Whitworths has acquired Sundora, the dried fruit and nut company, for undisclosed terms, and production will transfer from Pocklington to Irthlingborough.... [more]

Holland Mitchell of Southampton has merged with Young & Butt of Fareham to create a combined property agency with 22 staff.... [more]

Zerographic Systems has acquired Document Systems, the Wakefield-based office equipment company with 25 staff, for £1m.... [more]

Apex Computers International, the Swindon-based computer company with 70 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

Maxima is to acquire Ringwood Group, the supplier of document archiving software, for £2.9m.... [more]

Kerry Group has acquired Noon Products, the ready meals manufacturer, from WT Foods for about £125m.... [more]

Bupa has acquired Associated Nursing Services, the care homes operator, for £328m.... [more]

Jarvis has sold its Techspan road signs business to Hill Smith for £0.9m.... [more]

Holmes Place has sold its 15 fitness clubs in Spain and Portugal to a consortium of local private equity firms for £76m.... [more]

News Corporation, the US-listed media group run by Rupert Murdoch, is mulling a sale of Broadsystem, according to rumours. Broadsystem is a UK-based company that creates, manages and delivers multi-ch... [more]

National Express has acquired Northstar, the Canadian school bus company, for £26m.... [more]

Helphire has acquired Swift Rentacar, the car rental company with 400 vehicles, for £25m.... [more]

HSBC has acquired Metris, the US credit card company, for £898m.... [more]

Jane Norman, the fashion retailer with 39 stores and 56 concessions, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Baugur and plans to expand to 140 UK outlets over the next three years.... [more]

Virgin Mobile, the UK-listed mobile operator, could be being groomed for a sale. Vodafone, its UK-listed competitor, may be a potential buyer. The company has a market capitalisation of some £680m.... [more]

Brambles Industries, the ASX-listed, Sydney, Australia-based company, may be selling its Cleanaway business in the UK, according to a rumour published in the Sydney Morning Herald. The company could b... [more]

Puzzle Media, the company behind logic puzzle phenomenon Su Doku, is expected to be sold later this year for an estimated £100m. This is almost a 300% increase on the £36.7m that was paid for the busi... [more]

Sunquest Tanning Systems, the Tameside-based sunbed manufacturer with 70 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

Alfred Steel, the Sheffield-based steel castings company, has been acquired by a joint management team from BAS Castings and HI Quality Steel Castings for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Domnick Hunter, the filtration specialist, has accepted a £215m takeover bid from Parker Hannifin of the US.... [more]