ProCook, the Cheltenham-based kitchenware retailer, has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing the future of 260 jobs at 39 stores.... [more]

Biocompatibles has acquired the business and net assets of BrachySciences, the US supplier of medical devices, for £11m.... [more]

Petrofac has acquired Eclipse Petroleum Technology, the petroleum engineering firm with 50 staff in Aberdeen, London, Norway, Dubai and the US, for an initial £7m.... [more]

ATP International, the travel management company, has undergone a secondary £73m management buy-out backed by Barclays Private Equity.... [more]

Acambis, the vaccine manufacturer, is to be acquired by Sanofi-Aventis of France for £276m.... [more]

Wedding present firm Wrapit says it is experiencing financial difficulties and is in talks with banks and advisers to avoid going into administration.A Wrapit spokeswoman told the BBC that it hoped to... [more]

Bridgepoint Capital has postponed its planned sale of 1st Credit, according to reports. Bridgepoint decided that offers for 1st Credit, the debt recovery business were not high enough.The buyout group... [more]

DigiPoS Store Solutions has sold Vista Support Services, the Cardiff-based provider of EpoS support and maintenance services with 160 staff, to a management buy-out.... [more]

Scott Wilson has acquired Benaim Enterprise, the civils and structural consultancy with offices in London and Bath, for £5.5m.... [more]

Gwalia Packaging has acquired AMJ, the South Wales-based toolmaker, in order to add new technology to its Dragon Plastics mould making facility.... [more]

WN Lindsay has acquired the Scottish grain drying and storage operations of Glencore Grain for £3m, including a 70,000t malting barley plant at Stracathro, Brechin.... [more]

SSP Holdings, the IT services firm with offices in Halifax, Belfast, Solihull, Worthing, Farnborough, Marlow and Nottingham, is to be acquired by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman for £198m.... [more]

Nekem Partnership, the Hull-based glass packaging supplier, has been acquired by Lendlock of Chester for undisclosed terms, creating a combined group with 250 staff in Chester, Bootle, Burnley, Dorset... [more]

IS Solutions is to acquire Chapter26, the Surrey-based supplier of content management solutions, for an initial £0.7m.... [more]

Xpertise Group is to acquire the IT training division of Parity for £4.8m, creating a combined group of training centres in London, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, the Thames Valley and the Midlands.... [more]

Edward Robinson & Co has acquired Westmore Brennand of Chester, creating a combined accountancy group with five partners and 19 fee earners.... [more]

Merseyside Metalworks, the Liverpool-based manufacturer of ductwork for heating and ventilation systems with 120 staff, has undergone a £0.9m management buy-out with funding from Alliance Fund Manager... [more]

Lion Capital has acquired FoodVest, the owner of Findus frozen foods and Young's seafood products with more than 6,000 staff at 20 factories, from CapVest for £1.1bn.... [more]

Intertek has acquired Applica, the German food testing laboratory with 43 staff, for up to £3.6m.... [more]

Amec has acquired AllDeco, the Slovak nuclear services company with 112 staff, for £11m.... [more]