James Jack Lifting Services has been purchased by Ainscough Crane Hire for an undisclosed amount. James Jack, the crane hire, haulage and warehousing firm has depots in Aberdeen, Invergordon, Dundee ... [more]

SatCom Group is to purchase SDN Global, the US provider of connectivity and data continuity solutions, for an initial price of £1.7m.... [more]

GlaxoSmithKline is due to buy Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, the US drug discovery company, for £362m.... [more]

Instant Mobility has purchased the operations of the former Prestige Mobility scooters business in Bangor, Gwynedd, effectively securing 70 jobs.... [more]

Chadwick Lawrence has bought Lister Croft Solicitors, with the aim of creating a combined West Yorkshire-based law firm with 220 staff.... [more]

Five Star Fish has bought A Kalkman, the Lowestoft-based fish processing company, for around £2m. The 28 staff are to be offered the chance to relocate to Grimsby.... [more]

TAL Logistics has purchased Phillips (Seahouses), the Northumberland-based haulier with 13 vehicles. The move is part of a plan to double the logistics business in size over the next 18 months.... [more]

Ultralase has acquired AllClear Eye, the Belfast-based eye clinic, for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

PH Jones has bought Coolfactor Group, the Kent-based engineering and building services company with about 79 staff, for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

Skipton Building Society has purchased Medical Care Direct, the Essex-based provider of self-pay hospital services, with the aim of expanding its Private Health Partnership division.... [more]

Parker Motor Services has bought Tanvic Spares, the chain of car components branches in Corby, Grantham, Loughborough, Melton, Newark and Retford. Its number of branches is now 11.... [more]

Downhole Products, the Portlethen-based oilfield equipment firm with 40 staff, has been acquired by US-based Varel International Energy Services for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

Babcock International has purchased Weir Strachan & Henshaw, the engineering design and project management firm, for £65m.... [more]

Capital Ideas Financial Publishing is due to acquire the wealth management magazine titles of Charterhouse Communications out of administration.... [more]

Vista Group, the Merseyside-based door manufacturer, has been bought by Purple Spot for £4m. Vista Group has 86 staff.... [more]

RPS has acquired Geocet, the US-based environmental consultancy with 29 staff, for a value of up to £1.2m.... [more]

Everwhite has been bought out of administration by a management team. The future of 67 jobs at its plastic building products factory in Aberdare, have been secured.... [more]

CRH is to acquire Ancon Building Products, the Sheffield-based manufacturer of stainless steel fixing systems, in a deal worth £88m.... [more]

Woodspeen Training is to purchase Futures Training Centres, the vocational training firm, for up to £2.8m.... [more]

ECM Delivery Vehicle Service, the Cumbria-based car transporter with 20 depots nationwide, has undergone a management buy-out supported by Yorkshire Bank.... [more]