Vista Group, the Merseyside-based door manufacturer, has been bought by Purple Spot for £4m. Vista Group has 86 staff.... [more]

Leach Rhodes Walker, the Manchester-based architectural firm with 125 staff, has undergone a management buy-out from Erinaceous.... [more]

UK-listed food company, Premier Foods, is planning to sell its Avana Bakeries and RF Brookes food supplies businesses. Premier has hired the investment bank NM Rothschild to assist with the sale. Pre... [more]

Cavendish Corporate Finance are due to advise on a sale of the UK division of Paul, the sandwich bar chain. It is thought that an asking price for Paul's UK business is in the range of £20m to £25m.Pa... [more]

A recent report from the Competition Commission, could lead to a multibillion pound split of airports operator BAA.Ferrovial, the Spanish consortium, bought BAA for £10.3bn in 2006. Potential buyers ... [more]

Britain's largest nightclub operator, Luminar Group, is due to dispose of 26 of its under performing sites in a deal made with Cavendish, a rival company. Luminar will be left with a loss of nearly £1... [more]

Luminar is to sell 26 bars to Cavendish Bars. The sale will enable the company to focus on its remaining 90 sites.... [more]

RPS has acquired Geocet, the US-based environmental consultancy with 29 staff, for a value of up to £1.2m.... [more]

Everwhite has been bought out of administration by a management team. The future of 67 jobs at its plastic building products factory in Aberdare, have been secured.... [more]

Pearl Assurance is to takeover Resolution Life in a deal approaching £5bn after the Financial Services Authority approved the acquisition. The sale of Resolution Life, which had been delayed, is now ... [more]

CRH is to acquire Ancon Building Products, the Sheffield-based manufacturer of stainless steel fixing systems, in a deal worth £88m.... [more]

Woodspeen Training is to purchase Futures Training Centres, the vocational training firm, for up to £2.8m.... [more]

Hanworth Laboratories has bought a 75% stake in Surefil Beauty Products, the St Helens-based cosmetics company for £1.5m.... [more]

Somar International, the Truro-based energy-saving equipment distributor, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

ECM Delivery Vehicle Service, the Cumbria-based car transporter with 20 depots nationwide, has undergone a management buy-out supported by Yorkshire Bank.... [more]

Baugur has put its struggling value fashion chain, MK One, on the market. The chain is one of the worst-performing businesses in the Icelandic investor's portfolio, and did not fit in with its focus ... [more]

Welsh Power Group has acquired the Redditch Power Plant in Worcestershire for an undisclosed amount. The sale is part of a strategy to develop a portfolio of smaller power plants to be run by its CEC ... [more]

Amco Corporation of Wakefield has sold four companies with 800 staff to a management team supported by private equity firm Endless for up to £9.4m. The four companies are, Amalgamated Construction, Am... [more]

Konica Minolta Business Solutions has bought Ideal Reprographics Eastern, the Basildon-based copier distributor.... [more]

Owen Pugh has purchased Graydon Dawson, the Tyneside-based construction company with 50 staff, for an undisclosed amount.... [more]