G4S has acquired Rock Steady, the Edinburgh-based provider of security, stewarding and crowd management services with annual turnover of £12m.... [more]

Wincanton has acquired HeBo, the German logistics firm with about 50 staff, for an initial £2.2m.... [more]

Southern Cross Healthcare has bought seven residential care homes in the North East from The Portland Group of Durham for £42m.... [more]

Britton Group, the PE films manufacturer with sites in Winsford, Louth and Hartlepool, has undergone a £77m management buy-out backed by HSBC Private Equity.... [more]

Tunstall, the Yorkshire-based telecare and healthcare technology company, is to be acquired by private equity firm Charterhouse Capital Partners for £514m.... [more]

Giles, the Glasgow-based insurance broker with 32 offices, has been sold by Gresham to private equity firm Charterhouse Capital Partners for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Lavendon is to acquire The Platform Company, the Slough-based supplier of powered access equipment with ten hire depots, for up to £46m.... [more]

Momart, the London-based fine art logistics firm, has been acquired by Falkland Islands Holdings for £10m.... [more]

The Bristol-based supermarket chain Somerfield may be broken up after bids from Asda and the Co-op came in at less than the £2.5bn expected. It has been suggested that the low bids are a strategy to ... [more]

Scottish & Southern Energy is to acquire Seeboard Trading, the provider of street lighting maintenance services in London and Dorset with 70 staff, for £7.8m.... [more]

Glanbia has sold its Glanbia Meats pigmeat operations in Ireland to a management team operating under the name of Rosderra Irish Meats Group for £27m.... [more]

Spirax-Sarco Engineering has acquired Colima, the Italian manufacturer of mechanical level controls, for £0.9m.... [more]

Go-Ahead has sold Go West Midlands, the bus operator with 370 staff at depots in Birmingham, West Bromwich and Redditch, to Rotala for £2m.... [more]

Taylor Nelson Sofres is to acquire Compete Inc, the US digital market intelligence company, for an initial £38m.... [more]

Formation Group has acquired James Grant Media Group, the London-based talent management company, for an initial £12m.... [more]

Driver Group has acquired Commercial Management Consultants, the construction consultancy with 40 fee-earning staff in Dartford, Ascot, Manchester and Glasgow, from CMC Group for £3m.... [more]

Tomkins has acquired AE Hydraulics, the Singapore-based provider of hydraulic and industrial hose services with annual sales of £7m.... [more]

Croda International has raised £13m from the sale of its 46% stake in Baxenden Chemicals, the Accrington-based supplier of polyurethane products, to Chemtura Corporation.... [more]

Cope Allman Plastic Packaging is to acquire Jaycare, the North Tyneside-based packaging manufacturer with 200 staff, out of administration.... [more]

Portman Travel has acquired Fleet Street Travel, the business travel management company with offices in Chertsey, London, Knutsford, Newcastle, Ireland and the Netherlands, for undisclosed terms.... [more]