Casema, the Dutch cable operator owned by France Telecom, is for sale again after the collapse of talks with Liberty Media. Several companies are thought to be interested in the business, which was du... [more]

PNC Telecom, the mobile phone distributor, has effectively put itself up for sale. The company has appointed Seymour Pierce to look into ways of maximising shareholder value.... [more]

Aer Lingus has again been put up for sale by the Irish government. It is expected to report profits of over 50m Euros. The company was valued at over £500m two years ago.... [more]

Bayer AG, the German drugs and chemicals group, is in talks over the sale of its pharmaceuticals division. The business, which invented aspirin over a century ago is valued at around 10 billion Euros... [more]

]Montgomery Litho has bought Hunter & Foulis, the Haddington-based printing company, out of receivership, saving 40 of the 70 jobs.... [more]

Ultraframe has sold its Ultraspan commercial glazed enclosure operation to a management team for £0.2m.... [more]

Lastminute.com has acquired eXhilaration, the provider of adventure experiences to both individual and corporate customers, for an initial £1m.... [more]

World Travel Holdings is to acquire Select Line Holidays and Select Travel International in an all-share deal, in order to expand its LeisureHunt travel promotion business.... [more]

Dataform has acquired Print Directive of Dudley for undisclosed terms, increasing its workforce to 115.... [more]

Edinburgh Woollen Mill, the chain of 285 knitwear stores with 3,400 staff, is to undergo a £67m management buy-out backed by Bank of Scotland.... [more]

Peel Holdings is to acquire Clydeport, the Glasgow-based port operator, for £184m, which will result in Clydeport's management taking over the running of the Manchester Ship Canal.... [more]

London Clubs International is selling its 50 St James Casino for more than £50m.... [more]

Zurich Financial Services has put up for sale one of its fund management businesses, Threadneedle Investments. The operation has £43 billion of funds under management and could fetch at least £500m. U... [more]

PizzaExpress, the chain with nearly 300 restaurants in the UK is being eyed by potential bidders. It has already received a bid from leisure entrepreneur Hugh Osmond, valuing it at £250m. Former busin... [more]

Advertising agency HHCL may be sold by media group Chime Communications. Due to complete an equity-swap with Red Cell, it is now thought that a cash sale may be considered.... [more]

Topland Group the private property group is selling a fifth of its UK property portfolio. The 70 properties include offices, shops and industrial sites and could fetch around £350m. ... [more]

Logica has acquired Great Lakes Technologies, the US automotive IT solutions company with 220 staff, for £14m.... [more]

Montgomery Transport has acquired Dukes Transport, the Portadown-based road haulage company with 460 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Lion Foods, the Runcorn-based company with 185 staff, has been bought out of administration by a management team.... [more]

P&O is forming a joint venture with CMA-CGM to acquire an 80% stake in Egis Ports, the French container terminal operator, for about £35m.... [more]