EUSA Pharma of Oxford has acquired Cytogen, the US biotechnology firm, for £11m, taking its worldwide workforce to more than 200.... [more]

Speciality Retail Group, the operator of 71 stores under the Suits You, Racing Green and Young's brands, has been acquired by Arafa Holding of Egypt.... [more]

Capita is to acquire ComputerLand, the Nottingham-based IT services firm, for £29m.... [more]

Umeco has sold its chemical distribution businesses, including Aeropia and RD Taylor, to Haas TCM Group for £13m, in order to focus on advanced composites.... [more]

Engineering Business of Northumberland has been acquired by Dutch shipbuilder IHC Merwede for about £30m, and EB's 150-strong workforce is expected to double over the next two years.... [more]

Grimwood & Dix has bought Hyde Electrical Services out of administration, creating an enlarged Dukinfield-based electrical engineering business with 200 staff.... [more]

PolyOil, the Aberdeen-based oil services firm with ten staff, has been acquired by Roxar of Norway for £4.7m.... [more]

Yo Sushi, the chain of 41 sushi restaurants, has undergone a secondary management buy-out backed by Quilvest Private Equity for an estimated £50m, and plans to reach 100 outlets by 2012.... [more]

Carter & Carter, the automotive manufacturing training company, has been placed into administration after three profit warnings.The profit warnings followed the death of Phillip Carter, the company's ... [more]

Asda, the Wal-Mart owned UK supermarket chain, is seeking a buyer for Gazeley, its global property development business, in a deal worth £400m.Gazeley is one of the biggest industrial property develop... [more]

Aegis Group has acquired Peter Seagroatt & Associates, the Chelmsford-based supplier of retail sales analysis services with gross assets of £3.3m.... [more]

BAA is to sell its World Duty Free chain of 58 stores to Autogrill of Italy for £547m, including outlets at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted.... [more]

Hyder Consulting has acquired Holford & Associates, the Dubai-based architectural and interior design consultancy with 220 staff, for an initial £9.2m.... [more]

Wolseley has acquired five bolt-on acquisitions for a total £33m, including PFC Corofil Firestops of Surrey, JC Plumbing, Precision Doors & Hardware and Mastercraft Cabinets of the US and Gama Myjava ... [more]

Strontium has acquired The Learning Eye, the Gloucestershire-based management training consultancy focused on the automotive sector with eight staff, for an initial £1m.... [more]

Denholm Logistics has acquired Arends International, the Newton-le-Willows-based freight forwarding firm with annual turnover of more than £50m, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

BDO Stoy Hayward has acquired Lines Wilson, the Southampton-based tax boutique, for undisclosed terms, creating a combined business services group with 207 staff in the city.... [more]

Maun Industries, the Sutton-in-Ashfield hand tool manufacturer with 45 staff, has been sold to a management buy-in team backed by Watersheds.... [more]

SBS Logistics, the offshore logistics firm with 400 staff in Aberdeen, Shetland, Great Yarmouth and Heysham, has been acquired by Peterson Offshore Group of the Netherlands for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Stobart Group is to acquire Irlam Group, the Cheshire-based haulier with 674 staff, for £60m, as well as WA Developments, the transport infrastructure company, for £10m.... [more]