Hotgroup is to acquire Workthing, the online recruitment business, from Guardian Media Group for £6m.... [more]

The Irish operations of National Australia Bank may be put up for sale. HBOS is thought to be considering a bid for the company.... [more]

Shore Recycling, the Perth-based fridge recycling company, has undergone a £19m management buy-out backed by Royal Bank of Scotland.... [more]

Browne Group, the Leicester-based chemical instruments company with 65 staff, has been acquired by Steris Corporation of the US for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Eldridge Pope is to return to private ownership in a £42m deal that will involve a £14m investment in its chain of 151 pubs.... [more]

West Private Equity has sold Southern Cross Healthcare, the operator of 160 care homes, to Blackstone of the US for £162m.... [more]

BT is to acquire BIC Systems for £17m, in order to expand its IT and networking services in Northern Ireland.... [more]

Geest is to acquire Anglia Crown, the supplier of meals to hospitals with sites in Colchester and Manchester, for £14m.... [more]

JW Fidler & Son, the Manchester-based wholesaler of food and equipment with 70 staff, has undergone a management buy-in.... [more]

Avingtrans has acquired Stainless Metalcraft, the Cambridgeshire-based supplier of fabricated and machined products for diagnostic imagery, from Ferraris Group for £81m.... [more]

T Clarke has acquired Anglia Electrical Services, the Kings Lynn-based electrical contractor with 35 staff, for £21m.... [more]

HSS is to sell its RentX tool hire operations in the US, and the proceeds will be invested in its UK operations.... [more]

Experian has acquired Ireland Direct Communications, the direct marketing company, and the business will operate as Experian's marketing services division in Ireland.... [more]

Oxford Instruments is to acquire Metorex International, the Finland-based instrumentation company, for an initial £33m.... [more]

St Ives has acquired SP Group, the printing company with almost 400 staff at sites in Redditch and Birmingham, for £33m.... [more]

Air Music & Media has acquired Redworth, the supplier of CDs, cassettes, videos, DVDs and software to retailers, for an initial £27m.... [more]

Entertainment Rights has acquired Tell-Tale Productions, the producer of children's TV programmes, for £31m.... [more]

Civica has acquired Radius, the supplier of financial software applications to local government with offices in Feltham, Watford and Altrincham, for £14m.... [more]

Adria, the County Tyrone-based clothing company, is to merge with international textiles firm Quantum.... [more]

GSM Group has acquired the assets of Abbot Brown, the recently-closed Dorset-based manufacturer of labels and fascia products, which will result in the creation of 28 new jobs in Yorkshire.... [more]