Barclays Private Equity has supported a management buy-out at The Original Factory Shop, the 54-strong Yorkshire-based chain that is planning to open a further 20 sites over the next three years... [more]

Azure Solutions has acquired Anite Calculus, the telecoms software company that supplies interconnect, wholesale and partner event billing, rating and settlement applications, for undisclosed terms... [more]

Bourne Leisure Group has sold Haven Europe, the operator of holiday parks in France, Spain and Italy, to management for £49m... [more]

West Bromwich Albion is to return to private ownership following a £10m offer from a bid vehicle created by the club... [more]

Kraft Foods is to sell the Altoids and Life Savers confectionery businesses to Wrigley for £795m, which will include the transfer of 100 staff at a manufacturing plant in Bridgend... [more]

Gowrings, the chain of 41 Burger King restaurants, is to be acquired by Caspian for £9.6m... [more]

Ford has sold its Cosworth motorsport technology engineering operations to the owners of the Champ Car World Series for undisclosed terms, while its Jaguar Racing business has been acquired by Red Bul... [more]

Torex Retail is to acquire the retail IT division of Alphameric, which includes 350 staff in Manchester, Stockport and Leicester, for up to £30m... [more]

Meggitt is to acquire Wilcoxon Research, the US manufacturer of sensors, for £8m... [more]

Matrix Communications has acquired Network Partners, the provider of telecoms services, for £12m... [more]

Futuremedia has acquired Open Training, the Swedish provider of online training services, for about £1m... [more]

Rocc Computers has acquired Tal Computer Services of Egham for undisclosed terms... [more]

Sector Design, the Leicester-based point-of-purchase display company with 26 staff, has undergone a management buy-out... [more]

LK Bennett, the chain of 50 fashion stores valued at about £75m, has appointed BDO Stoy Hayward to find outside investors to take control of the business.... [more]

Corinthian Television Facilities has sold a majority stake in its London-based business to Thomson of France for undisclosed terms, and will be merged with Thomson's Technicolor division... [more]

Jeroboams Group has acquired La Reserve, the London-based drinks retailer and wholesaler with four stores... [more]

Countryside Properties, the Essex-based housebuilder, has accepted a £218m takeover offer from Copthorn Holdings... [more]

Jarvis is planning to sell its private finance initiative unit to Hochtief Projektentwicklung of Germany for undisclosed terms... [more]

ITV has agreed to sell The Moving Picture Company, the provider of TV special effects, to the Technicolor division of Thomson of France for £53m... [more]

Wealth Management Software has acquired Genisys Technology, the supplier of document management and business process management software, for £0.2m... [more]