SMG has announced a proposed sale of Primesight Limited to GMT Communications Partners, a leading and long established provider of private equity for mid-market European buyouts in the media and telec... [more]

World Television Group Plc, the international corporate communications, news production, webcasting and event management company, have released a statement regarding an approach to buy the company. Th... [more]

Carter & Carter has acquired Blackwater House, the Northern Ireland-based vocational training firm, from Component Distributors, for £1m.... [more]

Balfour Beatty has acquired Cowlin Group, the regional building firm with 300 staff in Bristol, Cardiff, Plymouth and Yeovil, for £52m.... [more]

MDY Healthcare is to provide up to £3m in loan capital to finance a joint venture with William Ransom & Son, in order to supply natural healthcare products to consumers via the internet, mail order an... [more]

W&J Dunlop, the Dumfries-based veterinary supplies firm with 450 staff, has been acquired by Henry Schein of the US for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Infinis is to acquire Scottish BioPower and Scottish BioFuel from Scottish Resources Group for undisclosed terms, and will proceed with a number of new biomass and wind power projects.... [more]

PB Logistics, the logistics firm with sites in Leicester, Leeds, Wakefield and Keighley, has been acquired by IDS Group of Hong Kong for about £11m.... [more]

Sills & Betteridge of Lincoln is to merge with Walkers, Rainey & Owen of Spilsby to create a combined law firm with about 130 staff.... [more]

Veterinary supplies company W&J Dunlop, one of South West Scotland's biggest employers, has been bought by US firm Henry Schein Inc, one of Europe and North America's largest providers of healthcare p... [more]

THB Group has acquired Cardinus, the East Grinstead-based software developer and supplier of online risk assessment and e-learning, for an initial £2.8m.... [more]

Swinton Insurance has acquired Rockford Insurance Brokers of Leeds, in order to improve its expertise in commercial business risks and motor trade insurance.... [more]

Causeway Technologies has acquired Elstree Computing, the Watford-based construction industry software firm with 150 staff.... [more]

Avon Group Manufacturing has acquired PP Injection Mould & Mouldings of Calne, Wiltshire, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Menzies Hotels has acquired eight Thistle hotels in Birmingham, Swindon, Luton, Stevenage, Manchester, Gatwick, Irvine and Aberdeen from Curzon Hotel Properties for £54m, and will invest £12m in their... [more]

Premier Research Group Plc, the British pharmaceutical firm, has said that it had received a preliminary approach from members of its executive management team regarding a takeover. "There can be no g... [more]

St Andrews ChemTech International, the Fife-based chemical technology company with 16 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

Quarto Group has acquired MBI Publishing Company, the US book publisher, for £6m.... [more]

Diploma has acquired a 75% stake in AMT Vantage Holdings, the Canadian distributor of electrosurgery and endoscopy equipment with 32 staff, for up to £14m.... [more]

Sparrowhawk Media, the London-based owner of the Hallmark TV channel, has been acquired by NBC Universal of the US for £175m.... [more]