Deeside Furniture has been bought out of administration by Westbridge Furniture Designs of Deeside Industrial Park, securing the future of up to 250 jobs.... [more]

Medical Report Services of Redditch has merged with Ewitness, the Leeds-based medico-legal agency with 50 staff, and the new group will trade as eReporting.... [more]

Brannams Pottery of Barnstaple has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing the future of at least 35 jobs.... [more]

Peerless Plastics & Coatings has undergone a management buy-out, securing the future of 28 jobs in Thetford.... [more]

Arakis, the Saffron Walden-based drug development company, has been acquired by Sosei of Japan for £106m.... [more]

Premier Research Group is to acquire PharmData, the US pharmaceutical services company with 40 staff, for up to £12m.... [more]

JCB is to acquire Vibromax, the German construction equipment company with 170 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Invensys has sold its Lambda power supply business to TDK of Japan for £134m.... [more]

Vertase, the contaminated land specialist with offices in Bristol and Sheffield, has been acquired by FLI International.... [more]

Boosey & Hawkes and its majority owner HgCapital are believed to have appointed Bear Stearns to conduct a strategic review. This could include a partial stake sale, a cash injection or an outright sal... [more]

Ultra Electronics has acquired Audiopack Technologies, the US supplier of voice communications equipment, for £34m.... [more]

Deltron Electronics has acquired BES Electronics, the Somerset-based supplier of products to the broadcasting industry, for £0.5m.... [more]

BUE Marine, the Leith-based offshore support company with 622 staff, has been acquired by Topaz Energy & Marine of Dubai for £86m.... [more]

Docuserve of Edinburgh has sold its specialist digital printing business to a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Industrial Cooling Systems, the Hampshire-based supplier of industrial process chilling equipment with five branches, has been bought out of administration by Cool Energy.... [more]

Punch Taverns has acquired the Avebury Holdings chain of 409 pubs for £219m, taking its total number to 8,209.... [more]

Cello Group has acquired The Value Engineers, the Buckinghamshire-based brand development company, for £7.2m.... [more]

Telecity, the internet hosting company, is to return to private ownership in a £58m deal with US venture capital group Oak Hill.... [more]

Superscape, the listed UK mobile games developer, notes the recent speculation and can confirm that the Directors are currently considering all of the strategic options available to the Company, inclu... [more]

Telewest could see offers of up to £800m for its content business from BBC and ITV, according to reports. The unsourced item noted that the business will be put on the market very soon. RTL, Viacom an... [more]