Morethanhotels has acquired Foremost Hotels, the operator of three Express by Holiday Inn hotels, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Speciality Retail Group has undergone a £30m management buy-out backed by Gresham Private Equity, and is now planning to expand its Suits You and Racing Green stores.... [more]

Syndicate Asset Management is to acquire Investment Management Holdings for about £7.6m.... [more]

Shed Productions is to acquire Ricochet, the Brighton-based TV production company, for £30m.... [more]

Man Group has sold the European operations of the recently-acquired Refco brokerage business to Marathon Asset Management of the US for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Amec to sell SPIE unit. AMEC SPIE provides services and expertise in electrical, mechanical and HVAC engineering, energy, communication networks and rail infrastructure to industrial, commercial and i... [more]

GCap, the listed UK radio group, will divest nine radio stations, the group announced when presenting its half year results. GCap has idenitifed nine analogue radio station, which shall be sold. It wa... [more]

Stralfors UK has acquired DPS Direct Mail of Orpington for £8m, creating a combined transactional printing business with annual turnover of £28m.... [more]

Wayzgoose, the Lincolnshire-based greetings cards and general commercial printer with 60 staff, has announced a management buy-in for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Widney has bought the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Wolverhampton car parts factories of Vickers Pressings out of administration, securing the future of 250 jobs.... [more]

Mondas has acquired Blue Curve, the London-based software solutions company, for up to £3m.... [more]

GSH Group has acquired De Jongh Groep, the Dutch installation and renovation company with 37 staff, for £0.8m.... [more]

Aegis Group has acquired Plus REMARK, the Turkish market research company, for £4m.... [more]

SEAC, the Leicester-based fasteners manufacturer with 50 staff, has undergone a management buy-out from Halma.... [more]

Persimmon has agreed to acquire Westbury, the Cheltenham-based housebuilder, for £643m.... [more]

Restaurant Group is to sell 53 of its 58 Caffe Uno outlets to Paramount Restaurants for £33m, and the remaining five will be rebranded.... [more]

Erinaceous has acquired Mount Street Holdings, the property services company with 700 staff, from Regis Capital for up to £56m.... [more]

ILX Group is to acquire Mount Lane Training & Implementation Solutions, the Reading-based training company, for an initial £2.2m.... [more]

The Scott Trust, owner of The Guardian newspaper, is considering selling its £1bn magazine arm. According to Sir Robert Phillis, the independent trust's chief executive, the trust reviews its strategy... [more]

The Hilton Group plans to sell its Hilton London Metropole Hotel. The 1000-room hotel has a book value of £233m after refurbishment over the past two years. Further hotels are being put up for sale by... [more]