Taylor Wimpey has sold its Taylor Woodrow construction business to Vinci for £74m, in order to focus on housebuilding.... [more]

DataCash Group has bought EasyDebit, the German payment services provider, for £2.5m.... [more]

Wolviston Group has acquired Manning, the Teesside-based recruitment firm, for about £5m. Wolviston Group is now looking to create up to 20 jobs and relocate to a new office.... [more]

BevEx, the Coalville-based supplier of pub equipment with 12 employees, has been bought by L'Isolante K-Flex of Italy for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

Hiflex Fluidpower has sold its hose distribution and service assets out of administration to BMI Hose Europe. The sale includes 125 employees at 14 depots nationwide.... [more]

InfoBasis, the Abingdon-based HR software company with 31 employees, has been purchased by US-based Salary.com.... [more]

Halma has bought Fiberguide Industries, the US optical fibre manufacturer, for £8.2m.... [more]

Crosby Asset Management will sell the former Forsyth Partners international funds research and ratings business to Old Broad Street Research for a nominal initial sum.... [more]

Doson Limited, a family-run care home group, has purchased three care homes from County Durham-based Autumn Care Group for £5.15m.Doson has bought Stockton Lodge Care Home, Seaham, and Denehurst Care ... [more]

Sky High has purchased Halifax Computer Services, the West Yorkshire-based data processing firm, for £200k.... [more]

Talent Group is to buy KMB Productions, the Hampshire-based TV production company, and rebrand it as Talent South.... [more]

Retec Digital has bought ODD London, the design and marketing agency, for £500k.... [more]

Leger Holidays has bought Consort Travel, the Rotherham-based coach holidays firm, for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

Southern Brick has been bought out of administration by Rayners Homes, however the Abingdon branch has closed along with the loss of 12 jobs.... [more]

Gamingking is planning to buy Orb Holdings, the operator of amusement machines, in a reverse takeover.... [more]

Essentially Group has purchased Arundel Promotions, the football and cricket event management company, for £300k.... [more]

Weir is to sell Weir Process Equipment, the Canadian distributor of industrial equipment with 125 employees, to Wajax Income Fund in a deal worth £13m.... [more]

Ultra Electronics has bought AudioSoft, the Cirencester-based supplier of data recording systems with 42 employees, for an initial £5m.... [more]

E2V Technologies is to buy QP Semiconductor, the US supplier of semiconductor components with 90 employees, for an initial £36m.... [more]

Visteon has sold its car components factory at Halewood to International Automotive Components Group Europe for an undisclosed sum, with the transfer of 150 staff.... [more]