Private equity firm Cerberus is to buy software firm Torex Retail from administrators for £204.4 million Barclays Private Equity’s Munich office is to sell Germany’s TUJA Group to Adecco for 800 million (£539.3 million) Speedy hire has acquired Hewden Stuart for £115 million Electronics maker Stadium Group has snapped up power supplies company Ferrus Power Pinsent Masons advises Chinese Digital Surveillance on its £11 million fund raising on AIM A consortium led by Munich-based Allianz Capital Partners, which includes 3i, has acquired Scandlines Group shares Marc Barber Marc was editor of GrowthBusiness from 2006 to 2010. He specialised in writing about entrepreneurs, private equity and venture capital, mid-market M&A, small caps and high-growth businesses. More by Marc Barber