Morse has acquired CSTIM, the London-based management consultancy with 60 staff, for an initial £5.8m... [more]

Mayflower's administrators have sold its offshore wind turbine installation vessel to a management buy-out backed by Mizuho International for about £12m, saving 70 jobs... [more]

Aveva is to acquire Tribon Solutions, the Swedish supplier of software to ship designers, for £19m... [more]

Ultrafine, the Manchester-based provider of contract chemistry services for drug development, has been acquired by Sigma-Aldrich of the US for undisclosed terms... [more]

Industrial Building Components, the Hartlepool-based manufacturer of fire doors with 65 staff, has been bought out of receivership by a management buy-out, and has been renamed Bridgman IBC... [more]

Bland Bankart, the East Midlands-based insurance broker with 260 staff, has been acquired by Oval in a deal estimated at £20m... [more]

Shire Pharmaceuticals is to sell its vaccines division to ID Biomedical of Canada for £66m, and Shire will loan about £60m to ID to fund the development of new products... [more]

Brandon Hire has acquired four tool hire depots operated by Anvil Plant Hire in Kent, with the transfer of 37 staff... [more]

GB Holiday Parks, the caravan park operator backed by Royal Bank of Scotland, is seeking a trade sale or stock market flotation. It is understood that the company, which operates 18 parks throughout t... [more]

Pets at Home, the pet superstore, has been put up for sale for £200m. The chain operates 150 stores and has hired NM Rothschild to explore strategic options for the business, which could include a sal... [more]

Prospective bidders are believed to be interested in acquiring Marks & Spencer, after the retailer recently reported disastrous results. Bidders could include US buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts an... [more]

WH Smith, the high street retailer, has received a £850m takeover approach from Simon Burke, the former head of Hamleys, and Keith Hammill, the chairman of Moss Bros. Their approach is backed by priva... [more]

Tribal Group has acquired Aldcliffe Computer Systems, the developer of administrative software for work-based learning providers, for up to £4.5m... [more]

Five Star Fish, the Grimsby-based fish processing company with 250 staff, is to be acquired by the Real Good Food Company for an initial £17m... [more]

Clubhaus, the golf and country club operator, has agreed terms for a £56m management buy-out backed by Legal & General Ventures... [more]

SurfControl is to acquire Messagesoft, the US-based developer of email filtering software, for £8.2m... [more]

Oleg Deripaska, a major Russian shareholder in Corus, has called on the steel maker to consider abandoning the UK if it fails to turn around its losses. Five years after British Steel merged with the ... [more]

Benfield has sold Wildnet Group, a subsidiary that provides technology solutions to the insurance and reinsurance industry, to a consortium of private investors for a nominal sum... [more]

Parkwood is to acquire CCL Leisure, the manager of 33 leisure facilities for local councils, from Clear Channel Entertainment, for up to £0.5m... [more]

James Briggs, the Oldham-based manufacturer of chemical and aerosol products, has been acquired by ITW of the US for £20m... [more]