Bupa Care Services has acquired Carrick Care Homes, the Scottish operator of 12 care homes with 700 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Broker Network Holdings has acquired Ewen C Mair & Co of Castle Douglas for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Polaron has acquired Ilight Group, the manufacturer of lighting control products, for £1.7m.... [more]

Monowa Manufacturing, the manufacturer of movable walls, has been acquired by Accordial Group, and additional staff are being recruited at Monowa's plant in south Wales.... [more]

Bella Italia and Cafe Rouge, two of the high street's best-known restaurant chains, could be put up for sale for more than £120m following the appointment of Hawkpoint, the boutique adviser, to study ... [more]

Brandon Hire has acquired Delco, the chain of seven tool hire branches in London, Manchester and Southampton, for £4m.... [more]

Media Square has acquired Charles McKay Walpole, the London-based advertising agency, for £5.3m.... [more]

Osmetech is to acquire Molecular Sensing, the Melksham-based genetic analysis company, for £3.1m.... [more]

Venture Production is to acquire five North Sea oil blocks from Marubeni Oil & Gas for £28m.... [more]

Nova RentaCar Reservations, the County Down-based car rental reservation service, has been acquired by Kerry-based global payments firm Fexco for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Humdinger has acquired A Taste of Luxury, the Plymouth-based biscuit importer, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Xenova has sold its biopharmaceuticals manufacturing facility in Canada to QSV Biologicals for £3m.... [more]

Dicom is to acquire Topcall of Austria for £27m, in order to expand its electronic information business.... [more]

National Grid Transco has sold its four regional gas pipeline businesses for £5.8bn, with Scottish & Southern acquiring networks in Scotland and the south of England, Cheung Kong acquiring the north a... [more]

Go-Ahead is to acquire Virgin Aviation's 50% stake in their Plane Handling air cargo joint venture for £20m, in order to expand its Aviance subsidiary.... [more]

Bunzl has acquired TSN, the US supplier of disposable goods, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Royal London Private Equity has backed a £34m management buy-out at McKenzie Group, the operator of Academy-branded music venues in Brixton, Birmingham, Liverpool, Glasgow, Bristol, Islington and Shep... [more]