Speedy Hire announced that it has acquired the tool and equipment hire business of AMEC Logistics and Support Services Limited, for £12.5m.... [more]

AE Adams Henfield, the West Sussex-based contract packaging firm with annual turnover of £2.6m, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Venture Finance.... [more]

Inspicio has acquired Kalassay, the Australian metals testing company with 90 staff, for £11m, in order to expand its Inspectorate commodity inspection division.... [more]

Rok has acquired Pitkerro, the Tayside-based plumbing and heating services firm with more than 100 staff, for £3m.... [more]

Paramount Windows & Conservatories of Gateshead has undergone a management buy-out and is now looking to open further sites across the North East and expand the 125-strong workforce with 30 new jobs.... [more]

Blue Ocean Associates, the oil trading firm, has been acquired by Ion Equity of Ireland for about £100m.... [more]

Select Retail, the Watford-based chain of 250 fashion stores with 1,800 staff, has been bought out of administration by an unnamed Turkish investor in a £13m deal.... [more]

Speedy Hire is to acquire LSS, the Darlington-based tool and equipment hire firm with 250 staff at ten depots, from Amec for £13m.... [more]

Independent UK fuel supplier Blue Ocean Associates has been acquired by Dublin-based Ion Equity, in a deal believed to be worth more than €150m. ... [more]

Standard Life is looking to sell media firm Bloomberg LP's London headquarters, a key asset for one of their main funds. A spokesman for Standard Life said "We can confirm that as part of the long-ter... [more]

Hale Group, the pharmaceuticals manufacturer with more than 100 staff in Widnes and Southport, is to be acquired by Marksans Pharma of India for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Low & Bonar is to acquire Westbond, the Barnsley-based flooring and fibres manufacturer, from Cambrosa Holdings for up to £11m.... [more]

Ark Therapeutics is to acquire Lymphatix Oy of Finland for £1.7m, in order to gain access to new technology for the development of gene-based medicines.... [more]

Scottish Friendly has acquired London Aberdeen & Northern Mutual Assurance Society of Leicester, including assets of £37m and 6,000 policyholders.... [more]

ENER-G has acquired Switch2 Energy Solutions, the Bradford-based provider of energy metering and billing services with 83 staff.... [more]

Scottish and Southern Energy plc has entered into an agreement to acquire Airtricity Holdings Limited from its current shareholders. Airtricity is a well established Dublin-based renewable energy comp... [more]

Macfarlane Group is to acquire Online Packaging, the packaging distributor with sites in Gloucester, Wakefield and Hinckley, for £5.1m.... [more]

Meggitt has acquired Ferroperm, the Danish manufacturer of advanced piezo-electric ceramic materials with 54 staff, for £10m.... [more]

Wynnstay has acquired John Hatton Agriculture, the distributor of animal health products, feed and supplements with sites in Lancaster, Kendal, Skipton, Gisburn and Ulverston, for an initial £0.2m.... [more]

TMN Group is to acquire TAPPS, the Dutch direct marketing company, for £8m.... [more]