CBG Group has acquired Spencer Lavery Associates, the insurance broker, for £0.6m, and will relocate the business to its Manchester office.... [more]

Total Butler has sold its fuel oil distribution depots in Penclawdd and Port Talbot to Thomas Silvey for undisclosed terms, which will involve the transfer of 18 staff.... [more]

Maybin Support Services, the Ballymena-based provider of cleaning, security, hygiene and facilities management services with more than 3,000 staff, has undergone a management buy-in for undisclosed te... [more]

Carlyle has hired Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley to advise on the sale of its Firth Rixson engineering business. Firth could fetch up to £600m including debt, applying a valuation multiple of nine... [more]

Richard Harsher, the Romsey-based bookbinding and printing company, has been acquired by private equity firm Media & Print Investments.... [more]

Tomkins has acquired Selkirk Americas, the US manufacturer of venting and air products, in order to expand its Air Systems Components business.... [more]

Calyx has acquired Entropy, the Irish IT security specialist, for £3.4m.... [more]

Pendragon has sold five Reg Vardy Volkswagen car dealerships in Leicester, Redditch, Stafford, Stourbridge and Wolverhampton to Volkswagen Group UK.... [more]

TDG has acquired Mond, the Belgian speciality chemicals distributor, for £18m, and is now seeking further acquisitions.... [more]

Laird Group has expanded its security systems business with the acquisition of Balance UK for £3.5m and US-based Bandlock Corporation for £10m.... [more]

Low & Bonar has acquired Geo-Tipptex, the Hungarian manufacturer of non-woven geotextiles, for £10m.... [more]

Granville Baird Capital Partners has backed a £20m management buy-out at Choices, the Livingston-based care services provider with 700 staff.... [more]

Facilitators UK has acquired Quality Management Scotland, the Perth-based business support consultancy, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Loch Fyne Restaurants is planning to spin off its Le Petit Blanc restaurant chain, and £6m of equity finance will be used to expand the new Blanc Brasseries business from five to 20 sites over the nex... [more]

InterQuest is to acquire PeopleCo Worldwide, the Harrogate-based recruitment company, for £5.4m.... [more]

BBA Group has acquired Ontic Engineering & Manufacturing, the US supplier of aviation parts, for £37m.... [more]

Dicom Group has acquired Learning Computers International, the German supplier of advanced learning systems, for £3.8m.... [more]

Halma has sold its high-power resistors business to Telema of Italy for £13m.... [more]

Tyrone Crystal, the Dungannon-based crystal glass company, has been acquired by two Northern Ireland-based businessmen, securing the future of 35 jobs.... [more]

Co-operative Group has sold Syncro, its engineering division with 400 staff in Salford, Manchester, Gateshead, Paisley and Bristol, to Aston Ventures for undisclosed terms.... [more]