Wolseley has announced six new acquisitions for a total £27m, including Hudson Plumbing Supplies of Canada, Onda-Lay Pipe & Rental of the US, Page's Appliances of the US, Tonto Verde Construction of t... [more]

Wraith Plc, the AIM-listed provider of portable accommodation units, is to be acquired by private equity firm TDR Capital for £30.3m.... [more]

Wilson Bowden, the residential and commercial property company, is considering a sale after appointing HSBC to find potential buyers for the business.... [more]

Mitsui Babcock, the Crawley-based power station equipment company with 4,000 staff worldwide, has been acquired by Doosan Heavy Industries of South Korea for £89m. 'By bringing Mitsui Babcock under th... [more]

Scott Wilson Group is to acquire Ferguson McIlveen, the property and infrastructure consultancy with 250 staff in Belfast, Glasgow, Chester, Guildford, Leeds, Middlesbrough and Swansea, for £10m. An i... [more]

Cutlers Gardens, the prestigious office complex in the City of London, could be up for sale for up to £400m.... [more]

Leadbitter has acquired Denne Construction of Kent for £17m, in order to strengthen its position in the affordable housing sector. The acquisiton gives Leadbitter, which operates in the South West wit... [more]

John Laing, the specialist owner, operator and manager of public sector infrastructure assets in the UK, is to be put up for competitive auction two weeks after the company recommended an £887m bid fr... [more]

Rok is to acquire Tulloch Construction Group, the building and related services business with 875 staff in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Elgin, Fort William, Inverness, Tain, Nairn and Thurso, for £31m. Tulloch... [more]

Linden Homes, the Wilmslow-based housebuilder is up for sale with an asking price of £300m. Chairman Andrew Sells and Chief Executive Philip Davis jointly own 20% of the company, and could recieve a w... [more]

Strategic Team Group, the private construction, property and maintenance company based in the UK, is considering its options and exit strategy according to founder Charles Tweed. Tweed, who co-founded... [more]

The Irish building group McInerney has acquired Bowey, the Tyneside-based housebuilder, for £24m. Founded in 1907, Bowey operates in the Newcastle, Northumberland, Sunderland, Durham and Consett areas... [more]

Ennstone has acquired Jackson Precast, the East Midlands-based precast concrete manufacturer with 34 staff, for £6m. Jackson will now operate within Ennstone's building products division, Ennstone Bui... [more]

Jarvis, the ailing UK-listed rail and road infrastructure firm, confirmed it is in discussions with potential bidders to sell parts of its roads business, Recent statements from Jarvis have been that ... [more]

Kier, the UK construction, development and service group, has acquired Hugh Bourn Developments, the Lincolnshire-based housebuilder, for £53m. Kier will pay an initial £20m in cash for the business, w... [more]

McCarthy & Stone, the retirement homes builder, is to be acquired by a consortium led by HBOS for £1.06bn.... [more]

Rok has acquired Kingfisher Building Company, the West Midlands-based social housing company with about 50 staff, for £4.5m. The deal comprises a £3.4m cash consideration, of which £1.1m is subject to... [more]

Foster Yeoman, the Somerset-based building materials company with 700 staff, is to be acquired by Holcim of Switzerland for an estimated cash offer of £300m. Holcim, one of the world's leading cement ... [more]

Ferrovial, the Spanish construction company, may have to dispose of UK airports following its £10bn takeover of BAA. Ferrovial has already hinted that it will dispose of non-UK airports, including not... [more]

UK housebuilder McCarthy & Stone is in talks with private equity consortia Permira/ Barclays Capital and Augusta Capital over the sale of the company. McCarthy & Stone is estimated to be worth over £9... [more]