Done deals:

• Danish industrial group Danfoss has expanded into the UK with the purchase of ECO Heat Pumps, a supplier of natural, renewable heating systems
  (Source: thestar.co.uk)

• Intertek Group plc, a provider of quality and safety services, has bought healthcare products testing group 4-Front Research, for £10.4 million

• Oxford Instruments plc, the high-tech tools and systems company, has acquired a US rival, Technologies and Devices International, for up to $6 million (£3 million)

• German company Paion has purchased Cenes Pharmaceuticals plc for £10.9 million, to create an enlarged biopharmaceutical supplier

• Hotel group Park Plaza has increased its reach with the purchase of a 20 per cent stake in WM/DMREF Bora for €22.3 million (£17.9 million)

• Kenmore Property Group has bought Leeds-based commercial property Merton House for £6.8 million

• SGB UK, a façade scaffold supplier to the powered-access rental industry, has purchased Sovereign Access Services, a mast climber and suspended platform hire firm
  (Source: Vertikal.net)

• US-based management consultancy Oliver Wyman has acquired management training firm Academee of Wilmslow

• Timico Group has bought rival home computer network supplier Twang.net
  (Source: This is Nottingham)

• COA Solutions, a provider of business and information management systems, has purchased UK human resource software company, ASR Computers
  (Source: Sourcewire.com)

Deals in the pipeline:

• Newcourt Group subsidiary Ely Property Group, has agreed to buy a development site in Birmingham for some €10.35 million (£8.3 million), subject to planning permission
  (Source: RTE Business)