Game Group said sales had surged in the last few weeks, allowing it to shrug off the disappointment of a potential bidder recently walking away from the company. Chief executive Martin Long insisted t... [more]

William Hill is gearing up to pay more than £500m for Stanley Leisure's betting shops - a deal that would make it the largest chain in the UK. ... [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]

Transform Medical, the cosmetic surgery chain, has been acquired by Electra Partners, as part of the £170m acquisition of parent group Covenant Healthcare... [more]

Able Community Care is to acquire Homecall, the Suffolk-based provider of home care services... [more]

Autonomy is to acquire eTalk, the US-based developer of software for call centres, for up to £49m... [more]

Allied Domecq, the spirits group, has accepted a £7.4bn takeover bid from Pernod Ricard, with some of Allied's brands being acquired by Fortune Brands of the US... [more]

Cinven is to sell its McKechnie aerospace and engineering business and its Dynacast die-cast components business to Melrose for £429m... [more]

Transform Medical, the cosmetic surgery chain, has been acquired by Electra Partners, as part of the £170m acquisition of parent group Covenant Healthcare... [more]

Able Community Care is to acquire Homecall, the Suffolk-based provider of home care services... [more]

Autonomy is to acquire eTalk, the US-based developer of software for call centres, for up to £49m... [more]

Allied Domecq, the spirits group, has accepted a £7.4bn takeover bid from Pernod Ricard, with some of Allied's brands being acquired by Fortune Brands of the US... [more]

Cinven is to sell its McKechnie aerospace and engineering business and its Dynacast die-cast components business to Melrose for £429m... [more]

Dorset Cereals, the Dorchester-based manufacturer of breakfast cereals, has undergone a management buy-in backed by Langholm Capital... [more]

Fenner is to acquire Wellington Holdings, the polymer seals manufacturer, for £45m... [more]

Monsoon has bought 47 stores from Etam for £43m, taking its total chain of fashion stores to about 300... [more]

Shell has sold its InterGen power generation business to AIG and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in a £1bn deal... [more]

Crane Fruehauf's assets have been bought out of administration by Wordsworth Holdings, and the trailer production lines will be transferred from Norfolk to Grantham... [more]

WSP has acquired PHB Group, the United Arab Emirates-based firm of consulting engineers, for an initial £0.5m... [more]

Dorset Cereals, the Dorchester-based manufacturer of breakfast cereals, has undergone a management buy-in backed by Langholm Capital... [more]