Rank Group, the UK-listed leisure firm, might soon announce plans to sell its US vacations arm, according to rumours. Rank Group's market capitalisation stands at £1.23bn.... [more]

Wolverhampton & Dudley, the UK-listed pub operator, is looking for buyers for 80 of its pubs, according to rumours cited by a Times market report. The unsourced item said the pubs were mainly tenanted... [more]

The Clermont Club, the upmarket Mayfair casino once frequented by celebrities such as Roger Moore, Tony Curtis and Peter Sellers, is thought to be close to a sale. Owners Rank are due to accept an off... [more]

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]