Koppers UK has acquired Lambson Speciality Chemicals of Yorkshire for undisclosed terms, which will involve the transfer of Lambson's glycerine and ammonium sulphate production facilities to Teesside... [more]

Superior Creative Services, the Melksham-based marketing and communications company with 118 staff, has undergone a management buy-out... [more]

Penton Media Europe, the business-to-business media company, has undergone a management buy-out from its US parent company, in a deal backed by Northern Venture Managers... [more]

Alexandra has acquired Prima Corporate Wear, the London-based corporate clothing company, for £4m... [more]

Broxap has acquired CEL Products, the Tyneside-based manufacturer of cloak room furniture, for £1m... [more]

PJH, the Bolton-based kitchen and bathroom distributor with 700 staff, has been acquired by Lloyds TSB Development Capital for £33m... [more]

Merebrook has acquired Barkonsult, the Cardiff-based civil and structural engineering consultant with about 20 staff, for undisclosed terms... [more]

Basebuy has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing 300 jobs at 29 discount clothing stores... [more]

Quadnetics is to acquire Alphapoint, the US provider of digital surveillance technology, for up to £1.7m... [more]

Centrica has acquired REDNET, the internet service provider, for £5m, in order to expand its Onetel division... [more]

Eurofins Laboratories has acquired Direct Laboratory Services, the Wolverhampton-based testing and research facility with 100 staff, for undisclosed terms... [more]

Dudley Inkwell has acquired TBS International Office Supplies of Washington, and has transferred the business to its site in Gateshead... [more]

Speedy Hire has acquired The Cabin Company, the owner of 950 portable units for construction sites, from Birse for £6.3m... [more]

Strix, the manufacturer of kettle components with 1,000 staff in Chester, the Isle of Man and China, is to be acquired by ABN Amro Capital for an estimated £300m... [more]

Shire Pharmaceuticals is to acquire Transkaryotic Therapies, the US biotechnology company that produces drugs for genetic disorders, for £839m... [more]

Quintessential Hotels has acquired the Norton Manor hotel near Winchester for about £9m... [more]

The Financial Times may soon be for sale. Its owner, the multinational publishing group Pearson which owns Penguin and Simon & Schuster, is coming under renewed pressure in front of what is likely to ... [more]

Spring Fine Foods has bought Sheriffs of Kingsbridge, the Exeter-based biscuit manufacturer, out of administration for undisclosed terms, but 60 jobs have been lost... [more]

Shell UK is putting up for sale its Auk, Fulmar and Dunlin fields, which provide employment for about 470 staff. Shell announced that along with Esso Exploration and Production UK, an ExxonMobil subs... [more]

Deutsche Bank has still yet to announce a decision on the possible sale of Deutsche Asset Management in the UK. In late Feburary, Deutsche hired the UK financial consultancy Hawkpoint in a sign that i... [more]