Technology Services Group has acquired Forty One, the Warrington-based IT services company with 27 staff, for undisclosed terms... [more]

Zero Waste Holdings of Port Clarence and Atlantic Waste Holdings of Peterborough have been acquired by shell company Augean for £106m, and the deals are being funded by a £100m share placing... [more]

Jimmy Choo, the supplier of shoes and other luxury goods, has sold a majority stake to private equity firm Hicks Muse in a £101m deal... [more]

Diageo is to acquire Ursus Vodka, the Dutch owner of two vodka brands, for £102m... [more]

Bradford & Bingley is planning to sell its Charcol mortgage broking business to a management buy-out backed by Advantage Capital for under £10m... [more]

Prudential is to acquire Life Assurance Company of Georgia from ING for £137m, in order to expand its Jackson National Life business in the US... [more]

Interflora is expected to be acquired by 3i for £23m, with almost 1,900 flower shop owners receiving up to £12,000... [more]

Blackwell's, the 125-year-old publisher and bookseller, is considering the sale of some or all of its 61 shops. The company, which for many graduates is synomymous with student life, has struggled aga... [more]

ING Group is in discussions to sell Baring Asset Management. BAM is one of the oldest names in the UK fund management industry, and its sale has long been speculated. ING's new chief executive, Michel... [more]

Clinton Cards has launched a £46m takeover bid for Birthdays Group, the greetings card retailer... [more]

BP is severing its links with its oldest refinery after announcing that it is selling off its Grangemouth plant in Scotland when it floats its underperforming oil products subsidiary next year.... [more]

Tribal Group has acquired Dereck Hicks & Thew, the Liverpool-based architect, for up to £3.4m... [more]

Capita Group has acquired Brownsword, the provider of claims investigation services, for £5m... [more]

Alliance UniChem is to sell Crest Medical, the supplier of first aid and medical products, to Healthcare Enterprise Group for an initial £4.5m... [more]

Huntleigh Technology has sold Huntleigh National Care, the supplier of community equipment services to local authorities and healthcare trusts, to the Nottingham Rehab subsidiary of Findel... [more]

Osborne Engineering has acquired Turbo Power Services of Loughborough for £0.4m, in order to expand its range of services for the offshore and power generation industries... [more]

M&M Plasline has acquired Metek Building Systems of Bristol for about £1m, and is relocating its own business to a larger site in Newton Aycliffe with the creation of 35 jobs next month... [more]

YorkBoat, the York-based pleasure boating company with 20 staff, has been acquired by investment company Zeus Capital for undisclosed terms... [more]

Alcontrol, the environmental and food testing company with 1,500 staff at 26 laboratories in ten countries, has been acquired by private equity firm Candover... [more]

Sage has acquired Federal Liaison Services for £9.7m, in order to expand its payroll outsourcing service in the US... [more]