McCormick Macnaughton has acquired the Northern Ireland construction equipment rental business of Hewden Stuart.... [more]

Consort Resources, the North Sea gas business, has abandoned plans of a flotation following tough market conditions. The company has decided to sell the business instead and a formal auction will star... [more]

Watermark Group is to acquire M'n'H Recycling, the Sussex-based recycler of airline amenity and other travel products, for up to £1.3m.... [more]

Strathclyde Homes has bought Novaside Timber Frames out of receivership for an estimated £1m, securing the future of 25 jobs in Cumbernauld.... [more]

Electronic Packaging Systems of Braintree has been bought out of receivership by an undisclosed buyer, securing the future of about 150 jobs.... [more]

Lastminute.com has acquired Holiday Autos, the car rental broker, for £40m.... [more]

Kroll, the Administrators appointed to Affinity Wireless, the main trading business of Affinity Internet Holdings, said they expect to sell the business. Affinity Wireless, which is profitable, sells ... [more]

Itouch is acquire Movilisto, the provider of mobile phone services in Spain and Portugal, for an initial £24m.... [more]

GUS has announced a £70m deal to take full control of Scorex, the Bradford-based credit solutions company, in order to expand its Experian business.... [more]

Clarity Commerce Solutions is to acquire Romulus Enterprises, the Edinburgh-based supplier of business intelligence analytic software, for up to £5m.... [more]

Armitage, the Nottingham-based pet food manufacturer with factories in Stockport, Ashton-under-Lyne, Pinxton and Dundee, has agreed to a £8.1m takeover offer from Focus100.... [more]

Viyella, the operator of 34 fashion stores, has been acquired by Harris Watson of Birmingham for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Cobham has acquired Orion Electronics, the Canadian supplier of GPStracking equipment for £6m, and Xybion Sensor Positioning Systems of the US for £0.9m.... [more]

Smith & Nephew has agreed to acquire Centerpulse, the Swiss medical technology company, for £1.5bn, creating the world's third largest orthopaedics group.... [more]

House of Fraser, the department store, has said that buyers have recently approached the company but that it is not engaged in any buy-out discussions with them. The company did not believe that any o... [more]

Propan Homes has acquired Pinemount Trading and Latchfield Investments, in order to expand its residential property and land development operations in the south-east.... [more]

Enesco is to acquire Bilston & Battersea Enamels of the West Midlands for £2.5m, in order to expand its giftware business.... [more]

Royal Liver is to acquire Park Row, the Leeds-based independent financial advice company, for £17m.... [more]

Scott Timber Group has acquired Combine Pallets of London for £5m, creating the UK's largest pallet making group with 400 staff.... [more]

Following the recent bid interest at Six Continents, there has been interest in the value of individual businesses in leisure groups - Whitbread has attracted takeover speculation. ... [more]