Ennstone is to acquire GRS (South Witham), the operator of a limestone quarry in Lincolnshire, for £1.6m... [more]

Kidde is to acquire SPI Fire Engineering, the Farnborough-based supplier of fire protection systems with 26 staff... [more]

Paper 4 Print has acquired York & Ford, the Failsworth-based paper merchant with 16 staff, for undisclosed terms... [more]

RMC Concrete Products has acquired Conway Concrete Products of Newport for £1.5m... [more]

Clancy is to acquire TMP Parkover, the modular car parking installer, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Safestore is to acquire Mentmore for £209m creating the country's largest self-storage company with 68 sites... [more]

Cambridge Water has been sold by Union Fenosa to Cheung Kong Infrastructure of Hong Kong for £51m... [more]

Prime Business Solutions, the Newbury-based IP telephony company with 130 staff, has been acquired by 2e2 Group for £22m... [more]

Ciro Citterio, the operator of 52 menswear stores, has been bought out of administration by Anar of Huddersfield... [more]

Compel Group has acquired Sysao, the London-based IT consultancy with 50 staff, for £2.2m... [more]

Matrix Communications is to acquire Decorum Networks, the provider of IP telephony and messaging services, for up to £2.3m... [more]

Smiths is to acquire Trak Communications, the antenna manufacturer with 425 staff in Scotland and the US, from Veritas for £63m... [more]

London Bridge Software, the developer of debt collection and credit management applications, is to be acquired by Fair Isaac of the US for £166m... [more]

Laird is to acquire Thermagon, the US-based thermal management products company, for up to £25m... [more]

The board of Cazenove, the Royal stockbroker, have been unable to decide whether to float or to enter talks with trade buyers. The group, which is valued at around £750m, says that it has received a ... [more]

GE Sontay, the Kent-based manufacturer of machines that measure temperature and humidity with 35 staff, has been acquired by Owner Venture Managers for more than £1m... [more]

Incisive Media has acquired Initiative Europe Holdings, the business publisher, for £16m... [more]

Dawnfresh Seafoods has acquired Silver Trout, the Hampshire-based trout producer, for undisclosed terms... [more]

Staffware, the Maidenhead-based developer of automation software, is to be acquired by Tibco Software of the US for £123m... [more]

Permira, the venture capital firm lining up a £950m offer for WH Smith, will try to sell the company's newspaper and magazine distribution arm if its takeover succeeds. The turnover of the business is... [more]