Smith & Nephew and Beiersdorf of Germany have sold their BSN medical products joint venture to Montagu Private Equity for £698m.... [more]

LDV, the Birmingham-based van manufacturer, has been acquired by US-based Sun Capital Partners and London-based EAC for an estimated £75m, which is expected to lead to the loss of 200 of the 1,200 job... [more]

Cyclacel, the Dundee-based pharmaceuticals company, is planning a reverse takeover of US-based Xcyte Therapies.... [more]

Firth Rixson, the UK manufacturer of forged metal components used in the aerospace industry, could see the exit of private equity house Carlyle, it has bee reported. Carlyle is considering an IPO or a... [more]

Sepha, the Newtownards-based packaging equipment manufacturer with 15 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Enterprise Equity.... [more]

Corpora is to acquire Tokairo, the Milton Keynes-based supplier of document management technology, for £1.5m.... [more]

Spirent is to sell HellermannTyton, the supplier of fastening, identification, protection and connectivity solutions for electrical and communications networks, to funds controlled by Doughty Hanson f... [more]

Cookson Group is to sell its Laminates business, which supplies substrate materials for the manufacture of printed circuit boards, to Isola Group for £51m.... [more]

Stagecoach has acquired Traction Group, the bus operator with services in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Tayside, for £26m.... [more]

Touchstone is to acquire Landsteinar, the Jersey-based software consultancy with 15 staff, for £2.9m.... [more]

Swiss Re has put Fox-Pitt Kelton, the boutique investment bank specialising in financial services up for sale with a price tag of some £100m. The insurance giant has asked evercore, the us investment ... [more]

Supporta is to acquire ILO, the domiciliary care company with eleven offices in the east of England, for an initial £4.9m.... [more]

Persimmon is to acquire Senator Homes, the Carlisle-based housebuilder with sites in Dumfries, Lockerbie and Cumbria, for £25m.... [more]

Cyberdyne Entertainment, the Bristol-based online betting company, has been acquired by DM for an initial £0.2m.... [more]

Next Fifteen Communications is to acquire Credo Communications, the strategic communications consultancy with annual turnover of £0.3m, in order to expand its Bite Communications business.... [more]

JT Atkinson & Sons has acquired Littlefairs Builders Merchants & Ironmongers, the operator of three branches in Kirkby Stephen, Appleby and Hawes, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Whittard of Chelsea, the tea and coffee retailer, has accepted a £21m takeover offer from Baugur.... [more]

Sondex is to acquire AES, the US wireline toolmaker with 40 staff in Louisiana, for £7.9m.... [more]

Aegis is to acquire Univero, the Scandinavian market research company, for £10m.... [more]

Doncasters, the engineering and aerospace group with 25 factories and 4,500 staff, is to be acquired by Dubai International Capital for £700m.... [more]