ICI is to sell Uniqema, the oleochemicals and surfactants manufacturer with sites in Bromborough, Wilton, continental Europe, Asia and the US, to Croda International for £410m.... [more]

Supporta has acquired Datacare Business Services, the Oxfordshire-based data archiving company, for an initial £2.8m.... [more]

White Young Green has acquired Nolan Ryan Partnership, the Irish quantity surveying and project management company with 72 staff, for £10m.... [more]

Linear Composites, the West Yorkshire-based composites manufacturer with 32 staff, has been acquired by Macceferri Group of Italy for undisclosed terms.... [more]

BP, the listed UK oil company, has announced its decision to sell its Coryton Refinery in Essex, UK. The refinery processes 172,000 barrels of crude oil a day. The company said the decision to place t... [more]

Clyde Materials Handling, the supplier of conveying and injection systems with 110 staff in Doncaster, Brazil, the US and elsewhere, has been acquired by Process Handling in a £7.3m reverse takeover.... [more]

Harwich Express Freight, the Harwich-based haulage and warehousing company with annual turnover of almost £4m, has undergone a management buy-in for undisclosed terms.... [more]

A&M Plastic Solutions, the Fareham-based vacuum forming company with 22 staff, has been bought out of administration by a management team, and will now be renamed Mimtec.... [more]

Taylor & Whiteley, the Huddersfield-based manufacturer of car turbo chargers with 70 staff, has been acquired by VTL Holdings for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Rollalong Hire, the Dorset-based portable accommodation supplier with eight regional hire centres, has undergone a £11m management buy-out backed by Barclays Ventures.... [more]

General Electric has raised again the prospect of selling its GE life, its UK life assurance and pensions business after saying it would be prepared to reduce the price, previously mooted, by some £50... [more]

J Pickles Healthcare has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms, securing the future of more than 25 jobs at its health and beauty products business in Lancashire.... [more]

Kingspan has acquired Xtratherm Group, the rigid board insulation manufacturer with sites in Chesterfield and Ireland, for up to £60m.... [more]

Cello Group is to acquire Farm Communications, the London-based branding agency, for up to £2.3m.... [more]

Worthington Nicholls has acquired Project Air, the Rugeley-based installer of air conditioning systems with 23 staff, for £4.6m.... [more]

Balfour Beatty is to acquire Birse, the regional construction, civil engineering and plant hire company, for £32m.... [more]

Metal Bulletin is to merge with Wilmington to create a combined £330m London-based business information and training company called Bulletin Group.... [more]

Computer Software Group has acquired Laserform International, the legal software developer with offices in London, Bristol and Lymm, for £4.8m.... [more]

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Northern Foods, the UK-listed comestibles group, has hired KPMG Corporate Finance to handle the disposal of some of its assets, it has been reported. The Smiths' business, which mills flour, and the s... [more]