Polyfence has bought Dale Joinery's Lichfield-based windows manufacturing division out of receivership for undisclosed terms, securing 50 jobs... [more]

Audax Communications, the Nottingham-based public relations company with 12 staff, has been acquired by Armadillo PR of Birmingham for undisclosed terms... [more]

Royal Stockbroker, Cazenove, whose list of high profile clients also includes David and Victoria Beckham, is said to be worth some £760m. The 180-year-old institution is believed to have sent out deta... [more]

Early Learning Centre, the chain of 200 toy shops, has been acquired by Eagle Retail Investments for £62m, and will now be merged with the Daisy & Tom chain... [more]

Edotech, the customer communications outsourcing company, has been acquired by PPM Ventures for about £130m... [more]

Highland Country Foods, the supplier of meat products with 20 staff, has been acquired by ANM Group for undisclosed terms... [more]

Pipex Communications is to acquire Host Europe, the internet services company, for £31m... [more]

UK Coal has sold its Australian mining operations to ABN Amro Rothschild for £21m, and the proceeds will be used to develop coal fields in the UK... [more]

Staples is planning to acquire Office World's 59 UK-based office supplies stores for £33m... [more]

BP is to sell its global special products business, including production and distribution activities with net assets of £10m, to German speciality products company H&R Wasag... [more]

Greencore is to sell Rathbones Bakeries, the operator of eight UK bakeries, to Finedon Mill for £20m.... [more]

Clapham House has acquired The Bombay Bicycle Club, the operator of one restaurant in Clapham and five delivery units in Fulham, Wimbledon, Tooting, Putney and Battersea, for £1.8m... [more]

Morris Homes, the Merseyside-based housebuilder, has undergone a £130m management buy-out backed by Royal Bank of Scotland... [more]

Uniworld Communications, the Hampshire-based provider of telecoms services with annual turnover of £20m, has been acquired by Gamma Telecom... [more]

Arriva is to acquire Prignitzer Eisenbahn Gruppe, the operator of three rail franchises in Germany, for £4.2m... [more]

Uniq has sold its poultry operations in Rotherham and Driffield to the Sovereign Food subsidiary of Grampian Country Foods for £12m... [more]

Lawrence, the supplier of pharmaceutical products for the animal health and farming markets, is to sell its Interpet pet products division to Central Garden & Pet Company of the US in a £16m deal... [more]

Communisis has sold its colour cards business to Colwell Industries of the US for £12m, in order to focus on print solutions... [more]

First Technology is to acquire 90% of EnviteC-Wismar, the German manufacturer of sensor products, for £8.4m... [more]

UKbetting has acquired GoldBet SportWetten, the Austria-based online sports betting company, for up to £3m... [more]