Tribal Group has acquired Dereck Hicks & Thew, the Liverpool-based architect, for up to £3.4m... [more]

Capita Group has acquired Brownsword, the provider of claims investigation services, for £5m... [more]

Alliance UniChem is to sell Crest Medical, the supplier of first aid and medical products, to Healthcare Enterprise Group for an initial £4.5m... [more]

Huntleigh Technology has sold Huntleigh National Care, the supplier of community equipment services to local authorities and healthcare trusts, to the Nottingham Rehab subsidiary of Findel... [more]

Osborne Engineering has acquired Turbo Power Services of Loughborough for £0.4m, in order to expand its range of services for the offshore and power generation industries... [more]

M&M Plasline has acquired Metek Building Systems of Bristol for about £1m, and is relocating its own business to a larger site in Newton Aycliffe with the creation of 35 jobs next month... [more]

YorkBoat, the York-based pleasure boating company with 20 staff, has been acquired by investment company Zeus Capital for undisclosed terms... [more]

Alcontrol, the environmental and food testing company with 1,500 staff at 26 laboratories in ten countries, has been acquired by private equity firm Candover... [more]

Sage has acquired Federal Liaison Services for £9.7m, in order to expand its payroll outsourcing service in the US... [more]

Barclays Private Equity has supported a management buy-out at The Original Factory Shop, the 54-strong Yorkshire-based chain that is planning to open a further 20 sites over the next three years... [more]

Azure Solutions has acquired Anite Calculus, the telecoms software company that supplies interconnect, wholesale and partner event billing, rating and settlement applications, for undisclosed terms... [more]

Bourne Leisure Group has sold Haven Europe, the operator of holiday parks in France, Spain and Italy, to management for £49m... [more]

West Bromwich Albion is to return to private ownership following a £10m offer from a bid vehicle created by the club... [more]

Kraft Foods is to sell the Altoids and Life Savers confectionery businesses to Wrigley for £795m, which will include the transfer of 100 staff at a manufacturing plant in Bridgend... [more]

Gowrings, the chain of 41 Burger King restaurants, is to be acquired by Caspian for £9.6m... [more]

Ford has sold its Cosworth motorsport technology engineering operations to the owners of the Champ Car World Series for undisclosed terms, while its Jaguar Racing business has been acquired by Red Bul... [more]

Torex Retail is to acquire the retail IT division of Alphameric, which includes 350 staff in Manchester, Stockport and Leicester, for up to £30m... [more]

Meggitt is to acquire Wilcoxon Research, the US manufacturer of sensors, for £8m... [more]

Matrix Communications has acquired Network Partners, the provider of telecoms services, for £12m... [more]

Futuremedia has acquired Open Training, the Swedish provider of online training services, for about £1m... [more]