Star Energy is to acquire Pentex Management, the oil and gas company with exploration opportunities in the East Midlands Basin and the Weald Basin, for £38m.... [more]

Stagecoach has acquired Glenvale Transport, the Merseyside-based bus company, for £3.4m.... [more]

Legoland Parks has been acquired by US-based private equity group Blackstone for £258m, and will be combined with Blackstone's Merlin Entertainments business.... [more]

American Express Financial Advisors (AEFA), could sell two businesses when its spin off from parent Amercian Express Group is completed according to rumours.It is likely that Threadneedle would be th... [more]

DS Smith has sold John Dickinson Stationery, the office products manufacturer with 450 staff at sites in Cambridgeshire, Tyne & Wear and Herefordshire, to Groupe Hamelin.... [more]

Supporta is to acquire Roger P Dudley, the Bromsgrove-based architectural firm, for £6m.... [more]

Eezehaul has acquired APC Mobile Couriers, the Brighton-based logistics firm, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Thurlow Nunn has acquired the Warwick Shubrook Group of East Anglia for undisclosed terms, creating a combined group of eight Vauxhall dealerships.... [more]

Oval Insurance has acquired Lochain Patrick, the Lloyd's insurance broker, for about £7m, and the new group will be called Lochain Patrick Oval International.... [more]

Broker Network Holdings has acquired two Lincolnshire-based insurance brokerages - Harrow Insurance Consultants and David Christian Insurance Brokers.... [more]

Brandon Hire has acquired three hire companies for a total £0.9m, including A1 Tool Hire of Norwich, Hire & Sales of Sheffield and Spa Plant of London, and will open new branches in Liverpool, Newcast... [more]

Cinven has sold NCP, the car park operator, to 3i for £555m, and 3i will continue the group's transformation into a general transport services business.... [more]

Emap Communications has acquired DeHavilland Information Services of London for £18m.... [more]

Calyx has acquired Convergent Systems Ireland, the Irish supplier of communication solutions, for £0.4m.... [more]

Associated British Foods has acquired the Littlewoods chain of 120 clothing stores for £409m, which will involve the conversion of 30 stores to the Primark format and the closure of the Liverpool head... [more]

Really Useful Theatres has sold four London theatres to Max Wietzenhoffer and Nica Burns for £11m, including the Apollo, the Lyric, the Duchess and the Garrick.... [more]

Photo-Me International has acquired RG Mitchell, the Lincolnshire-based kiddie rides manufacturer with 80 staff, for £3.9m.... [more]

William Hill is to sell 28 betting shops to the Tote for £15m, in order to win regulatory approval for the acquisition of Stanley Leisure's betting shops.... [more]

First Technology, the listed UK safety and environmental sensing specialist, is trying to find a buyer for its automotive unit. Apparently the company had unsuccessfully tried to sell its auto busines... [more]

Williams Lea, the printing firm, could be up for sale following the appointment of investment bank UBS to advise on options. The business is thought to be worth £750m. Possible buyers could be US fi... [more]