Shawcross and Dickinson, the filing products manufacturer, has been put up for sale by its administrator Deloitte & Touche. The business has an annual turnover of £12m.... [more]

Aberdeen-based FirstGroup PLC has announced that it has acquired Laidlaw International Inc., the leading operator of school and inter-city bus transportation and a supplier of public transit services ... [more]

RPS, the listed UK environmental services specialist, has announced the acquisition of the Scotia Group, a Texas-based consultancy providing advice to the oil and gas industry. ... [more]

Transport for London has lodged a formal bid for Metronet, the consortium hired to upgrade the London underground network currently in administration. ... [more]

John and Norman Scott of the Scott Group have acquired Marlaw Pallets in a multimillion-pound deal.... [more]

The Board of Myhome, a leading provider of franchised service operations, ispleased to announce that it has conditionally agreed to acquire Edwin Investments Limited (known as ChipsAway Group), for a... [more]

A consortium led by JP Morgan has won the battle for Southern Water, as it announced that it has signed a binding sale and purchase agreement to acquire 100% of Southern Water Capital Limited from Ro... [more]

OneSource Services Inc. has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with ABM Industries Incorporated whereby ABM will acquire the entire issued share capital of OneSource for $365m (approx... [more]

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. has announced that its Hertz car rental brand has acquired the vehicle rental business of former licensee, Autotravel, in the United Kingdom. Located in the North West of E... [more]

Speedy Hire Plc has announced the proposed acquisition of the trade and assets of the tool hire division of Hewden Stuart Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Finning International Inc. The proposed acqu... [more]

Scandanavian airline SAS has announced that it will be taking measures to strengthen its position as Northern Europe's leading airline. SAS is to concentrate on its core business - flying to, from and... [more]

United Utilities, the UK group that owns and operates electricity, wastewater and water networks in North West England, is putting its electricity distribution unit up for sale to concentrate on its w... [more]

Southern Water, the company that supplies water to one million households across Kent, Sussex and Hampshire, is to be put up for sale by the private equity arm of Royal Bank of Scotland, its owner of ... [more]

Cross-solent ferry operator Red Funnell is reportedly up for sale for £200m after appointing NM Rothschild and Sons to advise on a strategic options review. ... [more]

Saga Holdings Limited, the leading provider of products and services to people aged 50 and over in the UK, announced that it has appointed Close Brothers to assist in exploring future ownership option... [more]

Spanish airline Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA has reportedly hired investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to advise on a possible sale. Although no bids have been made as yet, it is est... [more]

The Automobile Association (AA) could soon be up for sale as it has reportedly appointed investment bankers to look at the business' options, including a possible sale or flotation.... [more]

Continental Auto, the Spanish bus company, has been put on the market with an asking price of around £400m. UK bus operators National Express and Arriva have both been tipped as favourites to buy the ... [more]

The sale of Hewden, the UK tool hire business owned by Canadian distributor Finning, is thought to be underway according to a report.... [more]

Viking Offshore, the Aberdeen-based rescue boat business is up for sale with a price tag of around £150m according to a report in the Daily Telegraph.... [more]