E2V Technologies has acquired Gresham Scientific Instruments, the High Wycombe-based manufacturer of X-ray detectors, for £5.1m.... [more]

Bunzl has acquired Sanicare, the Australian supplier of disposable healthcare products, for up to £6.4m.... [more]

WSP has acquired Integrated Building Services Design Partnership of Cambridge.... [more]

CSR has acquired the software division of UbiNetics for £27m, in order to move into the wi-fi market.... [more]

Huveaux is to acquire Epic Group, the Aim-listed online learning provider, for £23m, and JB Balliere Sante, the French medical publishing company, for £8m.... [more]

Axa of France is to acquire the Framlington fund management group from HSBC and Comerica for £178m.... [more]

Marylebone Warwick Balfour, the UK property business, is considering options for its boutique hotel businesses, according to Malmaison Group chief executive Robert Cook. Cook. He stated that MWB was c... [more]

Chime Communications has acquired Baxter-Hulme, the Macclesfield-based public relations consultancy, for an initial £0.3m.... [more]

Chorion has acquired Silver Lining Productions, the US TV production and merchandising company, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Chemring is to acquire Comet, the German manufacturer of military and marine pyrotechnics, for £6.7m.... [more]

Arriva has acquired Blue Bus & Coaches, the Bolton-based bus operator with 218 staff and 86 vehicles, for £2.9m.... [more]

Tarmac has acquired Encore Environmental Aggregates of Lanarkshire from Alfred McAlpine.... [more]

Napier Brown, the sugar products supplier, is to be acquired by The Real Good Food Company for £68m.... [more]

Granville Technology, the Burnley-based supplier of Time and Tiny computers with a network of 80 Computer Shop outlets, has gone into administration through Grant Thornton with the loss of about 1,500... [more]

Shire is planning to acquire Transkaryotic Therapies, the US biotechnology company, for about £920m.... [more]

Broadcastle, the independent bank, has been acquired by Siemens Financial for £42m.... [more]

Flintstone Technologies is to acquire InnoCleaning Magma and OspreyDeepClean in a £31m reverse takeover, and will change its name to Proventec.... [more]

Cookson is preparing to step up its planned disposal programme, a move that is forecast to generate £100m for the group by 2006. Pretax profits in the half year rose from £24.1m to £33.3m. Turnover ... [more]

Yardley, the English perfume, could be up for sale by owner Proctor and Gamble (P&G). P&G, the healthcare and household products giant, has merged with Gillette and confirmed that it is to 'explore s... [more]

PricewaterhouseCoopers has sold MG Rover out of administration to Nanjing of China for about £60m, which is expected to lead to the revival of car production at Longbridge.... [more]