Stanelco has acquired Adept Polymers, the manufacturer of biodegradable plastics, for £0.3m... [more]

Paragon Labels has acquired EPL Technologies of Gainsborough and Norfolk Labels of Griston, increasing its workforce by 140 to 500... [more]

Royal Bank of Scotland has acquired Community Bancorp, the Massachusetts-based bank with ten branches, for £69m... [more]

Diploma has acquired HA Wainwright, the distributor of temperature and pressure control instruments, for £7.8m... [more]

Braemar Seascope is to acquire Cory Brothers, the ship agency, for £1.5m... [more]

Berkeley Berry Birch has acquired MacRobins, the insurance broker and employee benefits company, for an initial £0.7m... [more]

CRH is to acquire Cementbouw, the Dutch building materials and DIY group, for £488m... [more]

Lord Moynihan, the former Conservative energy minister, is close to announcing the sale of Consort Resources, the UK's biggest privately owned gas producer in a deal worth about £200m. Two bidders ar... [more]

Taylor & Francis has acquired Frank Cass & Co, the London-based journal and book publisher, for £9.5m... [more]

Insure-Shop has acquired Birstall-based K&M Lee Insurance, taking its national network to 21 branches... [more]

Zwemmer, the London-based arts bookseller, has been bought out of administration by Shipley... [more]

GKN has acquired Pilkington Aerospace, the manufacturer of military aircraft canopies, for £42m... [more]

ARM Holdings has acquired Adelante Technologies, the Belgian designer of data processing systems, for undisclosed terms... [more]

United Business Media has acquired Aprovia UK, the construction industry publishing company, for £79m... [more]

Kidde is to acquire IFTE, the supplier of fire training and safety equipment, for £10m... [more]

Exel is to acquire Unidocks, the Brazilian provider of logistics services to the pharmaceutical sector, for about £1.5m... [more]

Kensington Group, the mortgage lender, has received at least three informal approaches form interested competitors including two former building societies. However, the group is keen to remain indepen... [more]

Meridien, the luxury hotels chain, is attempting to ward off a collapse into administration. It is believed the group is currently in last-ditch rescue talks with Prince al-Waleed bin Talal, the Saudi... [more]

CRC Group has acquired ADP Technical Services, the Bedford-based computer repair company with 35 staff... [more]

Charles Stanley has acquired EBS Management, EBS Pensioneer Trustees and EBS Self, in order to expand its business setting up pension schemes for individuals and small companies... [more]