Inchcape has bought a 75% stake in Musa Motors Group, the Russian car dealer with 16 franchised retail centres, in a deal worth £100m.... [more]

James Jack Lifting Services has been purchased by Ainscough Crane Hire for an undisclosed amount. James Jack, the crane hire, haulage and warehousing firm has depots in Aberdeen, Invergordon, Dundee ... [more]

Trillium, the outsourcing business currently owned by Land Securities, has chosen a final list of bidders to continue to the second round of the auction.The second round is expected to last eight week... [more]

SatCom Group is to purchase SDN Global, the US provider of connectivity and data continuity solutions, for an initial price of £1.7m.... [more]

GlaxoSmithKline is due to buy Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, the US drug discovery company, for £362m.... [more]

Instant Mobility has purchased the operations of the former Prestige Mobility scooters business in Bangor, Gwynedd, effectively securing 70 jobs.... [more]

Ferschl Group, the hydraulic manufacturing company with 110 staff in Gateshead, Ashington, Middlesbrough and Peterlee, has gone through a management buy-out.... [more]

Chadwick Lawrence has bought Lister Croft Solicitors, with the aim of creating a combined West Yorkshire-based law firm with 220 staff.... [more]

Five Star Fish has bought A Kalkman, the Lowestoft-based fish processing company, for around £2m. The 28 staff are to be offered the chance to relocate to Grimsby.... [more]

Massive Pub Company has agreed to sell 33 of its pubs out of administration to Bridgehouse Capital for an estimated £8m.... [more]

TAL Logistics has purchased Phillips (Seahouses), the Northumberland-based haulier with 13 vehicles. The move is part of a plan to double the logistics business in size over the next 18 months.... [more]

Ultralase has acquired AllClear Eye, the Belfast-based eye clinic, for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

RBS has recently initiated a sale process for all or part of its insurance division, which includes Direct Line and Churchill.Chief executive, Sir Fred Goodwin, said the insurance arm had already attr... [more]

PH Jones has bought Coolfactor Group, the Kent-based engineering and building services company with about 79 staff, for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

Skipton Building Society has purchased Medical Care Direct, the Essex-based provider of self-pay hospital services, with the aim of expanding its Private Health Partnership division.... [more]

Promedics, the orthopaedics products manufacturer, has undergone a management buy-out for an undisclosed amount. The manufacturer has about 140 staff in Blackburn and Port Glasgow... [more]

Parker Motor Services has bought Tanvic Spares, the chain of car components branches in Corby, Grantham, Loughborough, Melton, Newark and Retford. Its number of branches is now 11.... [more]

Downhole Products, the Portlethen-based oilfield equipment firm with 40 staff, has been acquired by US-based Varel International Energy Services for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

Babcock International has purchased Weir Strachan & Henshaw, the engineering design and project management firm, for £65m.... [more]

Capital Ideas Financial Publishing is due to acquire the wealth management magazine titles of Charterhouse Communications out of administration.... [more]