Axon, the Surrey-based IT services firm with 2,000 employees, has agreed to be purchased by Infosys Technologies of India for £407m.... [more]

Sources have disclosed that Deb Group, the company behind the popular hand cleanser product, Swarfega, has been put up for sale by Barclays Private Equity. Deb Group comprises 21 companies and produce... [more]

Isle of Man Steam Packet Company has bought Condor Ferries, the operator of ferries from Weymouth, Poole and Portsmouth to Jersey, Guernsey and France, for £250m.... [more]

Domino Printing Sciences is going to buy Alternative Printing Services, the German manufacturer of thermal inkjet printers, for £12m.... [more]

TT Electronics has purchased the radio frequency, power semiconductors and optoelectronic components business of Lutterworth-based Semelab in a deal worth £10m.... [more]

Enzone Plastics has expanded its Bilston-based polyurethane mouldings business with the purchase of Styleguard for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

Akzo Nobel are to complete the sale of Lancashire-based Crown Paints in a management buyout worth £70m.The acquisition was supported by UK investment fund, Endless, and was agreed with Akzo Nobel.The ... [more]

Technetix Group is going to buy the assets of Dalvi Technology, the Bedfordshire-based developer of pay TV systems for digital networks.... [more]

Langholm Dyeing Company has been bought out of administration by FTS. Posts for 15 former staff at the Dumfriesshire-based textiles factory have been created.... [more]

Anaco Systems, the Wirral-based manufacturer of aluminium building facades, doors and windows with 70 employees, has undergone a £1.8m partial management buy-out.... [more]

Galloway Group, the ventilation ductwork contractor with 300 employees in Dewsbury, Dundee and London, has undergone a management buy-out for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

Centristic, the South Devon-based engineering firm with 30 employees, has been acquired by Waldegrave of Twickenham for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

Smith Cooper has bought Andersons KBS, the Birmingham-based accountancy firm with 12 employees.... [more]

TV production company, Carnival Film & Television, has been bought by NBC Universal for £22m.... [more]

Cobham is going to buy GMS, the US supplier of surveillance equipment with 50 employees, for £14m.... [more]

The Competition Commission has recommended that BAA sells two of its three airports in the South East - Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, and one of its two airports in Glasgow and Edinburgh.The recomme... [more]

Akzo Nobel has sold Crown Paints, its paint manufacturing business with 1,500 staff at factories in Darwen and Hull, to a management buy-out backed by private equity firm Endless for £70m.... [more]

Aggreko is to acquire Power Plus, the Canadian power equipment rental company, for up to £20m.... [more]

Carterbar has acquired Graeme Watson Independent Financial Advisers of Chopwell, and is now seeking further acquisitions in Tyne & Wear.... [more]

Woolworths have seen their shares increase after the troubled retailer said it had rejected a takeover bid for its 815 stores from Iceland.The offer from a consortium headed by Mr Walker of Iceland,... [more]