Pochin has sold its Pipeline Drillers division to a management team for £0.4m.... [more]

Morrell Products has bought VT Technology, the automotive sound insulation manufacturer with 144 staff at sites in Chesterfield and Loughborough, out of administration for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Wolviston Management Services has acquired YOH UK Staffing Solutions, the Warrington-based staffing services company with 140 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Evolution Group is to acquire Williams de Broe, the investment bank with 250 staff, from ING Group for £15m.... [more]

Sportech is to sell its Bet Direct betting business to 32Red of Gibraltar for £12m.... [more]

Ultraframe, the Clitheroe-based conservatory roofing company, is to be acquired by Latium Holdings for £29m. Shareholders have received a comprehensive offer document recommending acceptance of a cash... [more]

Thus is to sell Demon Netherlands, its Dutch internet business, to KPN for £47m.... [more]

Azzurri, the Newbury-based data communications company with offices in Fareham, High Wycombe, Leeds, Kingston, Hull, Burnley, Birmingham and East Kilbride, has been acquired by PPM Capital for £182m. ... [more]

TTP Communications, the Royston-based wireless technology company, is to be acquired by Motorola for £103m. Under the deal, a unit of Motorola will acquire TTPCom for 45 pence (24 U.S. cents) a share.... [more]

Isoft is to sell its Swiss software operations to Nexus for £1m.... [more]

Tiger Aspect, the TV and film production company, is to be acquired by US-owned IMG Media for £30m.... [more]

Man Group, the UK-listed hedge fund operator, may still put its financial unit up for sale, despite its £173m acquisition of assets from US company Refco in November 2005. Analysts believe that likely... [more]

Rixonway, the Dewsbury-based kitchen manufacturer with 285 staff, has undergone a £20m management buy-out backed by private equity firm August Equity. Shaw Cross-based Rixonway Kitchens, the UK's lar... [more]

Benson Box has acquired Print Design & Graphics, the Tyneside-based packaging company with 158 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Lagan has acquired Peter Martin Associates, the US social services software company, and has also received a £6m funding package from Casenove Private Equity.... [more]

Broker Network Holdings is to acquire the general insurance business of Towry Law for £12m, creating a new subsidiary with offices in Birmingham, Bracknell, Glasgow, Leeds, Leominster and London. The ... [more]

Jelf Group has acquired Cherwell Insurance Management, the Oxfordshire-based general insurance broker with 11 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Applied Optical Technologies is to acquire GenuOne, the US developer of anti-counterfeiting software with 28 staff, for £7m.... [more]

Touchstone Group has acquired Vorsprung Business Solutions, the IT consultancy with 25 staff at offices in Manchester and Glasgow, for up to £1.7m.... [more]

Ideal Shopping Direct is to acquire Superstore TV, the craft products supplier with offices in Manchester and China, from Simply Media TV for £0.5m.... [more]