Murgitroyd Group has acquired David WJ Castle & Co, the London-based patent and trade mark attorney practice, for £3.3m.... [more]

Julian Graves has acquired Boaters Coffee, the Bedfordshire-based speciality coffee supplier, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

RPL, the Birmingham-based manufacturer of repetition turned parts with annual turnover of £3m, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Dawnus Construction has bought the Welsh operations of Butterley Construction out of administration, including 39 staff in Bangor and Llanelli.... [more]

Haymarket has acquired the Eve magazine publishing business, which has 32 staff, from BBC Worldwide for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Local Radio Company has acquired KCR FM, the Liverpool-based radio station, for £0.5m.... [more]

Pelcombe Training, the training company with 180 staff at 35 centres across the country, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Sovereign Capital for undisclosed terms.... [more]

FD Systems has acquired Serion Solutions, the Woking-based software company, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Brett Oils has sold Ovoline, its lubricants operation with 60 staff in Edinburgh and Lincoln, to Fuchs of Germany for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Pharmaceutical Profiles, the Nottingham-based drug development company with 100 staff, has undergone a £10m management buy-out.... [more]

Antisoma is to acquire Aptamera, the US drug developer, for £12m.... [more]

T Clarke has acquired Smith Contracting Services, the electrical and mechanical contractor with 170 staff in Falkirk and Aberdeen, for £4.2m.... [more]

New Crane, the consumer publishing company, and Cottage Publishing, the publisher of pu,le magazines, have been acquired by Seven Publishing for £14m.... [more]

Laird has acquired Cateron Corporation, the supplier of EMI shielding fabric over foam gaskets with sites in Taiwan and China, for £13m.... [more]

THB Group has acquired Carter Gilbrook, the Essex-based insurance broker, for an initial £0.3m.... [more]

Greenhous Group, the Shropshire-based chain of five car dealerships, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Fragonset and Merlin have merged to create a combined Derby-based train operating and rolling stock business called FM Rail, with 70 staff.... [more]

Superquinn, the Irish grocery retailer, is to be acquired by Select Retail Holdings for £244m, and the new owners may expand the business into Northern Ireland... [more]

Donaldsons has acquired Jonathan Edwards Consulting, the property management consultant with ten staff, for undisclosed terms... [more]

Piling Solutions, the Suffolk-based piling contractor with 45 staff, has been acquired by Spie Batignolles of France.... [more]