Lowell Group, the Leeds-based debt purchasing company, has undergone a management buy-out supported by Exponent Private Equity.... [more]

Kcom has disposed of its 118 800 directory enquiries service but will retain the operation of the line from its Hull base. Connectivity of Reading has purchased the business for £1.5m.... [more]

Alliance Boots has acquired HF Healthcare, the chain of 25 pharmacies in the north of England with 240 staff, for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

Wilmslow-based nursery chain, Kids Unlimited, has undergone a management buy-out for an estimated £45m, with the support from private equity firm LDC.... [more]

Hendy Group has bought the Rayco Ford car dealership in Romsey, Hampshire.... [more]

UBS, the troubled Swiss bank, has come under fire from its former CEO Luqman Arnold. Luqman Arnold wants the bank to sell its asset management division and other units. He believes that sale of the ... [more]

Travis Perkins has acquired Tile It All, the chain of 16 tile stores in the North East and Scotland, creating a combined chain of 67 outlets.... [more]

Jelf Group has acquired Clarke Roxburgh, the insurance, financial planning and mortgage firm with ten offices in the West Midlands, for an initial £18m.... [more]

Spiritel has acquired WN1, the Wigan-based reseller of mobile voice and data services, for £2m.... [more]

Hargreaves Services has acquired AJS Contracts, the provider of engineering maintenance services to the power generation sector, for £4.6m.... [more]

Tikit Group has acquired TFB Group, the Fareham-based supplier of practice management solutions to law firms with 58 staff, for £7.4m.... [more]

Humberts has sold the property management business of Farleys estate agents in South Kensington, London, to Peverel for £0.4m.... [more]

Coffee Nation, the network of vending machines with 550 sites nationwide, has undergone a management buy-out backed by private equity firm Milestone Capital.... [more]

Setten & Durward has been bought out of administration by Zcom, securing the future of 150 jobs at its stationery manufacturing business in Llandrindod Wells.... [more]

Care Principles has acquired the 13-acre Watcombe Hall mental health care home in Torquay for undisclosed terms.... [more]

ARR Craib, the Aberdeen-based haulage firm with 360 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Burns-Anderson, the Bristol-based financial advice company with about 80 staff, has been acquired by The Money Portal of London for £14m.... [more]

Co-operative Pharmacy has acquired A Robertson & Son, the chain of three pharmacies in Fife with 30 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

KDC Contractors, the Manchester-based demolition firm with about 100 staff, has been undergone a £12m management buy-out backed by Barclays Ventures and YFM Private Equity.... [more]

Tiscali, the Italian broadband operator, has been put on the market. Carphone Warehouse, the UK-based mobile phone retailer may be interested in the sale.Tiscali, which has about 1.7 million UK broadb... [more]