Smart & Cook has acquired the insurance broking business of Adams Financial Services of Lincolnshire.... [more]

Roxspur is to acquire telecoms services company Cellular Holdings in a reverse takeover, and the new group will be called The Telecommunications Group.... [more]

Sovereign Capital has acquired Laurel Management Services, the operator of 29 funeral homes in the Midlands, Kent, Hampshire and Hertfordshire, for £21m.... [more]

Epyx has acquired Oasis Global Systems, the developer of IT solutions for the automotive sector, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

As expected, the competition commission has allowed William Morrison Supermarkets Plc alone to bid for Safeway, which put itself up for sale in January this year. Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia... [more]

Dipford is to acquire Dowling Kerr, the national business transfer agency with offices in Holmfirth and Luton, for up to £2.1m.... [more]

Huveaux is to acquire Fenman, the Cambridgeshire-based publisher of training materials with 16 staff, for £6m.... [more]

Bookham Technology is to acquire Ignis Optics, the US supplier of optical modules for communications networks, for £10m.... [more]

RPS has acquired Hydrosearch Associates, the Woking-based provider of geological services to the energy sector with 50 staff, for up to £15m.... [more]

Solitaire Group has acquired Freehold Managers for £6m, in order to expand its property management services business.... [more]

Glen Dimplex has acquired Siemens Electrical Heating of Norway for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Sygen is to acquire Cotswold Swine Genetics of the US for £1.7m, gaining seven genetic pig lines and an artificial insemination centre.... [more]

IBNet has announced the £8.2m reverse takeover of online advertising company The Deal Group, creating a new company called Deal Group Media.... [more]

Reg Vardy is to acquire four Land Rover and Jaguar dealerships in Newcastle, Durham and Stockton from Dutton Forshaw for £9m.... [more]

Billington Structures has acquired Tube Engineering, the Bristol-based tubular fabricator, creating a new division called Tubecon.... [more]

PM Group has acquired MDT Holland and MDT Germany for £0.6m, in order to expand its on board vehicle weighing systems business for the bulk haulage and waste management industries.... [more]

Frayling Furniture of Stoke-on-Trent has been acquired by private investors for undisclosed terms, prompting speculation about the future of 100 jobs.... [more]

Brandons, the turkey producer, has been bought out of administration by a new company called Cranberry Foods, saving 650 jobs in Abergavenny, 350 in Dalton and 200 in Scropton.... [more]

Bookham Technology has acquired New Focus, the US photonics company, for £118m.... [more]

Bradford & Bingley is to acquire Aitchison & Colegrave, the Scottish firm of independent financial advisers with four offices, for undisclosed terms.... [more]