St Ives has sold its Johler Druck commercial print business in Germany to Arques Industries for £1.5m... [more]

Oxford Instruments is to acquire HKL Technology, the Danish manufacturer of Electron BackScatter Diffraction systems, for an initial £2m... [more]

Amplicon Liveline, the Brighton-based electronics and IT company with 40 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms... [more]

Verna Group, a Bolton-based healthcare manufacturer, has been acquired by Legal & General Ventures for £60m... [more]

Amplicon Liveline, the Brighton-based electronics and IT company with 40 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms... [more]

British Vita has acquired the thermoplastic elastomers business of Valerio Franceschetti Elastomeri of Italy for an initial £5.5m... [more]

Headlam Group has acquired the retail division of Gaskell Flooring, which trades as Gaskell Wool Rich and Tomkinson Carpets, for £0.4m... [more]

United Business Media has acquired DotNetJunkies.com and SqlJunkies.com, the independent online communities, in order to expand its CMP Media division's software development media business... [more]

Enterprise has acquired ESBI Engineering, the power distribution and transmission network contractor, for up to £12m... [more]

Kleeneze has acquired Kitbag Sports, the internet sports retailer, for £6m... [more]

YooMedia has acquired ViaVision, the London-based independent TV broadcaster and production company with annual revenue of £1.3m... [more]

DAT Group has acquired Synchronica Software, the German developer of data synchronisation and device management software, for an initial £0.3m... [more]

Ensor Holdings has acquired Wood's Packaging, the Yorkshire-based distributor of packaging materials, for £0.8m... [more]

United Freight Distribution has acquired Ollis Transport, the Bristol-based distribution company with 45 staff... [more]

Heanor Gate Printing has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 70 staff... [more]

Rathbones Bakeries, the UK-based bakery company, has gone into administration and has potential buyers lined up, according to a report in The Guardian. The bakery will continue in business while admin... [more]

AEA Technology, the UK-listed engineering group, is considering the sale of its battery operations, according to reports. Newly-promoted chief executive Andrew McCree confirmed that AEA is looking to ... [more]

Broker Network Holdings is to acquire Wyndale Insurance Brokers of Bury, Lancashire... [more]

Zenith Hygiene has acquired MP Chemical Products, the Northern Ireland-based supplier of cleaning, hygiene and ancillary products, for £0.1m... [more]

Broker Network Holdings is to acquire Wyndale Insurance Brokers of Bury, Lancashire... [more]