Bouygues Construction has acquired Warings, the Portsmouth-based contractor with 240 staff and annual turnover of £130m.... [more]

Multimap, the London-based online mapping company with 120 staff, has been acquired by Microsoft for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Glencoe Mountain Resort, the Scottish skiing holiday firm, has been sold by liquidator Invocas to a management buy-out.... [more]

Dechra Pharmaceuticals is planning to acquire VetXX, the Danish supplier of veterinary products with 165 staff, for £62m.... [more]

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business has announced it has acquired the GEE portfolio of compliance products from Thomson Legal and Regulatory’s Sweet & Maxwell division. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, part o... [more]

Montagu, a leading European mid-market private equity investor, has announced the sale of VetXX, a leading developer, producer and marketer of companion animal veterinary products, to the UK's Dechra ... [more]

BAE Systems, the British defence contractor, is in the final round of bidding for Australia's second largest defence company, Tenix, according to reports. The deal, which it is thought may be complete... [more]

Personal Screening has acquired the Over50s.com web portal for £0.1m, in order to expand its online sales of medical testing kits and other health products.... [more]

Aegis Group has acquired SPSL, the Milton Keynes-based provider of market research and footfall services to retailers with gross assets of £4.2m.... [more]

Spice has acquired Gas Heating UK, the Glasgow-based gas appliance installation and maintenance company with 140 staff, for £2.2m.... [more]

Senior has acquired Absolute Manufacturing, the US manufacturer of precision machined parts for the aerospace industry, for £7.1m.... [more]

Benson Group has acquired Integrated Packaging, the Gateshead-based chilled packaging company with 180 staff.... [more]

Inverness Medical Innovations has acquired BBI Holdings, the diagnostic tests manufacturer with sites in Cardiff, Swansea and Dundee, for £84m.... [more]

Samskip has acquired Icepak, the reefer logistics company with sites in Basildon, Australia and the US.... [more]

Chiltern Railways, the commuter and long-distance train service company operating from London Marylebone, is currently being competed over by European rail giants Deutsche Bahn and NedRail. The German... [more]

Aeroplan Income Fund, Canada's premier loyalty marketing company, has acquired the UK's Nectar operator, LMG, for £368m.... [more]

Reckitt Benckiser is to acquire Adams Respiratory Therapeutics, the US pharmaceuticals company, for £1.1bn, as part of a strategy to create a global over-the-counter medicines business.... [more]

John David Group has acquired the Bank Stores chain of 49 fashion outlets from Phoenix Equity Partners for £18m.... [more]

Johnson Matthey is to acquire Argillon Group, the catalysts and ceramic materials manufacturer with 1,500 staff in Germany, Poland and Romania, for £153m.... [more]

Biscom, the recruitment and training firm with 200 staff in Birmingham, Stafford, Walsall and Wolverhampton, has been acquired by ResCare of the US.... [more]