GLJ Interiors, the Willenhall-based suspended ceilings and partitioning company with 12 staff, has undergone a £1.2m management buy-out.... [more]

PGI Group is to sell Chillington, its Walsall-based wheelbarrow manufacturing division, to Bescot Construction Tools for £0.8m.... [more]

United Drug has acquired the Medical Advisory Service for Travellers Abroad (MASTA), the Leeds-based medical advisory service and vaccines distributor with 60 staff, for £15m. United Drug will pay and... [more]

Bunzl has acquired Southern Syringe Services, the London-based supplier of consumables to the NHS, private hospitals and nursing homes.... [more]

Ultravox, the Manchester-based hearing aid retailer with 138 branches, has been acquired by Amplifon of Italy for £60m. Ultravox operates under four brand names (Ultratone, Sietech, Hearing Health and... [more]

Brodies is to merge with Bishops Solicitors of Glasgow, creating a combined legal firm with more than 360 staff.... [more]

Valpak has acquired the Waste Management Group's waste plastics sorting site in Preston, in order to expand its Valient Recycling operation.... [more]

Homelux Nenplas, the Ashbourne-based plastic extrusion and tile accessory supplier, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

United Business Media has acquired Commonwealth Business Media, the publisher of various media titles in the US, for £83m.... [more]

WPP has acquired Zaaz, the US digital marketing company with 65 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Castlebeck, the chain of 15 residential care and rehabilitation centres, is to be sold by HgCapital to Lydian Capital Partners for £255m.... [more]

Spirax-Sarco has acquired an 80% stake in UltraPure Group, the US manufacturer of pure steam generators, for £2.7m.... [more]

BBI Holdings has acquired Audiometrics and CDx, the Sunderland-based suppliers of blood glucose meters, for an initial £0.2m.... [more]

Office2Office has acquired Alpha Office, the East Grinstead-based office products supplier, for £2.35m. The amount includes repayment of existing debts of £1m, which will be paid from Office2Office's ... [more]

Connaught has acquired the contract maintenance business and 200 staff of Botes Building out of administration for £3.3m, but Botes sister company HN Edwards is now in administration, affecting 127 st... [more]

Co-operative Group has acquired 30 Gordon Davis pharmacies in Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire and ten Raygale Chemists in the north-east, taking its total network to 429 branches.... [more]

Smith Anderson has sold its Securecycle waste paper collection subsidiary out of administration to management for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 23 jobs in Fife.... [more]

Christy, the Cheshire-based towels manufacturer with 464 staff, has been acquired by Welspun of India for about £15m.... [more]

Emap has acquired AME Info, the Dubai-based business information company with 20 staff, for an initial £13m.... [more]

Accuma Group has acquired Thomas Charles & Co, the London-based consumer debt advice company with 19 staff, for an initial £2m.... [more]