Swiss financial services company Zurich is to sell its UK annuities division according to reports, and is proving popular with potential buyers. First round offers are thought to have already been sub... [more]

Newsquest Media Group, the publishing company responsible for around 300 UK newspapers including the Scottish Herald and the Northern Echo, is tipped to be put up for sale for around £1.5bn.... [more]

OneClickHR has sold its payroll bureau and its Employee Intranet product operation to Northgate Information Solutions for £0.4m.... [more]

Discover Leisure has sold YorkBoat, the York-based provider of boat trips, to Bithell Boats for £2m.... [more]

NPS Property Consultants has acquired John Packer Associates, the East Sussex-based building services company with 20 staff.... [more]

ERDC, the Edinburgh-based civil engineering and sports surfaces group with 133 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Autocruise, the South Yorkshire-based motorhome manufacturer with 140 staff, has undergone a £13m management buy-out backed by private equity investor Inflexion.... [more]

Blake Lapthorn Linnell has merged with Tarlo Lyons to create a combined law firm with more than 700 staff across London and the South East.... [more]

John Haggas has acquired KM Group, the Stornoway-based manufacturer of Harris Tweed textiles with 80 staff.... [more]

Dickinson Dees is to merge with Philip Ashworth & Co, the York-based law firm with ten staff, and at least 50 jobs are expected to be created at a new office in York over the next three years.... [more]

McNicholas, the London-based utility contractor with 1,300 staff, is to be acquired by Skanska of Sweden for about £50m.... [more]

GlaxoSmithKline is to acquire Domantis, the Cambridge-based biotechnology research company, for £230m.... [more]

Action Sports Media is to merge with Permanent Publishing and 4130 Publishing to create a combined extreme sports publishing group with 24 magazines.... [more]

Maxwell Batley is to merge with Winward Fearon to create a combined London-based property law firm called Maxwell Winward with 90 staff.... [more]

Scott Wilson has acquired DGP, the Manchester-based consultancy with 180 staff, for up to £14.6m, as well as Cameron Taylor, the London-based consulting engineer with 330 staff at ten offices, for up ... [more]

The Prudential, the UK's second-largest insurance company may soon put a number of its UK businesses up for sale according to an investment analyst. ... [more]

Huntleigh Technology, the UK manufacturer of medical equipment, announced today that it is to be acquired by Getinge of Sweden for £409m. ... [more]

Caffe Nero, the chain of 290 coffee bars, is to undergo a £225m management buy-out.... [more]

Misys has acquired SC Fino Capital, the Romanian financial software development company with 67 staff.... [more]

Rank is to sell its Hard Rock business to Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment of the US for £490m, including 124 Hard Rock Cafes, four hotels and two casinos.... [more]