Peterhouse has acquired Digital Surveys, the Newcastle-based provider of survey and data services to the rail and water sectors, for £0.4m.... [more]

Z-Finishing, the Cheshire-based print finishing company, has been bought out of receivership by a new company called Z-Card, saving most of the 156 jobs.... [more]

Wallace Arnold, the coach tours business, may be sold by 3i. It has been approached by several interested parties. The business reportedly carries a price tag of more than £60m.... [more]

Planit Holdings has acquired Lignatec, the developer of stair manufacturing software, for £0.3m.... [more]

John Fredericks Plastics has acquired S&J Marketing, the Northampton-based conservatory roof manufacturer, for £3m.... [more]

Wolseley has acquired four companies in the US and Canada for £37m, including three heating, plumbing and valve businesses and a lumber business.... [more]

DCC has acquired Shannon Environmental Services, the Irish waste chemical treatment company, for about £4m.... [more]

The London Stock Exchange has acquired Proquote, the Cheshire-based supplier of online trading and market information software, for £13m.... [more]

Energy Power Resources has acquired Sondel International for about £5m, thereby increasing its stake in Fibrowatt, the operator of three East Anglian power stations fuelled by chicken litter, to 56%.... [more]

Capcon Holdings is to acquire Argen, the corporate investigation company, for an initial £1.3m.... [more]

Berkeley Berry Birch has acquired Professional Financial Solutions, the independent financial adviser operating from Huddersfield and Camberley, for £1.5m.... [more]

ICON has acquired Medeval Group, the Manchester-based provider of clinical pharmacology services to the pharmaceutical industry, for about £10m.... [more]

Reneuron, the British stem cell research company, is considering a sale of the business.... [more]

What Everyone Wants, the discount retailer, has been wound up after its administrators, Ernst & Young, were unable to find a buyer. It is thought that more cash could be raised by breaking up the busi... [more]

Cambridge Antibody Technology is to acquire Oxford Glycosciences for £110m, and the group's combined cash reserve of £260m will be used to license new drugs or acquire another biotechnology company.... [more]

Collins Stewart is to acquire Tullett for £213m, in order to expand its activities in the bond and derivatives market.... [more]

Pacific Media is to acquire Sirius Retail Television, the operator of three TV shopping channels, for an initial £3m.... [more]

Radio First is to acquire Efugio Actividades, the operator of English language radio stations overseas, for an initial £1.1m.... [more]

Lexicon Group has acquired Strickland Consultants of Glasgow, in order to expand its vocational training business into Scotland.... [more]

Poundzone has acquired The Factory Group, the West Yorkshire-based operator of 42 Factory Shops and eight Cape County Furniture stores with 600 staff, in a multi-million pound deal.... [more]