Ten Alps has acquired Cameron Publishing, the Gateshead-based publisher with 47 staff, for up to £0.8m, and is now in negotiations to acquire TV production companies. Ten Alps PLC has announced reorga... [more]

Barclays is to acquire Indexchange, the German provider of exchange traded funds, for £161m, in order to expand its Barclays Global Investors business.... [more]

TT Electronics has acquired Apsco, the US prototype development and testing company, for £15m.... [more]

Phoenix IT has acquired Servo Computer Services, the Derbyshire-based hardware and software services company, for £30m. The IT support services provider agreed to pay for Servo with £28m stg in cash a... [more]

RSM Robson Rhodes, the accountancy firm, is to be acquired by its US partner RSM McGladrey.... [more]

Tenon Recovery has sold 123 of the Three Cooks bakery outlets out of administration to Cooks the Bakery, while 37 sites have been closed.... [more]

First round bids for Aston Martin, the Warwickshire-based luxury carmaker, are due in at the end of the month, with analysts predicting offers of up to £500m. UK private equity firmsPermira and Alchem... [more]

Cineworld, the UK cinema chain majority owned by private equity group Blackstone, is considering a sale or flotation. The company is reportedly holding talks with rival cinema chains Odeon and Vue abo... [more]

Deutsche Telekom is reportedly under pressure to sell its T-Mobile operations in the US after Laxey Partners, the UK hedge fund bought a significant stake in the company. Laxey director Colin Kingsnor... [more]

National Australia Bank has stressed that its UK operations are not for sale as it announced results for the 2006 financial year showing a 17 per cent rise in profits despite a 46 per cent increase in... [more]

Gala Coral, the UK gaming group, has entered the frame to purchase the government-owned Tote with a £405m offer. ... [more]

ICI, the UK-listed chemicals group, is rumoured to be considering a sale of its Quest operations. Quest, which is based in Holland, manufactures flavours and fragrances for home products and foods and... [more]

The Northern Irish construction company Lagan Group is tipped to dispose of its asphalt and quarrying division. Quarrying accounts for around 25% of the group's revenues and was Lagan's original busin... [more]

ISA, the privately-held UK office supplies company, has been put up for sale after owner Brett Palos hired US investment bank Rothschild to seek buyers for the business. ... [more]

C3 Imaging, the digital printing company with ten branches, has been acquired by O'Flaherty Holdings.... [more]

Supporta PLC has acquired civil and structural consulting engineers Bay Associates Consulting Ltd for £1.867 mln stg up front and up to £0.49 mln stg in deferred payment, based on Bay's business perfo... [more]

Equipment rental specialist Vp PLC's subsidiary, Hire Station, has acquired Scotland-based MEP Hire Ltd, a rental firm for press fitting, electro fusion and pipe threading machines, for £3.3m stg cash... [more]

Work Group has acquired RCC HR, the Knutsford-based provider of recruitment communications services, for up to £4.4m. RCC HR was established in 2002 by Beverly West and Derek Wynne, who will both cont... [more]

Severn Trent has sold Severn Trent Property, including 500 acres of development land in distribution hubs across the Midlands, to Prologis Development for £72m.... [more]

Technology Services Group has acquired CCL Technologies of Kingston for undisclosed terms, and CCL's 12 staff will relocate to TSG's existing office in central London.... [more]