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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

White Young Green has acquired Farningham McCreadie Partnership, the town planning consultancy with offices in Edinburgh and Belfast, for £2.2m.... [more]

White Young Green has acquired Tweeds, the construction consultancy with 150 staff in London, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Mold and the Isle of Man, for an initial £11m.... [more]

Bodycote International is to acquire Saab Metech of Sweden, ACT Laboratories of the US and Warrington Fire Research of the UK for a total £29m, in order to expand its testing division.... [more]

Supreme Care Homes, the Teesside-based operator of four care homes with 240 staff, has been acquired by Avery Healthcare of Northampton for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Independent News & Media is to acquire PropertyNews, the internet property site that covers Northern Ireland and neighbouring counties in the Republic.... [more]

Cobham has completed the sale of Wallop Defence Systems to Esterline Technologies Corporation for £44m.... [more]

Metalrax has acquired Advanced Handling, the material handling equipment manufacturer with 160 staff in Peterborough and Romania, for up to £2.2m.... [more]