Larking Gowen has acquired Manning & Girling, the Ipswich-based accountancy firm with 18 staff.... [more]

Waverley TBS has acquired Cellar Wines Direct, the Welsh drinks wholesaler, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Telecom Service Centres has acquired Outsourced Credit Management, the Halifax-based debt collection and credit management company with 40 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Travelzest is to acquire Peng Travel, the Romford-based tour operator, for £1.8m. The acquisition will make a millionaire of 70-year old Peter Englert who set up the nudist holiday firm in Essex in 19... [more]

Richmond Foods, the ice cream manufacturer with 850 staff, is to be acquired by private equity firm Oaktree Capital Management for £182m. If shareholders approve the deal they will get 750 pence for e... [more]

Pearson is to acquire an 80% stake in Paravia Bruno Mondadori Editori, the Italian publisher of educational books, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Merlin Packaging has acquired four businesses from Mondi Packaging, including sites in Great Yarmouth, Stoke, Glasgow and Gateshead, creating a combined corrugated sheet board group with annual turnov... [more]

The new chairman of Trinity Mirror, Ian Gibson, is reportedly not ruling out a potential sale of the Daily Mirror. Trinity is also believed to be looking for acquisitions in the internet sector.... [more]

Wyndeham Press has acquired JGA Design Strategies, the Essex-based packaging design consultancy with 12 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Inchcape is to acquire Lind Automotive Group, the car dealership with 21 retail sites in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Kent, for £71m.... [more]

JJB Sports has acquired Golf TV, the operator of The Golf Channel and The Golf TV Pro-Shop Channel, for up to £3.3m.... [more]

Aegis Group is to acquire a 70% stake in New Voice, the Chinese marketing and events company, for up to £5.4m.... [more]

Owl Video Systems, the Uckfield-based supplier of multimedia and video projection systems, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

PowerKut has acquired the Coventry-based operations of Nanson Engineering & Metrology and associate company Rugby Instruments for £0.3m, creating a combined tools and components business with 30 staff... [more]

Wolseley has acquired a number of US companies for £49m, including Efficient Electric, United Electric, United Plumbing, DSI and Davies Water Equipment Company.... [more]

Eclipse Scientific has acquired Advanced Micro Services, the Irish cattle disease testing company, as well as Food Technology Centre, the Manchester-based food microbiology and chemistry testing servi... [more]

Time Warner, the listed US media business, is examining the future of its ISP business AOL Europe. Vice-head of the company Jeff Bewkes has mentioned both a sale of the business and a partnership as p... [more]

Begbies Traynor has acquired the Salisbury and Southampton accountancy offices of Middleton Partners for an initial £1m, with the transfer of 16 staff.... [more]

Onyx Group, the Middlesbrough-based internet company with 42 staff, has undergone a management buy-out and is considering plans for a flotation within two years.... [more]

Albanet, the Dingwall-based IT services company, has been bought out of administration by Alchemy Plus for undisclosed terms.... [more]