Syntax, the Derby-based IT and technical recruitment consultancy, has merged with Arcanza IT Services of Derby and Software Training Services of Heanor.... [more]

Auto Assist of Hull has merged with RVM Assist of Leeds to create a combined vehicle accident management and claims handling group called RVM Auto Assist.... [more]

Darnton Elgee has merged with Essex, Goodman & Suggitt to create a combined project management group with 87 staff at offices in North Yorkshire, London, Bristol and Warwickshire.... [more]

Watson Laurie has merged with Vinden Partnership, the Bolton-based provider of mediation services to the construction sector with 40 staff.... [more]

Scott Lister Solicitors of Shrewsbury has merged with Linder Myers Solicitors, the Manchester-based law firm with more than 70 fee earners.... [more]

Carter & Co has merged with Towlers to create a combined commercial surveying and property consultancy in Leeds with 50 staff.... [more]

Independent Living Services has acquired Perthshire-based Nurseplus and Ayrshire-based The Complete Care Company, creating an enlarged care homes group with over 1,000 staff.... [more]

Nationwide Building Society is to merge with the Derbyshire Building Society with 50 branches and 485,000 members, as well as the Cheshire Building Society, which has 45 branches and 440,000 members.... [more]

Campden & Chorleywood Food Research Association has merged with Brewing Research International to create a food technology organisation called Campden BRI.... [more]

Withy King has merged with Marshall & Galpin of Oxford to create a combined law firm with 340 employees.... [more]

Enzone Plastics has expanded its Bilston-based polyurethane mouldings business with the purchase of Styleguard for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

PSL Worldwide, the Washington-based supplier of pharmaceutical, beverage and dairy plants with 28 staff, has merged with Prelude Engineering of Berkshire, creating a new group called PSL Prelude.... [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]

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

Framlingham Farmers, based in Suffolk has merged with Framlingham Farmers, creating a farming business called AtlasFram Group with annual sales of £100m.... [more]

Southern & Redfern of Bradford has merged with Watsons Building Services of Keighley, a combined building services group called Novitas has been created with more than 200 employees.... [more]

IAWS is to merge with Hiestand of Switzerland to create a combined baked goods group called Aryzta. International sites of operation will be present in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Polan... [more]

Publishing group, United Business Media (UBM), and conference organiser and publisher, Informa, are involved in talks that may lead to the creation of a £3bn media giant.Informa is considering the pro... [more]

Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS), the British market researcher, plans to create the world's second largest market researcher in a £2.2 billion merger with Germany's GfK.TNS plan to save £76m over three yea... [more]

PSCA International, the magazine publisher with offices in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh, has undergone a management buy-out supported by Royal Bank of Scotland. PSCA Inte... [more]