Top Ten Holdings has acquired Lance Leisure, the operator of a bingo club in Mexborough, for £1.1m.... [more]

HBOS has put its Town Centre Restaurants business up for sale with a pricetag of £40m, reportedly hiring BDO Stoy Hayward as its advisers. The Town Centre group includes the brands Cafe Giardino and A... [more]

Aston Villa Football Club has agreed to a £63m cash takeover offer from Randy Lerner, the US owner of the Cleveland Browns NFL franchise. Billionaire Lerner will acquire the club through his company R... [more]

Living Ventures, the bar and restaurant group which owns the Living Room and Est Est Est chains, is up for sale with a £40m pricetag. The company was founded in 1999 by the leisure entrepreneur and fo... [more]

Following valuation by Price Waterhouse Coopers, the government has informed the British horse racing industry that it has until the end of the month to submit an offer at market value for the Horsera... [more]

Regent Inns has bought the chain of 31 Old Orleans restaurants from Punch Taverns for £26m. 27 of the restaurants are short leasehold outlets, and two operate under the Quincey's brand. Regent will ad... [more]

Hilton Hotels, the listed California-based hotel operator, could sell some of its European hotels, according to an analyst report. According to a research report issued by JMP Securities, Hilton's man... [more]

MyTravel, the UK tour operator, should make disposals to become more profitable and competitive, in the view of sector bankers and analysts. MyTravel is a complicated company, with some of the busine... [more]

The Royal Bank of Scotland is considering selling its majority stake in the Cannons gym chain according to reports. UK-based Cannons could fetch up to £400m, the report said, noting that RBS had been ... [more]

Whitbread, the UK-listed leisure group, is negotiating a potential sale of its 50% shareholding in Pizza Hut to Yum Brands. Analysts estimate that £100m would be a reasonable price, due to Pizza Hut's... [more]

Cosalt, the UK-listed industrial services and leisure group, is currently in the process of a strategic review to examine ways to increase shareholder value. Cosalt has announced its intention to sel... [more]

Rank Group, the UK leisure conglomerate, has stated that it may sell the Hard Rock chain in order to concentrate on the casino and hotel sectors. In the last six months revenue from the cafe chain has... [more]

The smart health clubs company Esporta is in talks to sell its freehold property assets for more than £300m. It is understood that the group has received a number of unsolicited approaches about a po... [more]

UK hotel group Travelodge has reportedly received several initial offers from potential bidders, including buyout group BC Partners who may be prepared to offer up to £750m. US private equity group St... [more]

The Doyle family, owners of Irish leisure company Jurys Doyle Hotel Group are reportedly to sell the Jurys Inn chain just eight months after their successful takeover of the group. Jurys Inn consists ... [more]

Honeycombe Leisure, the AIM-listed pub owner/ operator, has announced that the company is up for sale following a strategic review. The auction will be handled by Rothschild. A revaluation has placed ... [more]

South Lakeland Caravans, the UK leisre group, could soon be sold to L&G Ventures, the buyout division of Legal & General. The two groups are reportedly in advanced discussions and an announcement is e... [more]

Talks between Ickworth Hotel and country house chain Von Essen Hotels have been terminated, leaving Ickworth available to other interested parties. Ickworth Hotel, which is owned by Luxury Family Hote... [more]

Old Orleans, the restaurant chain put up for sale by Punch Taverns, has reportedly attracted interest from the privately-owned restaurant group Paramount. Punch is tipped to make £25m to £30m from the... [more]

Holidaybreak, the UK-listed travel operator, has confirmed that its camping division is up for sale, with a price tag of between £100m and £150m. ... [more]