UK private equity group, Key Capital Partners (KCP), announced on Tuesday that its portfolio company, Pandora Books, which supplies books to UK schools, has bought competitor, Badger Publishing, from ... [more]

Waterford Wedgwood, the china and ceramics retailer, has announced that it is likely to hire Deloitte as administrators for Waterford Wedgwood UK plc, as well as for some additional UK subsidiaries la... [more]

Retail chain Passion for Perfume has gone into administration with the closure of its 44 fragrance stores and the loss of 194 jobs.The Manchester-based company called in Deloitte after being unable to... [more]

Clydsdale and Yorkshire banks could be on the market due to executives at parent group, National Australia Bank (NAB), launching a strategic review of the business.Cameron Clyne, the new chief executi... [more]

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Rumours circulate that Blooming Marvellous, the 14-store maternity and childrenswear chain, is in severe financial difficulties and may be forced to call in the administrators imminently. The company'... [more]

Photography studio Olan Mills is set to enter administration on Friday after having stopped trading in its 34 studios in England and Wales on Boxing Day.The group are to appoint an administrator short... [more]

Morgan, the French retailer that sells women's fashion has filed for bankruptcy protection after experiencing a drop in sales due to the credit crisis.The fashion retailer has been on the market since... [more]

Fashion retailer USC, which has 58 shops across the UK, has gone into administration, putting 300 jobs at risk.Fifteen of the group's 58 shops across the UK are affected. Bryan Jackson of PKF in Glasg... [more]

Skipton building society is considering putting its debt-collection division, Homeloan Management Ltd (HML), up for sale for £200m.Homeloan Management is one of the UK's largest debt-collection operat... [more]

Imperial Energy, a UK-based energy explorer with the majority of its assets in Russia, is close to breaking through the 90 per cent threshold of acceptances it requires to seal its takeover by ONGC Vi... [more]

Adams, the 75 year-old children's wear manufacturer and retailer will fall into administration this week. The Chief Executive, David Carter-Johnson has confirmed as true reports in the Sunday papers t... [more]

Administrators Ernst & Young were called into the Zavvi music and DVD chain, formerly known as Virgin Megastore, on Christmas Eve to sell parts of the group as a going concern. The stores were open on... [more]

On December 24th, Punch Taverns offered 500 lessees first refusal on their pub leases before putting them up for sale on the open market.The scale of the hive-off has surprised many as last month Punc... [more]

The Whittard of Chelsea chain went into administration last night and was sold to EPIC private equity partners for an undisclosed sum, by the administrators Ernst & Young. The deal has protected 950 e... [more]

Allied Carpets, one of the UK's largest flooring retailers, is to be sold by its French owner Tapis Saint Maclou, which aims to withdraw from the British high street.Lazard, the investment bank, has b... [more]

The Whittard of Chelsea tea and coffee chain, which is owned by Icelandic investment group Baugur, is close to bringing in the administrators after a prolonged spell of low sales.The Icelandic owners ... [more]

Aviva has sold its vehicle checking services business, HPI Limited with £112m in assets, to Solera Holdings, the US private equity-backed claims processing firm.... [more]

EDF, the French energy supplier, has been given the go-ahead to acquire British Energy.The €15bn takeover, which has been approved by the European Union competition authorities, is subject to conditio... [more]

Spice, a utility support services provider, has bought National Energy Industry Fuel Efficiency Services, a consultant to the energy and environment sectors for an initial sum of £5.1m.... [more]