Quantica has acquired Interactive Training Management, the work-based training company with 23 staff in Manchester, Chester and Birkenhead, for £409.8k in cash and £200k in shares. Interactive Trainin... [more]

Jelf Group has acquired Auto Business Solutions, the Chippenham-based asset finance broker with five staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

United Business Media has acquired MeXi Solutions, the Belgian communication and data access solutions provider, for £1.8m.... [more]

Land Instruments International, the Dronfield-based temperature measurement specialist with 180 staff, has been acquired by Ametek of the US.... [more]

Shoreham Airport has been sold by Brighton & Hove City Council and Worthing Borough Council to property company Erinaceous, which will lead to more flights to popular European destinations.... [more]

MJ Gleeson has sold Concrete Repairs, its Surrey-based division with 200 staff, to a management buy-out for £3m. The consideration will be paid for in cash. The management have created a new company, ... [more]

Ovum is to acquire Summit Strategies, the US-based IT research company, for £0.6m.... [more]

Torex Retail is to acquire Retail-J, the Hertford-based developer of electronic point-of-sale software with 20 staff, for £50m. The deal consists of £40m in cash and £10m in Torex shares. Retail-J was... [more]

Dobbies Garden Centres has acquired the Grovelands Garden Centre near Reading for £5.3m.... [more]

N Brown has acquired Gray & Osbourn, the catalogue retailer with sites in Sheffield and Peterborough, for a cash consideration of £8.2m. The management team and all 20 staff will be retained. N Brown ... [more]

Dolcis, the UK footwear retailer is up for sale. Alexon, the UK listed fashion group that owns Dolcis, has hired Hawkpoint to handle the sale. An information memorandum has been sent to potential ... [more]

Cosalt, the UK-listed industrial services and leisure group, is currently in the process of a strategic review to examine ways to increase shareholder value. Cosalt has announced its intention to sel... [more]

Having sold its UK DVD business for £5.9m, Rank Group has now announced it is currently in discussions with a number of third parties for the disposal of the remaining assets of Deluxe Media Services ... [more]

Wall to Wall, the UK private TV producer, would listen to takeover offers when approached, chief executive officer and main owner Alex Graham said. The company had been approached in the past but n... [more]

George Henderson, the UK-based transport and logistics recruiter, would be open to the "right" offer for the group, Chairman Jim Cleary is believed to have said.... [more]

Tiscali, saw its shares rise on rumours that it is about to sell off its UK operations, Tiscali's UK assets could go for as much as EUR 750m. The Value of Tiscalis UK assets have been pushed up by the... [more]

Asco, the private UK services provider owned by PE outfits 3i and Wood Group, is rumoured to be on the block. The deal could be valued at approximately £100m and is understood to be interesting to b... [more]

Roches Stores, the privately-owned Irish department store chain, could be sold off. Roches is considering selling off the retail side of the business while keeping its property portfolio. The move ... [more]

Rank Group, the UK leisure conglomerate, has stated that it may sell the Hard Rock chain in order to concentrate on the casino and hotel sectors. In the last six months revenue from the cafe chain has... [more]

Ascribe has acquired HE Information Systems, the supplier of clinical information systems to the NHS, for £6.5m. The deal comprises an initial cash consideration of £2.99m and £998k in shares, followe... [more]