Dawson & Son, the Leeds-based industrial brush manufacturer with 40 staff, has been acquired Koti Group of the Netherlands.... [more]

John Caudwell, the founder of Phones4U, on Wednesday placed the Caudwell Group, owner of the mobile phone retailer, on the market, indicating that the price tag could be close to £2bn.Caudwell said t... [more]

Talarius has acquired Blackheath Leisure, the London-based chain of 24 gaming centres, for £19m.... [more]

Smiths Group has acquired LiveWave, the US developer of software systems that link sensors and video cameras to remote viewing stations, for £10m.... [more]

Whitecroft Lighting, the Manchester-based lighting company with 280 staff, has been acquired by Fagerhult of Sweden for £21m.... [more]

DeVries has bought the Welptons car dealership in Hessle out of administration, while the bodyshop, parts and Hyundai operations of the Welpton Group have been acquired by Beerhouse Self Drive.... [more]

Fuller Smith & Turner has acquired George Gale & Co, the Hampshire brewer with 111 pubs, for £92m.... [more]

Polymer Laboratories, the Shropshire-based scientific instruments company with 160 staff, has been acquired by Varian of the US for £24m.... [more]

Argenta Discovery, the Essex, UK-based drug-development business, is considering a sale or flotation. Although chief executive Chris Ashton said the privately-owned company was not for sale, he confir... [more]

Vp has acquired Trax Portable Access, the Worksop-based supplier of portable roads and barriers, for an initial £11m.... [more]

Lighthouse Group has acquired Carrwood Barker, the firm of 40 independent financial advisers with offices in Manchester and Milton Keynes, for an initial £3.3m.... [more]

Quantica has sold the goodwill of its Construction People Recruitment Solutions business to management for a nominal sum.... [more]

Kewill Systems has acquired Interchain Holding, the developer of supply chain management software with 100 staff at offices in Northampton, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, for an initial £7.6m.... [more]

Asfare Group has acquired Todd Research, the Chelmsford-based supplier of x-ray equipment to intercept suspect mail, for an initial £1.7m.... [more]

Microgen has acquired Milvus Software, the developer of banking software with offices in Guernsey, Barnstaple and Bracknell, for £2.5m.... [more]

P&O, Britain's biggest ports and ferries group, is expected to meet potential buyers this week as it attempts to generate a competitive bidding battle. The company has been valued at £3.3bn. However... [more]

Noble Investments is planning to acquire Baldwins, the London-based coin dealer and auctioneer, for £4.5m.... [more]

Autonomy is to acquire Verity, the US supplier of information handling software, for £282m.... [more]

Feather & Black, the furniture retailer, has been bought out of administration by Wade Furniture for undisclosed terms, and Wade plans to double the 22-strong chain over the next four years.... [more]

Aegis Defence Services has acquired Rubicon International Services, the security risk management company, for undisclosed terms.... [more]