Anglo-Dutch publishing group Reed Elsevier has not managed to sell its devence conference businesses by the year end as hoped.... [more]

Shawcross and Dickinson, the filing products manufacturer, has been put up for sale by its administrator Deloitte & Touche. The business has an annual turnover of £12m.... [more]

Aberdeen-based FirstGroup PLC has announced that it has acquired Laidlaw International Inc., the leading operator of school and inter-city bus transportation and a supplier of public transit services ... [more]

RPS, the listed UK environmental services specialist, has announced the acquisition of the Scotia Group, a Texas-based consultancy providing advice to the oil and gas industry. ... [more]

Johnson Service Group has announced that it is looking to sell off three non-core units as part of a restructuring plan, after a disappointing performance that has led to profit warnings. The business... [more]

Transport for London has lodged a formal bid for Metronet, the consortium hired to upgrade the London underground network currently in administration. ... [more]

John and Norman Scott of the Scott Group have acquired Marlaw Pallets in a multimillion-pound deal.... [more]

The Board of Myhome, a leading provider of franchised service operations, ispleased to announce that it has conditionally agreed to acquire Edwin Investments Limited (known as ChipsAway Group), for a... [more]

A consortium led by JP Morgan has won the battle for Southern Water, as it announced that it has signed a binding sale and purchase agreement to acquire 100% of Southern Water Capital Limited from Ro... [more]

OneSource Services Inc. has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with ABM Industries Incorporated whereby ABM will acquire the entire issued share capital of OneSource for $365m (approx... [more]

Ainscough Crane Hire Limited, the UK's market leader in crane hire, has announced the £255m sale of the business to the existing management team, funded by an integrated debt and equity package from B... [more]

Thomas Cook Group plc has announced that it has reached agreement on the terms on which Condor Flugdienst GmbH will be merged with Air Berlin plc. ... [more]

Management Consulting Group PLC, the international management consultancy group, has announced that it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire, by way of merger, the entire issued share ca... [more]

The Westbury Property Fund Limited, the commercial property and ports company, has announced a proposed merger with Eddie Stobart Group, one of the most recognised brands in the UK. The new, enlarged ... [more]

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. has announced that its Hertz car rental brand has acquired the vehicle rental business of former licensee, Autotravel, in the United Kingdom. Located in the North West of E... [more]

Speedy Hire Plc has announced the proposed acquisition of the trade and assets of the tool hire division of Hewden Stuart Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Finning International Inc. The proposed acqu... [more]

Scandanavian airline SAS has announced that it will be taking measures to strengthen its position as Northern Europe's leading airline. SAS is to concentrate on its core business - flying to, from and... [more]

United Utilities, the UK group that owns and operates electricity, wastewater and water networks in North West England, is putting its electricity distribution unit up for sale to concentrate on its w... [more]

Southern Water, the company that supplies water to one million households across Kent, Sussex and Hampshire, is to be put up for sale by the private equity arm of Royal Bank of Scotland, its owner of ... [more]

National Express Group PLC has agreed to acquire Continental Auto SL, a leading operator of public transport services in Spain, from Grupo ACS for £449.7m. The transaction, which is expected to be ear... [more]