Informa Group, the publishing and events business, could be a bid target for investors.It is thought that private equity companies Carlyle and Apax are interested in making bids. Informa Group, which ... [more]

Wincanton has bought Product Support Holdings, the defence logistics firm with 25 support centres and 422 employees, for £27m.... [more]

Europe Steel, the steel products trader based in London, will be bought by FMC for £6.4m.... [more]

Servoca has purchased Day To Day Teachers out of administration. The sale includes four teacher supply branches and 12 staff.... [more]

Oxford Instruments has acquired Link Analytical, the Swedish distributor of analytical instruments, for an initial £600k.... [more]

Ollerenshaw Solicitors has merged with Ian Burr & Co to become a combined law firm with 35 staff.... [more]

Cheshire-based provider of mental health care services, St George Healthcare, has undergone a management buy-out that will help fund a new project at All Saints Hospital in Oldham.... [more]

Cable & Wireless (C&W) has recently made a bid approach for rival Thus. C&W, the international telecoms carrier, plans to address the problem of competition in the UK. The business been struggling to ... [more]

Bradford-based carton printer with 160 staff, Storey Evans, has undergone a management buy-out from MSO Group.... [more]

Somerset-based Riverside Packaging Printers has been bought out of administration by Riverside Flexible Packaging. The future of 59 jobs have been secured.... [more]

Scott Wilson is due to buy Terence Lee Partnership, the London-based mechanical and electrical building services consultancy, for around £1.3m.... [more]

Speedy Hire has bought Carillion Asset Management, the portable and modular accommodation business, for £11m. The sale includes three depots and 23 staff.... [more]

WTL International, the manufacturer of wood flours with 45 staff based in Macclesfield, has been bought out of administration by Manchester based, Boden & Davies. The detalis of the deal have not been... [more]

Masterobjective, based in Manchester has purchased Bernard Kaymar, the Preston-based screen and lithographic printing firm with 19 staff .... [more]

the South Wales-based chain of nine transport depots with 462 staff, Rhys Davies Freight Logistics, has gone through a management buy-out.... [more]

Mk One has sold 100 of its 172 fashion stores out of administration to a former director of the company.... [more]

Paddy Power has bought McGranaghan Racing, the chain of eight betting shops in Northern Ireland, for around £20m.... [more]

Relax Finance, the Doncaster-based consumer loans and mortgage broker with 106 staff, has been bought by Debts.co.uk for £3m.... [more]

Chemring is due to buy Scot, the US manufacturer of aircraft components, from SMS Industries for £20m.... [more]

FuturesBetting, the Gibraltar-based financial spread betting firm, has been purchased by London Capital Group Holdings for up to £0.4m.... [more]