Access Intelligence has acquired Due North, the Newcastle-based provider of e-commerce solutions, for an initial £1.5m.... [more]

Disperse Group has acquired Hanworth Laboratories, the Cambridge-based manufacturer of cosmetics and toiletries with 55 staff, for £0.4m.... [more]

Reg Vardy is to acquire five car dealerships from Priory Motor Group for £16m, including a BMW and a Mini site in North Tyneside, Vauxhall sites in Blaydon and Gateshead, and a Kia and Chevrolet deale... [more]

Viking Outsourcing has acquired the Ignite customer contact centre in Hartlepool for undisclosed terms, and the 120-strong workforce is expected to double over the next 12 months.... [more]

Esslemont & Macintosh, the Aberdeen-based department store with 120 staff, has been acquired by Owen Owen for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Eurotel, the Halifax-based telecoms company with 320 staff, has undergone a £20m management buy-out.... [more]

Vernalis is to acquire the Cambridge-based biotechnology company, for £12m.... [more]

Aegis Group has acquired Digithais Network Company, the Thailand-based marketing agency, for up to £3.4m.... [more]

Kewill Systems is to acquire Perwill, the Hampshire-based IT solutions company with 20 staff, for £2m.... [more]

Ryland Group has acquired the Jeep dealership in Sutton Coldfield from All Electric for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Southampton Saab has acquired WhiteQuay, the Saab dealership with sites in Reading and Newbury, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

NG Bailey has sold its switchgear and instrumentation business, which is based in Bradford and employs 275 staff, to Powell Industries of the US for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Doughty Hanson has sold the Priory group of rehabilitation clinics to Dutch bank ABN Amro for £875m.... [more]

SmartFocus has acquired Aims Software, the French supplier of marketing software, for £1m.... [more]

Northgate is to acquire Record Rent, the Spanish vehicle rental company, for up to £95m.... [more]

Harrods has sold Kurt Geiger, its luxury shoe retailing business with more than 100 department store concessions, to a management buy-out backed by Barclays Private Equity for £46m.... [more]

Amec has acquired PK SAS, the French electrical engineering company with 35 staff.... [more]

Formjet has acquired SouthCoast Distributions, the supplier of OEM software products with annual turnover of £1.7m.... [more]

Bunzl has acquired Tecep France, the French packaging supplier with operations in Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Poland.... [more]

Broker Network Holdings has acquired Fraser Tennant, the Stirling-based insurance broker, for up to £2.8m.... [more]