Edinburgh-based David Flatman Ltd, owner of bargain book chains Bookworld, Bargain Books and bw!, has been bought out of administration by specialist books, arts and crafts retailer The Works for an u... [more]

Irish Nationwide building society has started the process of demutualisation, and is expected to be on the market in the next couple of months. The society, which is viewing a trade sale to another in... [more]

UK-listed financial services group Schroders is rumoured to be considering a sale of its asset management division. Analysts have tipped investment banks Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Citigroup as pote... [more]

Tate & Lyle is believed to be close to a full or partial sale of its food and industrial ingredients business. The UK-based company has announced that an announcement over the sale would be made “with... [more]

RPS has acquired Geocon, the Axminster-based provider of consultancy services to the oil and gas industry, for up to £6.3m.... [more]

Revenue Assurance Services has acquired Utility Management Services (Hull), the Warrington-based supplier of meter point services to the utility industry, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Proactis is to acquire Alito UK, the Bridgend-based e-procurement software solutions company, for an initial £1.5m.... [more]

Spanish airline Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA has reportedly hired investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to advise on a possible sale. Although no bids have been made as yet, it is est... [more]

Clayton Holdings, the US-listed financial services company, has announced that it is to acquire Bristol-based credit risk consultancy Euro Risk Management Limited. The terms of the deal have not been ... [more]

La Tasca, the Bolton-based chain of 71 tapas bars, has accepted a £96m takeover offer from Tragus.... [more]

Kanyon is to acquire Solar Labs, a start-up company planning the commercial development of solar energy solutions, for £4.3m.... [more]

SCi Entertainment is to acquire Bluefish Media, the distributor of video games, for up to £2m.... [more]

K3 Business Technology is to acquire McGuffie Brunton, the provider of manufacturing software solutions with offices in Manchester, Bagshot, Dereham and Market Bosworth, for £12m.... [more]

BBI has acquired Theratase, the enzyme manufacturer with sites in Blaenavon, London and South Africa, for £24m.... [more]

StyleMark has acquired Polaroid Eyewear International's 200,000 sq ft lens factory in the Vale of Leven, securing the future of 100 jobs.... [more]

Oxeco is to acquire Oxray, the Oxford-based start-up company involved in molecular structure determination services, for £2m.... [more]

ITIS Holdings has sold its NavTrak vehicle tracking subsidiary to Cobra Automotive Technologies for an initial £2.2m, in order to focus on traffic information.... [more]

Mavinwood is to acquire DCS, the Peterborough-based provider of scanning and indexing services, for an initial £1.3m.... [more]

Forster Dean, the law firm with 104 staff at 13 offices in Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Merseyside and Lancashire, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

JD Krouse Engineering, the Oxfordshire-based manufacturer of precision parts for the nuclear, satellite and aerospace industries, has been acquired by a new management partnership, securing the future... [more]