-based insurance broker with 20 branches, for £4.5m.... [more]

Sanctuary Group has acquired Creole Records, the reggae music company, for £1.3m.... [more]

Diploma has acquired Filcon Electronic, the German supplier of specialist connectors to the defence and aerospace markets, for £4.3m.... [more]