Done deals:

 

• Property investor Safeland Active Management’s Jersey-based Safeland Property Unit Trust has bought Stanley/Kelvin House and Business Centres for £4.94 million

• Professional services and accountancy group Vantis plc has acquired accountant Brewer Higgins for £727,000

• RPS plc, a support services firm in the environmental, property, energy and water sectors, has bought WTW for £1.85 million in order to boost its offering to oil and gas companies

• Salamander Energy plc has purchased GFI Oil & Gas Corporation for some $34.8 million (£16.9 million) in cash and shares, in order to increase its oil and gas production capability

• Property developer K W Linfoot plc has undergone a multi-million refinancing with Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank

• Italian firm Esseco has bought fellow chemical supplier Brotherton Speciality Products
  (Source: Yorkshire Evening Post)

• Veterinary services provider CVS Group plc has acquired small animal and equine surgery Animed for £1.6 million cash

• Sales and marketing company Felix Group plc has bought meat retailer Crawshaw Butchers

• Sports marketing firm XSEM has announced a merger with associated company The Events Office

• Rockwell Automation has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the safety and automation business of CEDES Safety

• Hong Kong-based Eternal Best Industries has bought the Shellys shoe brand from rival shoe supplier Stylo

Deals in the pipeline:

 

• Drug producer Bayer HealthCare’s consumer care division is set to acquire US-based Sagmel’s over-the-counter brand portfolio
  (Source: Datamonitor)

• Merton council is considering the purchase and operation of some 6 post offices earmarked for closure
  (Source: Newsnow)

• Misys plc is to acquire Misys Healthcare with US-based Allscripts to form combined medical software service Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions, and expects to raise £75 million with a share placing

• Silverstone Energy has agreed terms to acquire fellow oil and gas exploration and production company Granby Oil & Gas, for £23.1 million