Multi Group has sold Berry Recruitment, its St Albans-based general recruitment subsidiary, to management for £1.9m.... [more]

Stream Group has acquired Pan American Mobile, the US-based fixed-line premium rate services provider, for up to £2.5m.... [more]

Patisserie UK, the Livingston-based cake and dessert manufacturer with 50 staff, has been sold by Enterprise Foods to management for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Marken, the London-based clinical trials courier, is to be sold by Deutsche Post to private equity firm 3i.... [more]

There is talk of a potential takeover of MacLellan, the London-listed support-services group. Reports of a circling predator have been doing the rounds. MacLellan is currently worth £99m. Spice Holdin... [more]

Holidaybreak, the UK-listed travel operator which may sellits camping unit, could itself become a takeover target. First Choice could be a buyer for the group. The camping arm has received at least o... [more]

RR Donnelley has acquired OfficeTiger, the US print management company with a sales office in London, for £142m.... [more]

ICI has acquired the fragrance business of US-based Shaw Mudge for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Bartercard is to acquire D-ISC Holdings, the developer of corporate intranet software, for £1.8m.... [more]

Carlisle Airport is to be sold by Haughey Airports to WA Developments International in a multi-million pound deal.... [more]

Flowcrete has acquired Ivory Industrials, the South African resin flooring company with annual turnover of £5.5m, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Beta Technology, the Doncaster-based technology funding company with 30 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Wolverhampton & Dudley has acquired Celtic Inns, the chain of 70 pubs in South Wales and southern England, for £44m.... [more]

The Board of Holidaybreak, the European specialist holidaygroup, confirmed in a statement that it has received several expressions of interest to acquire the group's Camping Division, Eurocamp. Any p... [more]

Caudwell Group, the UK telecoms and recruitment groupfounded by John Caudwell, has received three takeover offers of more than £1bn. Providence Equity Partners and CVC Capital; Warburg Pincus; and No... [more]

TM Lewin, the upmarket London shirtmaker, could be boughtout by its management. HBOS is thought to be behind the deal, which may be made public within weeks. The retailer could fetch £35m.... [more]

Northern Foods, the UK-listed group which has announced itis to undergo a strategic review, could dispose of its biscuits business. The company is likely to sell off one of its three divisions - pizz... [more]

JPMorgan Partners is a favourite to take over UKdebt-collection business Cabot Financial. JPMorgan is ahead of other suitors including fellow private-equity house Carlyle Group. Cabot is likely to fe... [more]

New Star Asset Management's chief executive, John Duffield,is spearheading an attempt to break up £600m UKfund-management firm Gartmore. Duffield's plan is risky and less likely to succeed than riva... [more]

Pendragon's hostile bid to snap up its smaller car dealer rival Lookers with a 'take it or leave it' £260m share offer is believed to have been snubbed by its target's largest investor. Leasing busine... [more]