DM is to acquire Dodd Marketing, the Ross-on-Wye-based list broker and promoter of games, for up to £9m.... [more]

Zetar is to acquire Readifoods, the Sleaford-based natural snacks supplier with 40 staff, for up to £4.2m.... [more]

Supporta has acquired SNH, the domiciliary care company operating in Lanarkshire and Aberdeenshire, for an initial £6m.... [more]

Co-operative Group has acquired an 86% stake in Fairways, the chain of 49 funeral parlours in East Anglia, London, Hampshire and Worcestershire with 225 staff, for £11m.... [more]

Sovereign Oilfield has acquired Maxwell Downhole Technology for up to £3.2m, in order to gain access to technology that tracks the direction in which drills are moving.... [more]

Eliza Tinsley has sold its MH Berlyn tools manufacturing operation in Cradley Heath out of administration to H&E Knowles, securing the future of 60 jobs.... [more]

ProMetic Life Sciences, a Canadian biopharmaceuticalcompany is to partially spin off its UK ProMetic BioSciencesunit. The unit specialises in the development and manufacture of robust affinity separ... [more]

The worldwide intellectual property rights and UK programme library of quiz show 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?' are to be sold by Complete Communications Corporation (CCCL), the parent company of UK... [more]

Clarity Commerce Solutions is to acquire MATRA Systems, the global software solutions provider to the retail sector, for an initial £2.5m.... [more]

CPL Resources has acquired Nursefinders UK, the London-based nurse placement agency, in order to expand its Medical Recruitment Specialists business.... [more]

Bennetts, the chain of 11 electrical stores with 400 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Celsius First has been bought out of administration by Yearsley Group, securing the future of 170 jobs at its frozen food distribution sites in Grimsby, Glasgow and Wisbech.... [more]

Scorpio Print Finishing of Pudsey has been split into two businesses, forming new companies called Alpha Media and Scorpio Print Finishers and securing the future of 230 jobs.... [more]

Spooner Industries, the Ilkley-based oven supplier with 105 staff, has undergone a £0.3m management buy-in, and is now looking to set up a new £3.5m facility next to the current site.... [more]

First Technology has sold its crash test dummies business to private equity firm HgCapital for £50m, as parent company Honeywell plans to focus on First Technology's gas sensing and automotive operati... [more]

All3Media has acquired Artist Rights, the talent agency, for almost £10m.... [more]

Hyder Consulting has acquired Livic, the owner of the Bettridge Turner & Partners land development and town planning business with 75 staff.... [more]

Wolseley is to acquire Brandon Hire, the chain of 143 tool hire outlets, for £72m.... [more]

Misys is to acquire Neomalogic, the French trade finance solutions provider, for £8.3m.... [more]

Adare Group, the printing company with 1,200 staff at 17 sites, has undergone a £120m management buy-out backed by Bank of Scotland Corporate, and its headquarters will relocate from Dublin to Leeds.... [more]