CVS has acquired Michael Gourley, the Manchester-based chain of six veterinary surgeries, taking its total number of branches to 140.... [more]

Braemar Shipping Services has acquired Steege Kingston Partnership, the provider of loss adjusting services to the energy, marine and power sectors with 62 staff in London, Singapore, Canada, Mexico a... [more]

Rotary Group, the Newtownabbey-based building services firm with 2,000 staff in eight countries, is to merge with Hastie Group of Australia to create a combined group with 6,000 staff and annual reven... [more]

Contract Foods, the Redditch-based provider of food manufacturing services with 120 staff, has been acquired by Huegli Holding of Switzerland for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Watson Fuels has acquired a fuel depot previously operated by CPL Petroleum in Diss, taking its nationwide chain to 31.... [more]

Interframe, the Paignton-based window manufacturer with 144 staff, has been bought out of administration by Solar Windows of Caerphilly for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Powerleague has bought five indoor football centres in Manchester, Blackburn, Wigan, Derby and North Shields from JJB Sports for £17m.... [more]

Getty Images, the world's largest photograph bank, has been sold to Hellman & Friedman, a private equity firm, for $2.4bn (£1.2bn). It was previously noted by the Business Sale Report in January that ... [more]

Raymarine is to acquire NavSystems, the Finnish distributor of electronic marine products, for up to £3.8m.... [more]

Murgitroyd has acquired Kennedys, the patent agency with 19 staff in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Newcastle, for £3.4m.... [more]

Medway Foods has sold its Bridgend-based frozen foods factory out of administration to a new company called Pin-it Pastry for £1m, securing the future of 40 jobs.... [more]

Erinaceous is planning a management buy-out to create a new property services company with 150 staff in Manchester and London.... [more]

Europa Support Services has acquired United Utilities FM, the facilities management firm that has 280 staff mostly based in the North West of England.... [more]

MDY Healthcare has acquired Stanmore Implants Worldwide, the Middlesex-based orthopaedic company, for £12m.... [more]

Gaz de France and Suez are to acquire the 1,875MW Teesside Power Station near Middlesbrough, which has 200 staff, from Cargill and Goldman Sachs for undisclosed terms.... [more]

The value of Pret a Manger's sale could approach GBP 400m (EUR 531m) under the terms of an earnout agreement, The Times reported. The report did not cite a source for the information but said the Lond... [more]

Barratt Developments, the UK-based residential construction group, is considering its options for Wilson Bowden Developments business. It has been claimed that Barratt believes the business is non cor... [more]

The founders of Eat, the nationwide sandwich company, are considering a sale of the business. They are preparing to hire advisers to conduct the sale and are believed to have set an asking price of a... [more]

The top business valuation approaches that are being used across the UK and international markets today. A Business Sale Report analysis of asset-based valuations, market-led valuations, and comparabl... [more]

Evesham Technology, the troubled computer builder, has been put on the market by its parent company, PCC Technology Limited, the investment group based in Dubai. Evesham tumbled into administration la... [more]