Murray Metals Group has acquired Hillfoot, the Sheffield-based steel manufacturer with 187 staff.... [more]

Aearo Technologies, the US-based safety equipment manufacturer with 150 staff in Cheshire, has been acquired by 3M for £600m.... [more]

Epsilon Test Services, the Gloucester-based electric safety firm with 180 staff, has been acquired by PHS Group for an undisclosed sum.... [more]

Edgewest Plastics, the Cheltenham-based plastics firm, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Lloyds TSB.... [more]

Summit Medical, the Gloucestershire-based medical kit manufacturer, has undergone a £36m management buy-out backed by venture capital firm Riverside.... [more]

Cyril Sweett has bought Roger Richards Partnership, the Cardiff-based quantity surveying and project management firm, for £0.25m.... [more]

Cardif Pinnacle has acquired Warranty Direct, the Reading-based finance company with 40 staff, for an undisclosed sum.... [more]

Chang, the Stockport-based insurance claims company which trades as Call 24/7, Lawcall Direct and Claim 24/7, has been purchased by WNS (Holdings) of India for up to £9.6m.... [more]

Somerfield and its suitor, the Co-op, are still in discussion over a potential takeover, despite disagreements over the price. A deal could be struck within weeks.The Co-op was the only businesss to s... [more]

SA Trucks, the Bristol-based truck dealership with 128 staff, has been acquired by MAN in a multi-million pound sale.... [more]

Cobham has bought MMI Research, the Hampshire-based cellular telecoms company for £14m.... [more]

Skipton Building Society has purchased a majority stake in Thomson Shepherd, the independent financial adviser with 35 staff.... [more]

Colliers CRE has bought the trade and assets of Godfrey Vaughan, the London-based investment, leasing and property management firm for £7m.... [more]

Finsbury Food Group has acquired Yorkshire Farm Bakery and A&P Foods, the Hull-based manufacturers of gluten-free foods, with the transfer of about 100 staff.... [more]

Spice has acquired the following businesses, Melton Power Services of Melton Mowbray for £4.5m, Utility Technology of Cambridgeshire for £0.1m and Line Design Solutions of Flintshire for £0.1m.... [more]

Shanks Group has acquired Foronex Group, the Benelux-based waste wood processing firm in a deal worth £10m.... [more]

Manpower Software has acquired Key IT Systems, the Worksop-based provider of software solutions for the management of temporary staff, for a sale price of £0.4m.... [more]

Thomas Cook Group has bought Elegant Resorts, the Chester-based luxury travel firm with gross assets of £22m.... [more]

Catalyst Corporate Finance has advised on the £28m management buy-out of Stone Group, the Staffordshire-based IT services firm.... [more]

JD Plastics & Rooflines, the Bishop Auckland-based roofing contractor with 55 staff, has been purchased by Key Capital Partners for £3.2m.... [more]