The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) of Redcar is to merge with the Centre of Excellence for Nano, Micro & Photonic Systems of Newcastle. This will create a combined support organisation for the pr... [more]

Kudos Shower Products, the Kendal-based bathroom equipment manufacturer with 84 staff, has undergone a management buy-out supported by BTG McInnes Corporate Finance.... [more]

Lookers is to buy Bramall & Jones VW, the Lincolnshire-based chain of two Volkswagen car dealerships and a contract hire business, for a price of £2m.... [more]

Arriva is to acquire an 80% stake in Interbus Invest, the Hungarian bus operator with 1,500 staff, in a £25m deal.... [more]

Avesco Group has purchased Charter Broadcast, the supplier of broadcast equipment and camera services, for £2.1m.... [more]

The Consortium, the Trowbridge-based educational supplies mail order firm with 240 staff, has undergone a management buy-out supported by Royal Bank of Scotland.... [more]

Carter & Carter has had its apprenticeship learning division bought out of administration to the Retail Motor Industry Federation.... [more]

BWB, the structural engineering firm operating in Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester, has undergone a management buy-out for an undisclosed sum.... [more]

Oilexco North Sea is to buy Svenska Petroleum Exploration UK, the London-based oil and gas company with eight staff, for £13m.... [more]

Zeus Private Equity has purchased four hotels in Carlisle, Bournemouth and Derby for £25m. The business' plans are to expand its Hallmark Hotels chain.... [more]

Classical music publisher, Boosey & Hawkes, was sold recently by its private equity owners, HgCapital, for £126m to Imagem Music.Imagem Music is a music publishing fund backed by Dutch pension fund AB... [more]

Piramed, the Slough-based biotechnology company, is to be bought by Roche of Switzerland for £90m.... [more]

Amcor Flexibles is to sell its AF Baricol plastics plant in Highbridge, Somerset, to Swedish private equity firm Accent Equity for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

Eddisons, the chartered surveyor with offices in Leeds, Manchester, Bradford and Huddersfield, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

Quayle Munro is to acquire Van Tulleken, the London-based corporate finance firm, in a deal worth £6.1m.... [more]

Enodis, the food equipment manufacturer, is to be purchased by Manitowoc of the US for £948m.... [more]

Healthcare Homes, the chain of 21 nursing homes in East Anglia, has undergone a £75m management buy-out supported by Bowmark Capital.... [more]

Scotland-based Ossian Retail Group is expected to enter administration within the next few weeks. Recently Ossian debt owner Agilo announced it had appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers as administrator, t... [more]

Private internet-based education company, Espresso, is considering a sale. A decision has yet to be made by the management on whether to sell. Espresso's performance between now and July may be the de... [more]

Edinburgh-based Quayle Munro is due to announce the acquisition of van Tulleken, the group of corporate finance advisers specialising in media, information and technology. This move will increase Qua... [more]