Ferrovial, the Spanish construction giant currently involved in negotiations to purchase UK airport operator BAA, may have to sell a number of its local airports to do finance the purchase. Sources ha... [more]

Troubled Tyneside shipbuilder Swan Hunter may be sold by its owner Jaap Kroese to prevent bankrupcy. The company, which is 146 years old and built both the Mauritania and the Carpathia, was rescued fr... [more]

Wilson Bowden has acquired Roland Bardsley Homes, the housebuilder with nine sites near Manchester, for £25m. Roland Bardsley will continue trading under its own name. Wilson Bowden is also taking on ... [more]

HomesHomes, owned by entrepreneur Tony Colbourne is to be put up for sale. It is expected to achieve an asking price of between £15m and £20m, and the sale will be handled by accountancy firm Baker Ti... [more]

MyHome.ie has completed its strategic review and apparently rejected the idea of acquiring another business. IBI Corporate Finance, which carried out the review, recommended that the Irish property we... [more]

Thermal Transfer, a subsidiary of Scottish and Southern Energy, has been acquired by EDTE, the electrical contracting/ maintenance unit of French construction and telecoms giant Bouyges. EDTE offered ... [more]