Acertec has sold both the steel reinforcement operations of its BRC subsidiary and its 50% stake in BRC McMahon Reinforcements to Celsa Steel Service in a deal worth £25m.... [more]

Sky High has purchased Halifax Computer Services, the West Yorkshire-based data processing firm, for £200k.... [more]

Talent Group is to buy KMB Productions, the Hampshire-based TV production company, and rebrand it as Talent South.... [more]

Retec Digital has bought ODD London, the design and marketing agency, for £500k.... [more]

Warwick International, the North Wales-based chemicals manufacturer with 380 employees, has undergone a £129m management buy-out supported by Close Brothers Private Equity.... [more]

Leger Holidays has bought Consort Travel, the Rotherham-based coach holidays firm, for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

Southern Brick has been bought out of administration by Rayners Homes, however the Abingdon branch has closed along with the loss of 12 jobs.... [more]

Gamingking is planning to buy Orb Holdings, the operator of amusement machines, in a reverse takeover.... [more]

Essentially Group has purchased Arundel Promotions, the football and cricket event management company, for £300k.... [more]

Superquinn, the privately-owned Irish supermarket chain, has received several unsolicited approaches. The retailer has hired Goldman Sachs to carry out a review of the business.Interested parties are ... [more]

Weir is to sell Weir Process Equipment, the Canadian distributor of industrial equipment with 125 employees, to Wajax Income Fund in a deal worth £13m.... [more]

Ultra Electronics has bought AudioSoft, the Cirencester-based supplier of data recording systems with 42 employees, for an initial £5m.... [more]

E2V Technologies is to buy QP Semiconductor, the US supplier of semiconductor components with 90 employees, for an initial £36m.... [more]

Visteon has sold its car components factory at Halewood to International Automotive Components Group Europe for an undisclosed sum, with the transfer of 150 staff.... [more]

Eastlake Group has purchased the furniture manufacturing facility of Greenwood & Wood, which is based in Wakefield, and will relocate its Leeds-based Burdew division to the site.... [more]

The Cheltenham-based packaging and branding consultancy, FLB, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

Manchester City Football Club will be bought by Abu Dhabi United Group for Development & Investment in a deal worth £200m.... [more]

Change Capital Partners has sold Jil Sander, the fashion label with 61 stores accross the globe, to Onward Holdings of Japan for £135m.... [more]

Lucite, the global maker of acrylic-based products such as Perspex, may be put on the market with a price tag of up to £1.3bn.It is expected that investment banks Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch will ... [more]

The financial backers of XL Leisure Group are reportedly considering their financial options for the company. The specifics of the current funding arrangements provided by Barclays and Straumur of Ice... [more]