Adnams, the Southwold brewery, has appointed agents Christie & Co to sell nine of its pubs. The company, which has a portfolio of 80 public houses, said it had identified the nine suitable for disposa... [more]

Hotel and conference centre operator Principal Hayley Group is to acquire three Marriott hotels for over £50m. ... [more]

Harry Ramsden's, the iconic fish and chip restaurant chain, could soon be up for sale according to reports. ... [more]

Punch Taverns, the UK's largest pubs firm, has said that it will consider a demerger of its managed Spirit division, following lower profits than expected due to the wettest summer on record. ... [more]

Scottish millionaire Sir Tom Hunter has extended his garden centre empire with the acquisition of Somerset-based Sanders Garden World, the South West's largest purpose-built garden centre, for £15m. T... [more]

Dawnay Shore Hotels, the hotel group established by Dawnay, Day and Shore Capital in 2004, which owns and operates a chain of twenty leading four and five star hotels in the UK, has announced the outc... [more]

Privately-owned UK football club Charlton Athletic has announced that it has hired Seymour Pierce Limited to consider a range of strategic options.... [more]

MAMA Group, manager to bands such as Franz Ferdinand and the Kaiser Cheifs, has announced its intention to exercise its option to buy famous London music venues Mean Fiddler, Borderline, Jazz Cafe and... [more]

Hilton Hotels Corporation has announced the recent completion of the sale of the Caledonian Hilton hotel to The Caledonian Operating Company Ltd UK for the cash sum of £51.7m. ... [more]

Pub chain Greene King has bought the Loch Fyne seafood chain in a £68.1m deal.... [more]

Leisure group Georgica has announced the sale of its Rileys snooker halls business to the European private equity arm of Greenhill and North Atlantic Value for £34.1m. Following the sale, Georgica ha... [more]

D&D London, formerly known as Conran Restaurants, has announced that it has agreed terms to acquire Image Restaurants, the owner of The Avenue, Kensington Place and Launceston Place in London. These t... [more]

19 UK hotels belonging to former hotel business Queens Moat Houses are to be put up for sale by Goldman Sachs, parent company of owner Whitehall Funds.The hotels, now mostly operating under Holiday ... [more]

Whitbread PLC has announced that it has conditionally agreed to sell David Lloyd Leisure to Versailles Bidco Limited, a company owned by London & Regional Holdings Limited and Bank of Scotland Corpora... [more]

Brewer and pub operator Marston’s has sold a package of 279 tenanted pubs to commercial property investment group Piccadilly Licensed Properties for £82.5m in cash, which will be used to reduce debt.... [more]

Gaming firm Rank, owner of the Mecca Bingo brand, have sold one of its bingo halls and has put nine others up for sale in preparation for July’s smoking ban.... [more]

Marylebone Warwick Balfour Group Plc has announced the sale of its Malmaison and Hotel du Vin Property Portfolio to Vector Hospitality, for a minimum value of £495.1m. ... [more]

A group of investors led and advised by Quinlan Private, a leading international property investment and advisory group, and Igal Ahouvi Group, an international real estate investor, have completed th... [more]

Racecourse operator Northern Racing has agreed to a takeover by UK property billionaires the Reuben Brothers. NR Acquisitions, a newly-incorporated subsidiary of Aldersgate Investments Limited, was ... [more]

Tragus, the British mid-market restaurant chain, has agreed to buy UK Spanish-themed restaurant chain La Tasca for around £96m in cash, at 185 pence per share.... [more]