Teather & Greenwood, the stockbroker, is to be acquired by Landsbanki of Iceland for £43m.... [more]

Durlacher is planning to merge with the Panmure Gordon stockbroking division of Lazard, and the combined 160-strong workforce will be based at Durlacher's Moorgate office.... [more]

Severfield-Rowen is planning to acquire Atlas Ward, the North Yorkshire-based structural steelwork company, for £1.2m, and is expected to invest a further £3m in the business.... [more]

Homeserve has sold Doorman Services, the supplier of manual and automatic doors, to Assa Abloy of Sweden for £6.6m.... [more]

Wallace Arnold has agreed terms for a merger with Shearings to create WA Shearings, a £200m coach travel group with 3,400 staff, and both head offices in Leeds and Wigan will be retained.... [more]

Lookers has acquired Bristol Trade Centre, the four-acre used car supermarket in Bristol, for £8.5m.... [more]

EiRx Therapeutics has acquired a 56% stake in Auvation, the Aberdeen-based drug discovery company, for £1.5m.... [more]

Stirling Square Capital has acquired two aerospace components suppliers - Permaswage of France and Designed Metal Connections of the US - for a total £79m.... [more]

Timestrip, the developer of a label that shows when a product has reached its expiry date, is to undergo a £6.4m reverse takeover by Aim-traded cash shell Internet Music & Media.... [more]

Woolworths shares jumped 22 per cent to their highest level since May 2002 after Apex Partners said it was considering an offer for the UK high street toys and sweets retailer. Woolworths has said it ... [more]