Huntsworth is to acquire The Anne McBride Company, the US communications company, for an initial £1.4m.... [more]

Heywood Williams is to sell its plastic window systems division, including 600 staff at sites in Macclesfield, North Lincolnshire and Trentham, to Latium Plastics for £3m, in order to focus on door ha... [more]

Zenith Hygiene has acquired Renaissance Laundry & Cleaning Supplies of Ross-on-Wye for £0.5m.... [more]

Company Health Group has acquired Milligan & Hill of London for £0.5m, in order to expand its occupational health services business.... [more]

NWF Group has acquired Broadland Fuels, the Norfolk-based fuel distribution company, for £0.7m.... [more]

Sheffield Forgemasters is to undergo a management buy-out, securing the future of 600 jobs.... [more]

Trinity Mirror has acquired Financial Jobs Online, the owner of the GAAPweb online recruitment site, for an initial £10m.... [more]

Airotech Holdings and John Gladstone Dyers & Finishers of Huddersfield have undergone a management buy-out from the Uniworth Group of India, securing the future of 60 jobs.... [more]

Metsec has acquired Stratford Joists from Joy Construction for undisclosed terms, in order to create the country's largest manufacturer of proprietary steel lattice joists.... [more]

Wraith is to acquire the portable accommodation assets of Bowood Event Hire for £4.4m.... [more]

Cable & Wireless is to acquire Energis, the telecoms network operator with 1,550 staff in Leeds, London, Reading and Dublin, in a deal worth £837m, and is planning to shed 700 jobs across the combined... [more]

Numark, the buying group for about 1,700 UK pharmacies, has accepted a £30m takeover offer from Phoenix Medical Supplies.... [more]

Loans.co.uk, the loans company with more than 400 staff in Watford and Preston, has been acquired by MBNA.... [more]

Racal Acoustics, the Harrow-based communications equipment manufacturer, has been acquired by private equity firm ECI for £52m, and £50m will be invested in the expansion of the business over the next... [more]

Weir has acquired Pompe Gabbioneta, the Italian supplier of petrochemical pumps, for £69m.... [more]

Aga Foodservice has acquired Divertimenti, the London-based kitchen utensils retailer, for £1.4m.... [more]

Netstore is to acquire Oakmore Holdings, which trades as System Software Solutions, for £3m, in order to expand its NetConnect subsidiary.... [more]

Medical Device Management could be open to selling its aepEX depth of anaesthesia monitoring business. AepEX is a palm-held monitoring device that is designed to assist anaesthesiologists in determini... [more]

Vodafone Sweden, the Swedish subsidiary of the UK mobile telecom giant Vodafone, has denied rumours that it is for sale, according to the swedish press. Analysts believe that Vodafone Sweden probably ... [more]

Rank, the UK leisure group, could soon offload its Deluxe film and video operations, according to reports. Apparently unprofitable Deluxe has been a deterrent to would-be bidders. It is thought the co... [more]