CPM Group has acquired Hughes Concrete, the Leek-based concrete pipes manufacturer with about 50 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Rathbone Brothers has sold its offshore trust operations in Jersey to Hawksford Holdings for an initial £23m.... [more]

Experian is to sell its card processing and business process outsourcing operations in France to Advent International and La Poste respectively, for a total £157m.... [more]

WEC Group has acquired 5750 Components, the Knowsley-based laser engineering firm, for undisclosed terms, and will relocate its own laser division to a new 26,500 sq ft site in Darwen over the next fe... [more]

GlaxoSmithKline has acquired the Egyptian off-patent drugs business of Bristol-Myers Squibb for £120m, including a manufacturing plant and 20 branded products.... [more]

Online Travel Group has sold its World Travellers UK business out of administration to World Ski & Travel, while its insurance assets have been acquired by a former director.... [more]

Domino Printing Sciences has acquired the air cleaning business of PAT Technology Systems of Canada for £1m.... [more]

Reprographic Warehouse, the London-based digital printing company with 16 staff, has been acquired by American Reprographics Company.... [more]

Les Knight Transport has been bought out of administration by Dodds Group, securing 30 jobs at its Faversham-based freight business.... [more]

Retailer JJB Sports is considering the potential sale of some of its non-core assets including its Qube and Original Shoe Company chains.The company's shares have tumbled after its lender, the Iceland... [more]

The Capita Group, London-based support services giant has bought ABS Network Solutions (ABSNet) for £13.6m.... [more]

QinetiQ UK defence and security technology business has bought Commerce Decisions for £9.85m in order to strengthen its consultancy division.... [more]

Qinetiq has acquired Commerce Decisions, the Oxford-based supplier of tender assessment and management software with 38 staff, for £10m.... [more]

Capita Group has acquired ABS Network Solutions, the Crawley-based business networking solutions firm with 56 staff, for £14m.... [more]

SBV Fabrications & Site Services, the Teesside-based steel company with 100 staff, has undergone a management buy-in.... [more]

Spice has acquired Morrel Consulting, the water industry consultancy, for up to £5.2m.... [more]

Baugur, owner and stakeholder of over 20 UK prominent High Street brands including House of Fraser, Oasis and Hamleys, has been severely affected by the Icelandic banking crisis.The group owes £2bn to... [more]

Foolproof has acquired Usability by Design, the London-based website design consultancy.... [more]

Symantec has bought Messagelabs, the Gloucestershire based email security firm, for a reported £397m in cash. Brothers Ben and Joe White founded Messagelabs in 1999 and has since grown to become the... [more]

MessageLabs, the US-based online messaging security company with offices in London and Gloucester, is to be acquired by Symantec for £397m.... [more]