Earls Court & Olympia Group is on the market valued at approximately £400m. The business comprises Earls Court and Olympia exhibition centres in London as well as Chiswell Street Brewery. It added tha... [more]

Wood Group has sold its ProTech oil production technology business, which has 100 staff in Aberdeen, Norway and the US, to WellDynamics for an initial £14m.... [more]

Waterman Group has acquired JP Envirosystems, the environmental management consultancy with offices in Sheffield and London, for an initial £0.3m.... [more]

ClearDebt, the Manchester-based debt solutions company, is to be acquired by Carrwood in a £3m reverse takeover.... [more]

Unidare is to sell Eland Cables, the electrical cables distribution company with sites in London and Doncaster, to a management team operating under the name of Codetrade for £4m.... [more]

William Hill is to sell a further 48 betting shops to Tote for £20m, taking Tote's total estate to more than 500.... [more]

The Daily Mail has hoisted a "for sale" sign over its 100-strong stable of regional newspaper titles, which includes the Aberdeen Press & Journal and Evening Express, in a deal that could fetch up to ... [more]

Struggling fashion chain French Connection is at the centre of takeover speculation after Icelandic investor Baugur upped its stake in the business. Bauger, which owns clothing chains MK One and Jane ... [more]

Meat and pastry product company Canterbury Foods has announced the proposed sale of its meat products business, a frozen burger and sausage businesses operated out of the group's sites at Hull and Sto... [more]

MORE than 120 Glasgow workers fear their jobs will be axed after a property letting firm was put up for sale. At Home Nationwide, which rents luxury homes to young professionals, is being sold by the ... [more]

Doncasters, which makes components for the new A380 Airbus, has entered its final round for bids. Lazards, who are handling the auction, have whittled down the £600m sale to just a handful of bidders.... [more]

AWG, the utility company that owns Anglian Water, is to sell Morrison, the troubled construction business that is at the centre of a £130m legal battle. The sale will be handled by Dresdner Kleinwort ... [more]

Landmark exhibition and conference centre Earls Court & Olympia, as well as the Brewery at Chiswell Street in the City, has been put up for sale for an estimated £400m. The owner of the site, St James... [more]

Ultimate Leisure has acquired Prohibition, the operator of three bars in Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool, from Living Ventures for £2.7m.... [more]

NBA Quantum is to acquire Taylor Rumford Consulting, the construction industry consultancy operating under the name of Dearden Associates, for up to £1.5m.... [more]

Zenith Hygiene is to acquire GW Chemicals, the Yorkshire-based manufacturer of cleaning and hygiene products with about 90 staff at sites in Elland, Oldham, Stockport and Hertfordshire, for up to £6m.... [more]

Dunlop GRG, the Manchester-based manufacturer of tanks for transporting fuel and water with 50 staff, has been acquired by Trelleborg of Sweden for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Kerridge, the supplier of dealer management systems with offices in Hungerford, Bristol, Glasgow, Taunton and Telford, has been acquired by Automatic Data Processing of the US for £173m.... [more]

Morgan Stanley is to acquire Advantage Home Loans, the Ellesmere Port-based mortgage arranging company with 150 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Prime People is to acquire Macdonald & Company, the recruitment consultancy, in a £10m reverse takeover.... [more]