Arrk Product Development Group has acquired the engineering and technical staffing service operations of MSX International UK, including 150 staff in Basildon and Coventry.... [more]

Zenith Vehicle Contracts, the Leeds-based car leasing company, has undergone a £27m management buy-out backed by Dunedin Capital Partners.... [more]

Wakefield Acoustics, the Cleckheaton-based supplier of noise control products with 20 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

Nautical Petroleum, the North Sea oil company, has acquired Alba Resources for £14m and First Mariner for £3m, and has also raised £8m in a share placing.... [more]

Greene King has acquired TD Ridley & Sons, the Essex-based pub operator, for £46m, and Ridley's Chelmsford brewery will close with the loss of up to 85 jobs.... [more]

Statpro Group is to acquire Delve, the London-based developer of investment management software, for up to £4m.... [more]

Spice Holdings is to acquire Lamva, the provider of civil and electrical services to the electricity utility sector with 215 staff, for £5.9m.... [more]

InterQuest Group has acquired two Essex-based IT recruitment specialists for up to £1.2m - FJB (Contracts) and Maxridge.... [more]

Jelf Group has acquired the financial services business of Crowther Beard, the accountancy group with offices in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.... [more]

MBNA, the credit card company with 4,000 staff in Chester, is to be acquired by Bank of America in a £20bn deal.... [more]

Brulines, the Teesside-based pub equipment company with 110 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms backed by Bank of Scotland Corporate.... [more]

Readmans, the Leeds-based clothing and homewares retailer, has been bought out of administration by the founding family, securing the future of more than 100 jobs.... [more]

Nationwide has acquired Gemini Accident Repair Centres, the operator of 11 bodyshops in the West Midlands.... [more]

RDL, the Paignton-based electrical goods manufacturer with 48 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

Telephonetics, the developer of voice recognition software, is to acquire Leptis Manga in a £16m reverse takeover.... [more]

HSA has acquired Adastral, the provider of occupational health and safety services to companies, for about £2m.... [more]

Cello Group has acquired Leapfrog Research & Planning, the Windsor-based market research company, for up to £6m.... [more]

Microgen has acquired Rbase, the Camberley-based SAP software consultancy, for £1.2m.... [more]

Gala has acquired New Generation Bingo, the owner of the Club 2000 bingo club in Basingstoke, for £18m.... [more]

Speedy Hire is to acquire the internal plant hire operations of MJ Gleeson for £8.2m.... [more]