Dennis Eagle, the manufacturer of refuse collection vehicles with 580 staff at factories in Warwick and Blackpool, has been sold by Bridgepoint to ABN AMRO Capital for £51m... [more]

Blagden Packaging, the drum manufacturer with 19 facilities in eight countries, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Alchemy for undisclosed terms... [more]

Hawksmere, the London-based provider of training seminars with 60 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by ISIS Equity Partners for undisclosed terms... [more]

Ellis Steel has acquired McArthur Faull, the Swansea-based steel supplier, creating a new group called Ellis Faull Steel Stockholders & Processors... [more]

Birmingham Plastics has been sold out of receivership by PKF to a sister company of HemoGroup, saving 21 of the 49 jobs... [more]

Warmseal Windows, the Tyneside-based double glazing company with 150 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Northern Venture Managers for undisclosed terms... [more]

LEC Marine, the Lowestoft-based electrical installation company, has been bought out of administration by a team of directors, saving 120 jobs... [more]

CSS Stellar has sold ARB, the audio-visual equipment hire company with 30 staff, back to its founder for a nominal sum, and the business will be relocated from Buckingham to Banbury... [more]

White Young Green has acquired Denis Rooney Associates, the Irish project management company with more than 40 staff in Dublin and Belfast, for £4.3m... [more]

Inter Link Foods has acquired Hoppers, the Kent-based bakery with 110 staff, for £5m... [more]

Chesterton, the commercial property company, is to be acquired by Resurge, an Aim-listed company that is exercising its right to acquire a stake from Phoenix Acquisitions... [more]

Expro has acquired a wireless telemetry business from Cobham for £3.2m and a US-based well tractoring business from Smartract for an initial £0.7m... [more]

Jewson has acquired Healey-Ward, the Huddersfield-based builders' merchant with 35 staff... [more]

QMisys has acquired IQ Financial Systems, the US banking software developer, from Deutsche Bank for £24m... [more]

Crystal Drinks, the West Yorkshire-based soft drinks manufacturer with 120 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Epic Reconstruction... [more]

One of the UK’s new directory enquiry companies today confirmed it had put itself up for sale. Directory Enquiries UK, which operates the 118 800 number, said the decision was made in order to “pursue... [more]

De Vere is selling four hotels with a book value of about 40m. The Hotel group said that the provincial UK sites, two from its De Vere brand and two from its Village brand no longer fitted with its c... [more]

Real Affinity is to acquire Navigator, the sports marketing company, for an initial £0.6m, and £1.3m will be raised in a share issue to fund additional staff and investment in IT equipment.... [more]

SP Holdings has acquired Clever TV, the database and online relationship marketing company.... [more]

Real Affinity is to acquire Navigator, the sports marketing company, for an initial £0.6m, and £1.3m will be raised in a share issue to fund additional staff and investment in IT equipment... [more]