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]

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]

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]

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

UK hotel group Travelodge has reportedly received several initial offers from potential bidders, including buyout group BC Partners who may be prepared to offer up to £750m. US private equity group St... [more]

VI Group is to acquire Plastics & Computer International, the Italian plastics software consultancy, for £0.6m.... [more]

Real Affinity is to acquire Conferaccom, the Swindon-based events management company that trades as Venues Unlimited and has 85 staff, for up to £2m.... [more]

Atkins, the engineering consultancy and professional services group, has acquired programme management consultancy Mantix Group,for a cash consideration of £8.7m. Atkins' existing management consultan... [more]

Zetar is to acquire Humdinger, the Hull-based dried fruit supplier whose clients include Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons, for up to £13m. The deal consists of an initial £10m, with a further £3... [more]

Communications Direct has acquired Quay Contact, the Manchester-based mobile phone reseller with almost 100 staff, creating an enlarged group with the capacity for more than 700 operators at four site... [more]

European Colour, the Stockport-based pigments supplier, is to be acquired by a newly-formed company called Pochteca for £2.6m. Pochteca is a specially forned takeover vehicle created by European Colou... [more]

Custom Fleet, the Carlisle-based car leasing company with 60 staff, is to be acquired by GE Commercial Finance of the US, prompting speculation that it could be combined with the Manchester site of GE... [more]