Apple Pharmacy Group has acquired three pharmacies in Edinburgh, Glasgow and East Kilbride, and now employs 130 staff at 13 outlets.... [more]

Ten Alps has acquired Multimedia Arts, the Manchester-based online video advertising production business, for less than £0.2m.... [more]

Darwen Group has acquired Leyland Product Developments, the Leyland-based specialist vehicle design company, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Jones Lang LaSalle has acquired Group Tetris, the French office design and site management company with 75 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

The main shareholder and CEO of Specialty Scanners, the UK-listed producer of medical scanning equipment, has reportedly said that the business could be up for sale. Dr Ali Akgun, who holds a 75.69% s... [more]

Baugur, the Icelandic private equity group, is rumoured to be considering a sale of its Criminal clothing brand, with retail experts tipped to be the most likely acquirers. A sale could result in the ... [more]

Baugur, the Icelandic private equity group, is rumoured to be considering a sale of its Criminal clothing brand, with retail experts tipped to be the most likely acquirers. A sale could result in the ... [more]

HR Owen is to sell its BMW and Mini car dealerships in Chiswick and Heathrow to Marsh Wall for £2.8m.... [more]

KP Renewables is to acquire Island Gas, the coal bed methane company seeking to produce gas for industrial and domestic use from onshore coal seams, and will change its name to Island Gas Resources.... [more]

CVS has acquired Petmedics, the Manchester-based chain of three veterinary surgeries, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Cavanagh Group has acquired JRG, the Edinburgh-based financial consultancy with 36 staff, for up to £5.3m.... [more]

Cartwright Black has merged with MLM to create a combined Cardiff-based law firm called MLM Cartwright with almost 50 staff.... [more]

Howard Basford has acquired Auto & Marine, the Formby-based accident repair firm with 20 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Essex Insulation has acquired Castle Point, the insulation distributor with branches in Witham and Amersham, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

De La Rue, the world largest supplier of bank notes may consider selling off its systems division as part of a far reaching review. Their advisor Cazenove estimates that the business could be worth £... [more]

Invista Foundation Property Trust announced plans to sell off more assets as it admitted that the commercial property market slump was worse than it had invisaged. The value of the funds assets fell ... [more]

Amec has acquired Hydrosphere Resource Consultants, the US water resources planning company with 27 staff, for £1.4m.... [more]

Wilmington Group has acquired a majority stake in The Matchett Group, the Banbury-based financial training firm, for an initial £5.7m.... [more]

Produce World has acquired Marshalls Holdings, the Lincolnshire-based fruit and vegetable supplier with sites in Butterwick, Kirton and Spain, for undisclosed terms, creating a combined group with 1,2... [more]

Nicholl Food Packaging has acquired Bachmann Aluminium, the German packaging supplier with 43 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]