Bunzl has acquired Allcare Disposable Products, the Australian supplier of disposable products to food processors with annual revenue of £10m.... [more]

M&H Plastics has acquired HPL Jars & Containers, the Liverpool-based manufacturer of injection-moulded jars with 70 staff.... [more]

Elite Foodservice has acquired the goodwill and customer base of Somerset-based Snapper frozen Foods Limited.... [more]

Granada Learning, the educational publishing business owned by ITV has been sold to private equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson. The deal will consist of an up-front payment of £35m, with a further £... [more]

Eleksen, the electronic sensor technology company, is to be acquired by Bora Communications for £19m.... [more]

Tellings Golden Miller has acquired Hylton Castle Motors, the provider of coach hire and bus services in Tyne & Wear.... [more]

Swan Plant Services, the Knutsford-based maintenance equipment supplier with 60 staff, has been sold out of administration by DTE Leonard Curtis to a management buy-in with financial backing from Catt... [more]

Williamson Motors has acquired a Citroen car dealership in Darlington from Springfield for £1m, with the transfer of 22 staff.... [more]

Rapra, the plastics and rubber research company with 118 staff, has been bought out of administration by Smithers Group of the US.... [more]

Trianco, the Sheffield-based central heating manufacturer with 60 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

Krispy Kreme, the US based doughnut chain, has responded to reports that it is to sell its UK division by announcing that it has only a 35% stake in the UK division and is in talks to sell this to the... [more]

Northern Foods is close to selling its transport operation in a bid to reduce its losses. The business operates lorries that distribute Northern's foods own products. It also handles distribution for... [more]

Fulmar, the book manufacturer and commercial printing group, has been acquired by Cameron CPI (UK) Ltd, a UK-owned subsidiary of French company Cameron France Holdings SAS (CFH) in a 122.5p per share ... [more]

Cadbury Schweppes is to sell Bromor Foods, its South African soft drinks business, to Tiger Brands for £109m.... [more]

Wolseley UK Limited, the heating and plumming distributor and supplier of building products, has acquired Nevill Long Limited, the interior building products company, from James Latham plc for a cash ... [more]

Homeserve is to acquire the glazing division of Pilkington Building Products for £6.5m, including seven branches and 113 staff.... [more]

Nexus Management has acquired Fix IT Worldwide, the London-based IT services company with eight staff.... [more]

United Business Media has acquired the National Venue Show, the Birmingham NEC-based exhibition for event organisers, for £1.5m.... [more]

Virgin Mobile has been acquired by NTL, the UK cable operator for a sale price of £962m. The deal completes a quadruple play of services for NTL – it can now offer wireless mobile phone capability alo... [more]

SLI Glass, the Doncaster-based manufacturer of glass light bulbs, has been bought out of administration by Glazteknology, securing the future of 165 jobs.... [more]