Mayborn Group has acquired Cotton Bottoms, the Sussex-based supplier of reusable cotton nappies, out of receivership for £0.2m... [more]

VCX Software, the Livingston-based database technology company, has been acquired by Beach Solutions... [more]

Three of Britain's most famous desert brands - Bird's Custard, Angel Delight, and Dream Topping - have been put up for auction by their owner, US multinational Kraft Foods.... [more]

Nichols has completed the sale of Nichols Foods, the Haydock-based beverage supplier, to management for £8.1m... [more]

First Dental Laboratories (1st Dental) is to acquire Benchmark Dental Laboratories for £4.7m, increasing its chain of laboratories from ten to 15... [more]

Brixton has acquired a portfolio of 163 industrial properties from Industrious Holdings for £675m... [more]

A to Z Restaurants, the group that owns famous London restaurants such as Aubergine, L'Oranger, Zafferano and Memories of China has been put up for sale for about £10m after running into financial dif... [more]

The Sainsbury family would consider selling their 36 per cent stake in the supermarket chain for 400p a share, according to sources close to the company. The figure represents a 50 per cent premium to... [more]

Northern Foods is to sell the Cavaghan & Gray Seafood chilled and frozen fish business to IFP Holdings, a subsidiary of Icelandic Group, for £13m, which will involve the transfer of 240 staff based in... [more]

Bridgeport Machines, the Leicester-based engineering company, has gone into receivership with the loss of about 120 jobs, while the sales and support division has been acquired by Hardinge Group... [more]

Scorpio Print Finishing has acquired Senator Print Finishers, the Leicester-based printing company, for undisclosed terms, and the 54-strong workforce is expected to rise by up to 30... [more]

Randgold Resources, the South African gold miner, is seeking a merger with a UK or USA-based mining company as a way of expanding outside of Africa. A new chairman has been appointed to make the compa... [more]

William Taylor, the Preston-based supplier of swimming pools and saunas with 120 staff, has undergone a management buy-out... [more]

Norbrit Fish Sales of Grimsby has been bought out of receivership by Superior Seafoods, which could lead to the creation of 30 new jobs... [more]

Centrica has acquired BASE Controls, the Canadian automation and controls company, for £6.3m... [more]

Exel has acquired Waste Hire Services, the provider of waste management collection services with 37 staff in Telford and Bury, in order to expand its Cory Environmental subsidiary... [more]

Cadbury Schweppes has acquired the Orangina soft drink brand from Pernod Ricard for £21m... [more]

N Brown has acquired House of Bath, the gift catalogue, for £1.1m, in order to expand its home shopping business... [more]

Burlington Arcade in Piccadilly, one of London’s most exclusive shopping destinations, has been put up for sale by the Prudential with a £56m price tag. The Pru has appointed CB Richard Ellis, the pro... [more]

Speculation is mounting that P&O could be considering selling off its ferry business. The possible disposal has been welcomed by a spokesman for ships officers' union Numast, who predicted a new owner... [more]