Done deals

Wynnstay Group, an agricultural products supplier, has bought animal healthcare products distributor MVZ Farm Supplies for an initial £500,000 sum

Equipment rental specialist Vp plc has bought First Engineering’s small plant division for £1.2 million

Dawnay, Day Carpathian, an investor in the retail property markets of Central and Eastern Europe, has bought a multi-purpose development site in Romania for €6.5 million (£4.5 million)

Hydrasun, a fluid transfer equipment supplier to oil and gas companies, has been bought in a £75.5 million management buy-out backed by Barclays Private Equity

Morvus Technology, a drug-discovery company, has bought 50 per cent shareholdings in Cardiff ProTides and Cardiff Biologicals from Biofusion. The financial terms have not been disclosed

Trust Property Management has bought Dexter Brown, a Milton Keynes-based property management firm, for some £1.5 million

Cutlery supplier Amefa UK has strengthened its business through the acquisition of Richardson Sheffield from its administrator

Giles Insurance Brokers has bought Crosbie & Jack, an insurance broker, for an undisclosed sum

In the pipeline

Cookson, a supplier of materials for the ceramics, electronics and precious metals markets, is to buy Foseco, a supplier of consumable products to the foundry and steel industries, for £497 million

Sovereign Capital is to exit CVS, a chain of veterinary centres, through a £93 million flotation on AIM