Smith & Williamson has merged with Bristol-based Soloman Hare, creating a combined accounting and financial advisory firm with annual turnover of £120m.... [more]

Snappy Snaps is to acquire the FotoStop Express network of 267 independent photography traders.... [more]

Wernick Group has acquired Accommodation Hire of Wolverhampton and CDC of the West Country, taking its network of modular building hire depots to 30.... [more]

Tellings Golden Miller has sold its London Bus business to National Express for £20m.... [more]

Fairline, the Northamptonshire-based powerboat manufacturer with 1,100 staff, has undergone a £40m management buy-out backed by 3i.... [more]

T&F Informa has acquired IIR Holdings, the trade conferences and exhibitions group with more than 3,000 staff in 70 countries, for £768m.... [more]

Mavinwood has acquired Ansa Holdings, the provider of drainage services, for £17m.... [more]

Scottish Radio Holdings is to acquire Donegal Highland Radio of Ireland for about £4.7m.... [more]

Tarsus Group is to acquire two French exhibition companies - Mobile Office SA and Heavent SAS - for up to £10m.... [more]

SLR has acquired Waste Management Engineering, the environmental engineering consultancy, in order to extend the range of waste management services offered to industry and local government.... [more]

Great Northern Envelopes, the Leeds-based envelope supplier with 123 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by YFM Private Equity and Matrix Private Equity.... [more]

Shell, the Anglo Dutch Oil Giant, is to auction its liquid petroleum gas LPG business and is hoping for bids of £1.6bn. Some of the worlds largest private equity players have expressed an interest in... [more]