Begbies Traynor has agreed to sell JCM Print Services of Liverpool out of administration to G&H Web Offset, which has operations in Manchester, Leeds, London and Edinburgh, for undisclosed terms... [more]

Willis is to acquire a majority stake in Coyle Hamilton, the Irish insurance broker with 500 staff, for undisclosed terms... [more]

Weeks Laboratories has acquired Church Laboratory Services, the Castleford-based materials testing company with 37 staff... [more]

Boulton Construction Products of the West Midlands has been bought out of administration by a management buy-out... [more]

Private-equity groups Blackstone and Legal & General Ventures are in talks to create Britain's biggest nursing home company with a debt and equity value of £1 billion. Blackstone is trying to buy Fou... [more]

Rank Group's house broker, Deutsche Bank, highlighted the chances of the company breaking up over the next 18 months. Its Deluxe Media unit, which pulls in 40% of sales, does not share the same bright... [more]

On Demand Distribution, the provider of online music download services, has been acquired by Loudeye Corporation of the US for £31m... [more]

YooMedia, the interactive TV company, has acquired the national dating agency Dateline for £0.8m... [more]

Londis, the convenience store chain, is to accept a £60m takeover offer from Musgrave of Ireland... [more]

Capita Symonds has acquired Percy Thomas Architects, creating one of the country's five leading architectural groups... [more]

Pochin Plant has acquired Raynesway Concrete Plumbing, which has depots in Bellshill, Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle, for £2.4m... [more]

GKN is to sell its German tube connecting systems business to Eaton Corporation of the US for £26m... [more]

Hollinger International has agreed to sell the Telegraph newspapers group to Press Holdings for £665m... [more]

Aegis Group has acquired Proactive Insight, the South African market research company with 300 staff, for an initial £3.4m... [more]

Auto Indemnity Group has acquired the Colegate Group of Norfolk for £1.1m, including Colegate Vehicle Hire, Colegate Accident Assistance and Motor Hire of Diss... [more]

Taylor Hobson, the Leicester-based manufacturer of ultra-precision measurement instrumentation, has been acquired by Ametek of the US for £50m... [more]

SP Bell, the stockbroker with nine regional offices, has announced a £2m reverse takeover deal with Merchant House Group... [more]

Centrica has joined a growing list of European multi-utilities such as Germany's RWE abandoning the strategy of diversifying into an unconnected range of services and refocusing on core activities suc... [more]

InTechnology has acquired NetConnect Training, the provider of network security training services, from NetStore for up to £1m... [more]

Ultra Electronics has acquired DNE Systems, the US military communications company, for £22m... [more]