General Electric has confirmed it is looking for buyers for its remaining insurance operations. The diversified technology, media and financial services company announced last week that it had sold o... [more]

FKI, the UK listed engineering and machinery group, is expected to make further disposals according to rumours The company was further reshaping its portfolio, and would therefore sell more non-core ... [more]

Trinity Mirror has acquired Paldonsay, the parent company of online recruitment business High Street Direct, for an initial £3.3m.... [more]

PlusNet has acquired Parbin, the Harrow-based internet service provider that trades as Metronet, for £1.7m.... [more]

Vp has acquired Dudley Vale, the supplier of piling equipment with sites in Croydon and Oldham, from GE Equipment Services for £3.5m.... [more]

Spirit Group has sold ten large London pubs to Capital Pub Company for £31m.... [more]

Detica has acquired Evolution Consulting, the IT services company with 105 staff, for £8.5m.... [more]

Hat Pin is to acquire a 70% stake in Saxton Bampfylde Hever, the executive recruitment company, in a £4.9m reverse takeover.... [more]

P&O, the container ports and ferries group, has accepted a £3.3bn takeover offer from DP World of Dubai.... [more]

Plans to sell the Adare Printing Group, the UK printing company owned by the Irish private equity firm Allen McGuire & Partners, are not going well, according to sources tracking the process. One sour... [more]

Urban Dining is considering putting itself on the market, according to market reports in the Financial Times and the Daily Telegraph. The AIM-listed restaurant business has called off attempts to buy ... [more]

RSL Steeper, the UK footwear and artificial limbs group, could be up for sale, according to a short unsourced item in the Independent. The report noted a GBP 18m (EUR 26.3m) price tag for the group an... [more]

Avery Weigh-Tronix, the UK weighing-scale manufacturer, is for sale with a £100m price tag. Baird, the US investment bank has been hired as adviser on the deal, which could be clinched early in the ne... [more]

Morethanhotels has acquired Foremost Hotels, the operator of three Express by Holiday Inn hotels, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Syndicate Asset Management is to acquire Investment Management Holdings for about £7.6m.... [more]

Shed Productions is to acquire Ricochet, the Brighton-based TV production company, for £30m.... [more]

GCap, the listed UK radio group, will divest nine radio stations, the group announced when presenting its half year results. GCap has idenitifed nine analogue radio station, which shall be sold. It wa... [more]

Stralfors UK has acquired DPS Direct Mail of Orpington for £8m, creating a combined transactional printing business with annual turnover of £28m.... [more]

Mondas has acquired Blue Curve, the London-based software solutions company, for up to £3m.... [more]

GSH Group has acquired De Jongh Groep, the Dutch installation and renovation company with 37 staff, for £0.8m.... [more]