Spirent Communications has acquired Scientific Software Engineering, the US developer of wireless network software with 24 staff, for an initial £5.4m.... [more]

SatCom Group is to acquire World Communications Center, the US provider of satellite communication solutions, for an initial £2.2m.... [more]

Expomedia has acquired ATS Events, the organiser of The Adventure Travel & Sports Show in London, for an initial £975k. The initial price was agreed based on ATS' 2006 results, and a further payment o... [more]

Premier Research Group has acquired Scirex Corporation, the US-based provider of outsourced clinical services to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries with offices in London and Poland, for ... [more]

Millfield Connect has been bought out of administration by The Money Portal, securing more than 100 jobs at its Hull-based financial advice call centre.... [more]

Harris Allday, the Birmingham-based stockbroker, is to be acquired by EFG International of Switzerland for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Pan Fish, the listed Norwegian fishing company, rejects speculation that its merger with private Dutch fish-farmer, Marine Harvest, could be stopped by UK competition authorities wish to investigate t... [more]

Commerzbank, the German-listed bank, has hired JPMorgan Cazenove to advise on its listing of UK-based asset management division Jupiter. Commerzbank said that it is considering all possible options wh... [more]

Misys, the listed UK-based computer software developer, will be broken up and sold in parts once taken over by new owners, sources close to Misys believe. Misys is made up of three business units: Mi... [more]

NCC Group has acquired Source Harbor, the US escrow software company, for up to £0.8m.... [more]

Low & Bonar is to acquire Colbond Investments, the Dutch non-woven textiles manufacturer, for £72m.... [more]

Interflora, the flower delivery service, has accepted a £66m takeover offer from FTD of the US. The deal was subject to agreement by its 1,800 member florists but was finalised on July 31st. It caused... [more]

DCC has acquired Carlton Fuels, the Merseyside-based oil distribution company with 118 staff for up to £15m excluding debt. The deal comprises an initial cash payment of £9.2m, with a deferred cash co... [more]

Candover Partners is to acquire DX Services for £349m, and will merge it with Secure Mail Services to create a combined mail delivery business with 1,840 staff. The offer consists of 415p a share and ... [more]

Wyko, the privately owned UK supplier of industrial goods and services, has hired Robert Baird advisers for a potential sale, sources close to the situation said. The company has a number of industria... [more]

BWG Group, the Ireland-based, privately-held, convenience store franchise, has appointed IBI Corporate Finance as its financial advisor for future sale options. Electra Partners, a UK PE firm that hol... [more]

Complete Product Company has acquired APB Colour Printing of Bristol for undisclosed terms.... [more]

MyTravel is to acquire Encore Cruises, the Canadian cruise holidays company, from First Choice for £1.8m.... [more]

Buller Jeffries is to acquire Dawkins & Grey, the Birmingham-based legal firm with six staff.... [more]

Somerfield is to sell nine convenience stores in Aberdeenshire to the Lothian Borders & Angus Co-operative Society for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 190 staff.... [more]