Lion Foods, the Runcorn-based sauces and condiments manufacturer with more than 100 staff, has been acquired by Aarhus Karlshamn UK of Hull.... [more]

AstraZeneca is to acquire Cambridge Antibody Technology, the Cambridge-based biotechnology company with 300 staff, for £700m.... [more]

Compass Finance is to acquire Debt Advisor, the debt advisory firm, for £2m, and is also raising £4m in a share placing to expand its IVAs business.... [more]

Severn Trent has sold its Biffa waste management business in Belgium to Veolia of France for £30m.... [more]

Brake Bros, the UK-based food service company owned by Clayton Dubilier Rice, will be sold by the end of this year or early next year according to sources. An imminent sale, as previously reported, is... [more]

Swedish security company Securitas may put its UK subsidiary Loomis Cash Handling Services up for sale due to a high level of interest. The company has attracted 10 potential bidders, including privat... [more]

Ascribe has acquired the health division of Jade Software Corporation, which provides IT solutions to hospitals in New Zealand, Australia and the UK, for up to £3.4m.... [more]

Carter & Carter has acquired Remit, the motor industry training company, from the Retail Motor Industry Federation for £25m, in order to expand its government-funded apprenticeship programmes for auto... [more]

Imagesound has acquired Music Styling, the provider of bespoke music content to hotels, for up to £0.8m.... [more]

Lloyds British Testing has acquired Rota Handling, the Dudley-based lifting and handling specialist, for undisclosed terms, and will relocate the business to its site in West Bromwich.... [more]

Knight Frank has acquired C2G Property Solutions, the industrial property firm, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Farley Group is to acquire CJ Hole Country, the Somerset-based chain of estate agents and surveyors, and the 12 offices will be converted to the Humberts brand.... [more]

Advanced Power Components has acquired Hero Electronics, the Bedfordshire-based electronic components distributor, for £2m.... [more]

TM Lewin has undergone a £50m management buy-out backed by the Bank of Scotland, and is now planning to expand its chain of clothing stores from 37 to 50.... [more]

Costcutter is planning to merge with Nisa-Today's, creating a combined convenience stores and wholesaling group with annual turnover of about £1.5bn.... [more]

Trinity Mirror has acquired Email4Property, the internet directory service, for £4.4m.... [more]

SQS Software Quality Systems of Germany is to acquire Cresta, the London-based software testing company with 200 staff, for up to £18m.... [more]

The sale of WLR, the Irish radio station, has reportedly attracted the interest of eight companies. The companies, who have all requested the memorandum of information, have not been named but are lik... [more]

The London Head office of HBOS is to go on the market for just under £200m for a yield of just 4 per cent. The City property is at 33 Old Broad Street and is co-owned by the Bank of Scotland and entre... [more]

Vale-Tech has acquired Inovex Systems, the Corby-based supplier of ink dispensers with annual turnover of £0.7m.... [more]