Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) has put its Uniqema business up for sale as the group unveiled annual profits fell by almost a fifth. The profitability of Uniqema, which produces chemicals used in ... [more]

A revival in European bank M&A deals has rekindled the prospect that British banks will be involved in the next round of takeovers, with Lloyds TSB a prime candidate to be in the sights of a predator.... [more]

The race to buy the operating company of the Four Seasons Health Care chain, which operates 440 care homes and a chain of psychiatric hospitals, is thought to be down to about three bidders, including... [more]

Nationwide Autocentres, the chain of 220 car servicing centres, has been acquired by Phoenix Equity Partners for £47m.... [more]

Adept Telecom has raised £8.2m in a share placing, some of which will go towards the £3.1m acquisition of Transglobal, the Kent-based fixed-line telecoms reseller.... [more]

Mavinwood is to acquire Wansdyke Security, the operator of underground storage facilities near Bath, for £11m.... [more]

Gala is to acquire the Leo Casino in Liverpool for £14m, taking its chain to 31.... [more]

Farley is to acquire Burrough & Company, the estate agents with offices in Hungerford and Newbury, and the business will be rebranded as Humberts.... [more]

Scottish & Southern Energy has acquired Harrison Smith, the Batley-based plumbing and heating contractor with 50 staff, for about £1m, in order to expand its Southern Electric Contracting division.... [more]

Careforce has acquired Camb Care, the care services company with 80 staff at offices in Cambridge and St Neots, for £1m.... [more]

GSH Group has acquired AF Worxgroup, the building services contractor that includes Worxcare, Worxbuild and Worxclean, for £0.6m.... [more]

Co-operative Group Pharmacy has acquired the Duran Drive-Thru pharmacies in Norton Canes and West Bromwich for undisclosed terms.... [more]

UMAX, the Scottish oil services company with 250 staff, has been acquired by Serimer Holdings of France for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Speedy Hire has acquired the hire division of Caledonian Building for £14m and the survey assets and cabin fleets of Mowlem for £5m, in order to expand its steel site cabins business.... [more]

Aggregate Industries has acquired Sitebatch and Roller Compacted Concrete, two Lincolnshire-based companies with 20 staff, for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its Bardon Contracting division.... [more]

Deloro Stellite, the Swindon-based supplier of wear-resistant alloys, is to be acquired by private equity firm Duke Street Capital for about £160m.... [more]

Strongroom has acquired Air Studios, the London recording studio, from Chrysalis Group and Pioneer in a multi-million pound deal.... [more]

Poppleton & Appleby is to sell the assets of the Sock Shop chain out of administration to Ruia Group of Manchester for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Heathrow and Gatwick airport operator BAA has received a bid approach from Grupo Ferrovial. Broker Merrill Lynch forsees a bidder for BAA selling off assets outside of the regulated business, such as ... [more]

Borcombe SP, the Hampshire-based commercial printing company, has been acquired by private equity firm Media & Print Investments.... [more]