ABR Solutions, the Leamington-based construction labour agency with 30 staff, has been bought out of administration by former management and is now trading as In-Site Solutions..... [more]

Tellings Golden Miller is planning to acquire the Airlinks coach business at Heathrow airport from National Express, including 36 vehicles and 90 staff.... [more]

Certex UK, the Doncaster-based lifting equipment manufacturer with 150 staff, has undergone a £5.2m management buy-out from FKI.... [more]

Rathbone Brothers, the listed private client stockbroker and fund manager, is understood to have called in the investment bank Hawkpoint to conduct a strategic review which could lead to a sale of the... [more]

Celltalk has acquired the IT and telecom assets of Beneficial Group out of administration, including 12 Manchester-based staff.... [more]

Farrow House, the provider of adolescent care services in eastern England, has undergone a £21m management buy-out backed by 3i.... [more]

HSA Group has acquired BCWA, the Bristol-based medical insurance company, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Next Generation Clubs has acquired the Harbour Club in London for £16m, and is now planning to expand its chain of 13 fitness clubs with one or two new sites a year.... [more]

Exel has acquired Power Packaging, the US-based contract manufacturer with net assets of £22m.... [more]

Sage has acquired Simultan, the Swiss supplier of accounting and payroll software, for £11m.... [more]

Icon Polymer Group has acquired Silvertown UK, the Burton-upon-Trent-based manufacturer of rubber bearings with 250 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Astropol has acquired Portwood Colour, the Bury-based PVC powder colouring company, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Priory poised for £500m sale - Priory Healthcare, the UK-based psychiatric hospital group, could be for sale for up to GBP £500m later this year, according to a report in The Independent. The report c... [more]

Kesa Electricals, the UK listed retail group which owns Darty, BUT and Comet, could be a break-up candidate, industry sources have speculated. One source familiar with the company said: "Keeping the t... [more]

Whitbread denies it is to sell David Lloyd Leisure following reports in the press, Sir John Banham, chairman of Whitbread PLC has made the following statement, according to a stock exchange announceme... [more]

Iceland, the food retailer that forms part of the Big Food Group, is likely to be broken up and sold off to other food retailers by some of the take-private investors, according to a retailing source ... [more]

United Business Media, the UK-listed media group, is believed to have been considering the sale of its stake in Five, the UKtelevision channel. The appointment of David Levin as chief executive is ex... [more]

Johnson Service has acquired the corporate wear business of Dewhirst Group for £22m.... [more]

API Group is planning to sell its API Converted Products division, which includes 250 staff in Saxmundham, Cheltenham and Nelson, to a management buy-in for up to £12m.... [more]

TripleArc has acquired HFS Products, the direct mail company with about 240 staff in Swindon and Cirencester, for an initial £0.6m.... [more]