Aquarius Platinum, the Australian-based platinum miner, has put itself up for sale. The company is currently in talks with Franco-Nevada Mining Corporation and Barrick Gold, two North American mining ... [more]

Aquarius Platinum double its market value of £200m. The company has appointed Endeavour Capital Corporation, a specialist mining finance house, to find a buyer. ... [more]

Shipbuilder Cammell Laird has called in the receivers after months of financial difficulties and debts of around £125m. Laird blames its difficulties the loss of a £50m contract to re-fit an Italian c... [more]

Two of Britain's largest power stations, Fiddler's Ferry in Cheshire and Ferrybridge in Yorkshire have been put up for sale by Edison Mission Energy of the US. Edison has been squeezed by falling whol... [more]

Big Beat Group, owner of Home, the London nightclub, went into receivership last month. The group will continue trading while the receiver, KPMG, looks for a buyer. First Leisure, the nightclub compan... [more]

Lloyds TSB could be forced to sell Cheltenham & Gloucester, its mortgage subsidiary, if its £19bn bid for Abbey National is found to be against the public interest by the competition watchdog. The Com... [more]

Computer seller, Action Computer Supplies, is expected to name Old Mutual Securities as its broker amid speculation over a possible bid for the group. The company confirmed last month that it had rece... [more]

Bright Station, the internet technology group, is considering a break up. Businesses in the group include Smartlogik, Sparza and Office Shopper. It is believed that a break up would make Smartlogik's ... [more]

Past Times, the shop chain that sells gifts, has gone into administration with debts of more than £4m. Berley Chartered Accountants, appointed administrative receivers, said Past Times had ordered mor... [more]

Halifax, the mortgage bank, is in talks with Equitable Life over buying the mutual's fund management business, sales force and administration systems.... [more]

SAVE Group, Britain's biggest independent petrol retailer, has collapsed into administration after failing to secure additional support from its bankers. Alan Bloom of Ernst & Young said he was confid... [more]

William Baird, the textiles group that is trying to sue Marks and Spencer for dropping it as a clothing supplier, has announced that bid talks with Alchemy Partners, the venture capitalists have colla... [more]

Just2clicks has become that latest high profile internet company to put itself up for sale after failing to attract enough users to its online marketplaces. ... [more]

Shares in Brancote tumbled as the mineral explorer, which last year shed all its businesses to focus on a Patagonian gold mine, announced takeover talks had fallen through.... [more]

Durlacher, the technology investment company that was one of the stars of the dotcom boom, is said to be looking to find a merger partner within six months. ... [more]

GE Capital, the financial services arm of General Electric, the giant American conglomerate, has made a last minute £1.2bn offer to buy Equitable Life, the stricken mutual life insurer.... [more]

Chubb, the US insurer, has outlined a possible exit strategy from Hiscox, a week after the specialist UK insurance underwriter rejected a £311m takeover approach. ... [more]

Littlewoods, once Britain's biggest privately owned company, is thought to have approached Great Universal Stores with the aim of being taken over.... [more]

Allied Domecq has launched a £369m bid for Montana, the New Zealand producer of wines such as Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, in an effort to expand its wine interests. However, Lion Nathan, the Australa... [more]

Vodafone Pacific ended months of speculation over its interest in Cable and Wireless Optus by announcing that it had lodged an indicative offer for Australia's second largest carrier. To ease competi... [more]