Parkside International, the Barnsley-based packaging group, has sold two businesses out of administration, with Alcan buying the Polish plant and Parkside Flexibles going to a new company called Parks... [more]

Quintessential Hotels has acquired Midmint, the owner of the Hanover International Hotel in Warrington, for £23m, and plans to make further acquisitions this year... [more]

Huntsworth is to acquire Sinclair Mason, the Leeds-based public relations company, for an initial £1.1m... [more]

Micap has acquired Rendel & Scherer, the German developer of microencapsulation solutions, for up to £0.7m... [more]

Planned Packaging has sold its UK flexible packaging operations to a newly-created company called Planned Packaging Films... [more]

Pete & Johnny, the Nottinghamshire-based supplier of PJ Smoothie soft drinks with 80 staff, has been acquired by PepsiCo UK for an estimated £20m... [more]

Alliance UniChem has acquired Farmaceutica Central, the Spanish pharmaceuticals wholesaler, for £33m... [more]

Millennium & Copthorne, the UK leisure group, could be grooming the Copthorne chain for an eventual disposal, according to reports. The naming of a separate management team for Copthorne could prove a... [more]

Siemens, the German manufacturing giant, has offered an incentive of up to £345m to encourage buyers of its mobile handset division. Richard Windsor, analyst at Nomura International, said he expected... [more]

Empresaria has acquired a majority stake in The Recruitment Business, which includes 11 staff in London, for up to £2m... [more]

Amec has acquired FAST Maintenance Informatique, the French IT management company with 480 staff... [more]

Nutrinnovator is planning to acquire Provexis, the developer of functional foods, and the enlarged group will look to raise up to £10m of funds... [more]

Ennstone is planning to sell its Johnston Engineering operations to Bucher Industries and a North American management team for a total £26m... [more]

Hardys & Hansons is to acquire five pubs in Lancashire and Yorkshire from Shadeweir Inns for £11m... [more]

Enteraction TV has acquired Red Fig, the interactive TV specialist, and Red Fig's 25 London-based staff will relocate to Enteraction's site in Vauxhall... [more]

Telegenic, the outside broadcast company, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms... [more]

Deutsche Bank has put its UK fund management business up for sale, according to insiders at the bank. The sale is designed to help Deutsche achieve chief executive Josef Ackermann’s goal of a 25% retu... [more]

Fulham Football Club, the UK-based football club, has been subject of takeover speculation following a reported meeting between members of the Mittal family and Fulham owner Mohammed Fayed. A Fayed sp... [more]

Jane Norman, the UK-based clothing retailer, is expected to hire either KPMG, Cavendish Corporate Finance, Hawkpoint of BDO Stoy Hayward to conduct a strategic review which could lead to a sale. The s... [more]

Trinity Mirror, the newspaper group, could put its bridal exhibit division up for sale. according to the Sunday Times. The parent company already tried once to sell the Inside Communication operation ... [more]