Templine Recruitment, the Birmingham-based recruitment company with 44 staff specialising in the distribution sector, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Key Capital Partners.... [more]

Sutton Kersh has acquired Thomson & Moulton, the Liverpool-based property agency, creating a combined network of nine branches across the city.... [more]

Barony Universal, the Ayrshire-based aerosol manufacturer with 100 staff, has been acquired by Arnest of Russia.... [more]

Dron & Dickson, the offshore electrical installation firm with 150 staff in Stirling, Aberdeen, Hull, Teesside and Lowestoft, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Bank of Scotland.... [more]

GlaxoSmithKline has acquired Reliant Pharmaceuticals, the US supplier of cardiovascular medicines, for £798m.... [more]

VT Group has acquired Advanced Engineering & Planning Corp, the US helicopter support services firm with 450 staff, for £34m.... [more]

Eurotel, the telecoms service provider with 300 staff at offices in Halifax and Coventry, has been acquired by Inflexion Private Equity for £44m.... [more]

Jones Lang LaSalle has acquired Upstream, the London-based property consultancy with 30 staff.... [more]

India's Strides Arcolab and South Africa 's Aspen have announced that as part of a broad and strategic partnership that has been entered through a series of transactions, Strides will acquire a 51% in... [more]

The government has said that London & Continental Railways, the company that built the high speed Channel Tunnel rail link, is to be separated into three distinct businesses, with High Speed One set f... [more]

Helphire has acquired Cab Aid, the provider of replacement vehicles to the taxi market with 80 staff in Sutton and Manchester, for up to £5.2m.... [more]

United Drug has acquired Procon Conferences, the Harrogate-based pharmaceutical conference services company with 28 staff, for £4.2m.... [more]

Synergy Healthcare has acquired Vernon-Carus, the provider of infection control and decontamination services to the NHS, for £24m.... [more]

Apollo Metals of Birmingham has been sold by Murray International Holdings to ThyssenKrupp of Germany for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Ellisons Solicitors is to merge with PTL to create a combined Essex-based law firm with 18 partners and 40 other fee earners.... [more]

Culina Logistics has acquired Baylis Logistics, the Bristol-based haulage firm with 50 staff.... [more]

Wadkin, the Leicestershire-based engineering firm with 50 staff, has been bought out of administration by a former chairman of hardware chain Wilkinson.... [more]

Scottish & Newcastle is to sell its Elidis drinks wholesale business in France to C10 for £85m, and is also planning to close a lager bottling plant in Reading with the loss of 40 jobs.... [more]

Bradford & Bingley has agreed to sell a portfolio of commercial property loans of £2.0bn to GE Real Estate, following a review of the growth potential and capital utilisation of these assets.... [more]

Gyrus Group, the Wokingham-based medical equipment manufacturer with factories in Cardiff, Canada and the US, is to be acquired by Olympus of Japan for £926m.... [more]