Tate & Lyle is believed to be close to a full or partial sale of its food and industrial ingredients business. The UK-based company has announced that an announcement over the sale would be made “with... [more]

ITIS Holdings has sold its NavTrak vehicle tracking subsidiary to Cobra Automotive Technologies for an initial £2.2m, in order to focus on traffic information.... [more]

UK media group Emap Plc has announced that it is considering selling its Ireland-based radio stations, TodayFM, FM104 and Highland Radio, as part of a company-wide review. It has cited tough trading c... [more]

Private equity firm 3i is rumoured to be considering a sale of its UK-based recruitment company Prime Time Recruitment. 3i backed a management buy out of the business in 1998, and since then Prime Tim... [more]

Northbridge Industrial Services has acquired the trade and assets of Loadbank Hire Services of London from TGC International for £0.9m.... [more]

Care UK is to acquire the Mercury Health division of Tribal for £77m, in order to expand its network of primary care and fast-track surgery centres.... [more]

Whitbread, the UK-listed leisure company, has confirmed that it is considering the sale of its David Lloyd fitness chain. David Lloyd operates 59 fitness clubs and is estimated to fetch up to £940m. ... [more]

US-based entertainment company Live Nation is to sell off the Hammersmith Apollo in order to seek approval from the Competition Commission to go ahead with its takeover of UK-based Academy Music. The ... [more]

Buyout group Lyceum has hired NM Rothschild to advise on the sale of its Asquith Court chain of nurseries, it was reported. A minimum asking price of £100m was suggested for the chain of UK-based nurs... [more]

Hydro is to sell its aluminium car parts factory in Worcester to Holden Lightweight, securing the future of 130 jobs.... [more]

Laird is to sell its security systems division to Lupus Capital for £242m, in order to focus on the manufacture of electromagnetic shields for mobile phones.... [more]

Oakdale Bakeries has sold its cake factories in Wigan and Doncaster out of administration to BakeSense Bakeries of Wilmslow, securing the future of 250 jobs.... [more]

Towry Law has bought the financial services advisory division of Baker Tilly for £9.5m, with the transfer of 41 wealth advisers.... [more]

It was reported by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that Commerzbank, the listed German banking giant, is close to selling its UK-based asset management subsidiary JupiterThe sale contracts are ready t... [more]

UK electronics firm Laird Group announced the divestment of its security unit to Lupus Capital, the AIM-listed turnaround firm, for £242.5m. ... [more]

Mobestar Holdings has acquired the trade and assets of Mobile Life, the Bristol-based developer of software for mobiles, for £0.3m.... [more]

MAMA Group has acquired the Forum music and entertainment venue in London from Mean Fiddler for £1m.... [more]

Akcros Chemicals has been sold by Akzo Nobel to investment firm GIL Investments for undisclosed terms, including 160 staff at sites in Manchester and the US.... [more]

Private equity firm 3i has sold the off-street, airport and railway divisions of its National Car Parks business to a Macquarie Bank European infrastructure fund for £790m.... [more]

BOC Edwards, the vacuum pump manufacturer with 1,350 staff in Sussex, is to be sold by Linde to US investment firm CCMP Capital for £460m.... [more]