Dateline, the UK's biggest dating agency, has been placed on the market by interactive group Yoomedia, which bought it for £650k less than 18 months ago.... [more]

XenoSense, the Belfast-based biotechnology company with seven staff, has been acquired by Biacore International of Sweden.... [more]

Strategic Thought is to acquire Line International, the Bristol-based risk management software company, for £1.2m.... [more]

United Business Media has acquired Black Hat, the operator of IT security conferences in the US, Europe and Asia, for £6m.... [more]

Wyndeham Press has acquired Connect Digital Imaging, the Manchester-based flexographic printing company with 38 staff, for an initial £1m.... [more]

Seabay has acquired Quickfish, the Grimsby-based seafood importer and distributor, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Systems Geotechnique has acquired Fondedile Foundations from Sir Robert McAlpine for undisclosed terms, and the business will move from Hemel Hempstead to a new office in Alton, Hampshire.... [more]

VolkerWessels has acquired Laser Holdings, the civil engineering contractor with 250 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

BPB, the plasterboard company, has accepted a £3.9bn takeover offer from Saint Gobain of France.... [more]

Amtico, the Electra Partners-owned flooring business, has hired Close Brothers to manage its sale. The company was likely to fetch £130m.... [more]

The Nightclub Company, which operates 22 big venues is to be broken up. Bigger rival Luminar is thought to be interested in the Nightclub Company's best 13 sites, worth a combined £9.5m.... [more]

Begbies Traynor has acquired W3 Debt Solutions, the Chorley-based debt company with 15 staff, for an initial £1.4m.... [more]

Language Line, the language interpreting service with about 670 translators and interpreters, is to be acquired by a US-based company of the same name for about £23m.... [more]

Sara Lee will continue to explore options regarding the sale of Sara Lee Courtaulds, a UK-based division that manufactures private-label clothing for retailers. The division was not part of the just-a... [more]

Vantis has acquired the non-audit business of Harrow-based Booth Anderson Chester for an initial £0.6m.... [more]

Spice Holdings has acquired Kemac Services, the Leicestershire-based water services company, for £6.2m.... [more]

Barchester Healthcare has bought Manor House Nursing Home, the Stamford Bridge-based care home with 200 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Rexam is to acquire Precise Technology, the US plastic packaging manufacturer with 1,700 staff, for £148m.... [more]

SkyePharma announces it has appointed Lehman Brothers to review strategic options. In a statement, it said that following a recent unsolicited approach from a third party, the Board of SkyePharma has ... [more]

Gresham, the UK private equity house, has appointed KPMG Corporate Finance to look at 2e2 Group. The UK IT infrastructure and services business is to undergo a review of strategic options, the short i... [more]