Sirvis IT has acquired the IT support services division of OSE for £1.7m, in order to expand its Linetex Computers subsidiary... [more]

DS Smith is to acquire BPB Recycling, the recovered paper collection business with five depots and 140 staff, from BPB... [more]

Bioquell has acquired EMC Projects, the provider of electromagnetic compatibility testing services, for an initial £0.2m, in order to expand its Cape Engineering subsidiary... [more]

Wizard Inns, the managed pub company owned by Nomura and currently up for sale, is thought to have attracted serious bids from both Wolverhapton & Dudley Breweries and the Laurel Pub Company in the vi... [more]

NHP, the care home property group, has appointed NM Rothschild to seek the disposal of its Highfield Care operating business.... [more]

Odeon, Britain's largest cinema chain with 600 screens, is being put up for sale by Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Its shareholders have failed to agree on buying a 43% stake being sold by West LB, the ... [more]

Whitbread shares have rallied on the suggestion that the appointment later this month of its new chief executive could herald the sale of up to £1.65 billion of the hotel and restaurant operator’s ass... [more]

Xtreme Information Services, the advertisement monitoring company, has sold its news division to Durrants for £17m... [more]

Johnston Carmichael has acquired Turnbull Kemp, the Perth-based accountancy firm with 20 staff... [more]

Nord Anglia Education is to acquire 28 nurseries from Jigsaw Day Nurseries for £13m, taking its chain to 101 sites... [more]

Target Group has acquired Bluechip Software, the Lancashire-based developer of mortgage processing software with eight staff... [more]