HFS, the Macclesfield-based debt consolidation company with 300 staff, has undergone a £33m management buy-out and plans to create 65 new jobs at its call centre and mortgage division.... [more]

FLS Aerospace, the aircraft maintenance company with sites in Stansted, Manchester and Dublin, is to be acquired by Switzerland-based SR Technics for £32m.... [more]

Bunzl is to acquire Skiffy Group, the Dutch supplier of plastic components, for £19m, and has also announced the acquisitions of Prolix Packaging of the US and O'Mahony Packaging of Ireland.... [more]

Alfred McAlpine has acquired UK Power Construction, the electrical services company that specialises in overhead power lines, for £5.2m.... [more]

Pegler, the Doncaster-based manufacturer of plumbing products with 650 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

Tilney Investment Management is planning to acquire Cardales, the commercial property fund manager and London-based chartered surveying practice, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Furnitureland, the chain of 22 furniture stores, has been acquired by US-owned SB Capital for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Aviva, the life insurer, has put Yourmove, its chain of 300 estate agents, up for sale. Lexicon Partners, the investment banking boutique, has been appointed to handle the sale. It is believed that Yo... [more]

J Howitt & Son, the Sutton-in-Ashfield printing company with 346 staff, has been sold out of receivership by KPMG to a management team for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Cobham has acquired Precision Antennas, the Stratford-upon-Avon-based supplier of antennas, towers and microwave devices, for £3m.... [more]

Fenner has acquired Indico Europe, the Manchester-based manufacturer of rubber hoses for commercial vehicles, for £2.8m.... [more]

Leopold Joseph, the London-based private bank with 120 staff, is to be acquired by Bermuda-based Bank of Butterfield for £51m.... [more]

Interfleet Technology has acquired RSE Management, the London-based rail safety consultant, from GB Railways.... [more]

Elektron has sold Milmega, the Isle of Wight-based manufacturer of amplifiers with 22 staff, to a new company called Frameflair for £1m.... [more]

Caffyns has acquired a Vauxhall car dealership in Tunbridge Wells from the Piper Group for £2.9m.... [more]

Speedy Hire has acquired Petreavie Tools, the operator of tool hire sites in Livingston and Dunfermline, for £0.3m.... [more]

Negotiations to sell the UK and Spanish businesses of Conduit have fallen through and the company's board is now seeking re-financing for the entire business. The directory enquiry firm, which operat... [more]

Following on from the launch of a £307m rights issue last November, Corus is reviving the sale of its aluminium operations based overseas. The group had tried to sell the business unsuccessfully last ... [more]

Yorkshire Group is to sell part of its US-based textile dyes business to DyStar for £4.8m.... [more]

Interregnum has acquired Cellular Design Services, the provider of radio frequency engineering services in wireless network design with 46 staff, for £1.5m.... [more]