Hodkin & Jones, the building products company with two sites in Sheffield and one in Dronfield, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

Hyder Consulting has acquired Weathered Howe, the Australian engineering consultancy with about 100 staff, for an initial £1.6m.... [more]

Stanelco is to acquire Biotec Group, the German developer of environmentally-responsible packaging systems, for £14m.... [more]

Asda has bought 12 Safeway stores in Northern Ireland from Morrisons for £74m, and will spend £30m redeveloping the stores.... [more]

Aga Foodservice has acquired Waterford Stanley, the Irish manufacturer of cast iron cookers, for £9.3m.... [more]

Diageo is to acquire the Bushmills Irish whiskey brand from Pernod Ricard for about £200m.... [more]

Premier Foods is to acquire Marlow Foods, the manufacturer of Quorn substitute meat products, from Montagu Private Equity for £172m.... [more]

Centrica is to acquire Oxxio, the Dutch energy supplier with 95 staff, for £92m.... [more]

Cannon Avent, the supplier of baby care products, is to be acquired by Charterhouse Development Capital for about £300m.... [more]

Signature Restaurants has sold The Ivy and five other London-based restaurants to the new owner of Wentworth Golf Club for about £31m.... [more]

Mind's Eye Productions, the producer of interactive TV games, has been acquired by Walt Disney Company of the US for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Hackett, the outfitter with 12 shops, has been acquired by Torreal of Spain for about £15m.... [more]

Grays Personnel, the recruitment agency with offices in Horsham, Epsom, Sutton, and Worthing, has been acquired by the Berry Recruitment subsidiary of Multi for £0.3m.... [more]

Silentnight has sold its Stag furniture business to management for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 650 workers at its Sunderland factory.... [more]

Northern Foods' could see further disposals according to chief executive, Pat O'Driscoll. O'Driscoll suggested the company may be open to offers for its distribution business.Also Northern Foods cak... [more]

Sonaptic, the private UK audio technology developer, would eventually like to float or sell, according to managing director David Monteith. In the case of a trade sale, he said he believed the company... [more]

Codemasters, the private UK videogames developer, could IPO in 2-3 years or consider a trade sale, according to incoming CEO Rode Cousens. The most likely suitors would be traditional games publishers... [more]

AWG, the UK water group, is to hold off on deciding to sell its Morrison construction company until the end of 2006, according to the Daily Telegraph. AWG chief executive Jonson Cox wishes to give the... [more]

Global Switch, the UK data centre company, will be sold off, according to a Financial Times interview with owner Multiplex's chief executive. Multiplex's Andrew Roberts told the FT that the group inte... [more]

Caluccio's, the chain of restaurants, has taken on Close Brothers to advise on a sale or an initial public offer. It is thought that if a secondary buy-out is the outcome, buyers might include Urban D... [more]