Outdoor advertiser Maiden Group has received several takeover approaches. The company was put up for auction in December after creaching its banking covenants. Maiden's management team own more than 5... [more]

Statoil has announced it may sell its Irish operations which includes petrol stations, terminals and oil distribution businesses. It has interests in 236 petrol stations - 70 of which are fully owned ... [more]

Bodycote International has acquired Norwest Soil Research of Canada and West Coast Analytical Services of the US, in order to expand its environmental and pharmaceutical testing services business.... [more]

Aga Foodservice has acquired Eloma, the German oven manufacturer with 150 staff, for £7m.... [more]

Horizon Technology has acquired Equip Technology, the Basingstoke-based enterprise security and IP networking company, for £10m.... [more]

NWF Group has acquired the Woodford Park Garden Centre near Manchester for £1.9m.... [more]

Speedy Hire has acquired Caledonian Safemaker, the temporary accommodation hire company with five depots, for £14m.... [more]

Paddock Fabrications, the Walsall-based lock manufacturer with more than 300 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Pitney Bowes is to acquire Emtex, the Hertfordshire-based printing software company, for £23m.... [more]

Dunn-Line has acquired Alpha Coach Company, the bus and coach operator with 45 staff at sites in Hull, Preston and Blackburn, for £2m.... [more]

ILX Group is to acquire Customer Projects for up to £1.1m, in order to expand its vocational education and training business.... [more]

Bunzl has acquired The Midshires Group, the vending machine operator with sites in Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Loughborough and Northampton, as well as Master Craft Packaging Corporation of the US.... [more]

P&MM has acquired Summersault Communications, the Leamington Spa-based internal corporate communications company, for an initial £1.5m, and has also announced plans to change its name to Motivcom.... [more]

Healthcare Locums is to acquire Medical Professionals and Social Work Professionals from European Recruitment Network Group for up to £1.2m, in order to expand its healthcare recruitment business.... [more]

Johnson Matthey is to acquire Davy Process Technology, the developer of chemical process technologies with 175 staff at sites in London and Stockton-on-Tees, from Yukos International for £40m.... [more]

Enodis has acquired Frau Group, the Spanish distributor of food and beverage equipment with 76 staff, for £5.6m.... [more]

DRS Data & Research Services is to acquire Peladon Software, the document processing company with offices in the US and Andover, for £2.7m.... [more]

Chemring is to acquire Technical Ordnance, the US pyrotechnics company, for £39m, as well as Leafield Engineering and Leafield Marine of Wiltshire for £5m.... [more]

Macfarlane Transport, the Leeds-based transport firm, has been sold out of administration by KPMG Corporate Recovery to a new company called Macfarlane Transport Holdings, securing the future of 300 j... [more]

Langdowns DFK is to merge with CW Fellowes to create a combined Hampshire-based accountancy group with 100 staff called Langdowns Fellowes DFK.... [more]