Greenfield Construction, the Nottingham-based groundworks company with 70 staff, is to be acquired by Hightower Construction for £0.7m... [more]

Willis has acquired Opus, the insurance company with 50 staff in Cardiff and Swansea, for undisclosed terms... [more]

Warwick International has acquired Equest Market Research, the Durham-based supplier of detergent laboratory test products with annual turnover of £2m... [more]

Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Find a Property, the independent property website, for £14m, in order to expand its Associated Newspapers division... [more]

Hanson Building Products has acquired Wilnecote Brick, the Tamworth-based brick supplier, from Tarmac for undisclosed terms... [more]

Mk One, the chain of 176 fashion stores, is to be acquired by Baugur in a £55m deal... [more]

Singer & Friedlander is forming a joint venture with Benfield Group to acquire the whole of Benfield Premium Finance, in order to offer a complete range of personal and commercial insurance products... [more]

Wood Group has acquired Woodhill Engineering Consultants, the Surrey-based engineering consultancy with annual turnover of £4m... [more]

Eclipse Scientific has acquired Silliker, which has 25 staff at analytical laboratories in Swadlincote and Braintree, for undisclosed terms... [more]

Novar, the conglomerate facing a possible bid from Melrose, is considering announcing a break-up of the group as one option for fending off a hostile takeover. This may be pursued as a means of genera... [more]

WILink has acquired Communicast, the US-based web conferencing company, for an initial £1.7m... [more]

BT Group has acquired Infonet Services for £520m, in order to expand its telecoms operations in the US and Asia... [more]

Kidde has acquired TTS Electronics, the South African manufacturer of fire detection systems, for an initial £0.7m... [more]

Whatman is to acquire Schleicher & Schuell, the German supplier of laboratory instruments, for £35m... [more]

Jelf Group is to acquire Managed Healthcare, the Somerset-based brokerage specialising in healthcare and private medical insurance, for less than £0.2m... [more]

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]

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

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]