New Look, the UK high street fashion retailer, is looking to sell off up to 30 high street stores. New Look's recent purchase of 34 ex-Littlewoods stores from Associated British Foods, which are large... [more]

Royal Mail, the state-owned UK postal service, is coming under strong pressure from the UK government to sell GLS, its European parcels division. Royal Mail has been contacted regarding potential offe... [more]

Accantia, the UK-based cosmetics and personal care group, has been put on the market by Duke Street Capital. The UK-based buyout group has appointed Citigroup to advise on a full sale of the company w... [more]

Soundersleep, the UK-based bed company, has taken on Merrill Lynch to conduct a strategic review. Options include the sale of a stake in the group to a full sale. Soundersleep owns Silentnight, the UK... [more]

Telephone Maintenance Group has acquired Westcom Technical Services, the telephone systems specialist, for £0.9m.... [more]

PSD Group is to acquire Odgers, Ray & Berndtson, the executive search firm with 230 staff at seven offices, for an initial £23m.... [more]

Amec has acquired Compagnie Industrielle de Montage et d'Entretien, the French nuclear technical services company with 160 staff.... [more]

SMC Group is to acquire DTR:UK, the architecture and design company with offices in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and Birmingham, for an initial £1.2m.... [more]

ARM has acquired Keil, the provider of software development tools for the microcontroller market with 23 staff.... [more]

Alexandra has acquired de Baer, the supplier of tailored corporate clothing, and its UK-based subsidiary Rimac for £4.5m.... [more]

Trutex, the Clitheroe-based supplier of school wear with annual turnover of about £14m, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

Mezzo Studios has acquired Keyframe, the Leeds-based animation, graphics and new media specialist, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Graham's Dairies has acquired Scottish Milk Dairies from First Milk for undisclosed terms, after rival firm Robert Wiseman dropped its bid.... [more]

Noble Fund Managers has acquired Sitka, the London-based development capital firm, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Peacocks, the Cardiff-based chain of 843 discount clothing and fragrance stores, is to undergo a £404m management buy-out.... [more]

Dalgleish, the property agent with 93 staff, is set to be acquired by CB Richard Ellis for £27m.... [more]

ERM, the environmental consultancy, is to be acquired by Bridgepoint for £302m.... [more]

GUS has sold Wehkamp, its Dutch home shopping business, to Industri Kapital for £265m.... [more]

Genus is to acquire Sygen International, the Oxfordshire-based pig breeding company, for £187m.... [more]

Pro-Bel has acquired Vistek Electronics, the supplier of television signal equipment, for £8.5m.... [more]