UK pub and restaurant operator Gourmet Holdings has reportedly put its Bel and The Dragon division up for sale again after exclusive negotiations with Cross Oak Inns were abandoned due to a downturn i... [more]

Nikko Cordial Corp has sold British motorway services group RoadChef to Israeli property company Delek for £375m including debt. ... [more]

Media Square has sold Digital Advertising & Marketing, the London-based online advertising technology company trading as Tangozebra, to DoubleClick for £15m.... [more]

Millennium Chemicals, the Stallingborough-based titanium dioxide manufacturer with 420 staff, is being sold as part of a £612m deal between Cristal of Saudi Arabia and current owner Lyondell.... [more]

The chairman of Morse, the UK-listed IT consultancy, has revealed that the company is considering the disposal of its mobile banking business, Monitise. Richard Lapthorne told shareholders that “the s... [more]

Airwave, the digital radio network owned by UK-based mobile phone operator O2, has moved a step closer to a sale after O2 chairman and chief executive Peter Erskine announced that the group was “errin... [more]

UK Coal is to sell the Maltby colliery in South Yorkshire to Hargreaves Services for £21m, securing the future of 470 jobs.... [more]

Amcor, the Australian packaging giant, is to sell all or part of its European PET bottle operations following a strategic review. The business has a significant presence in the UK, and turns over arou... [more]

McBride is to acquire Chemolux, the Luxembourg-based household products manufacturer with a site in Coventry and 120 UK-based staff, from Henkel for up to £39m.... [more]

Now Group has sold its remaining kitchens business out of administration to Glasgow-based TSC Industries for undisclosed terms, but 30 jobs are expected to be lost.... [more]

UK media company Emap is thought to be considering the sale of one of its three divisions according to a market report in the Financial Times. The paper tipped Lagadere and Alex Springer as potential... [more]

Private equity group Alchemy Partners has apparently approached two potential buyers of its QHotels business according to a report. QHotels operates 21 properties and is valued at around £600m. Alchem... [more]

The sale of Trinity Mirror's Midlands and Southern regional newspaper divisions is reportedly set to begin this week. The divisions were put up for sale, along with the Racing Post, as a result of a s... [more]

Country Valley has acquired the Newboulds chain of 14 butcher shops on Teesside for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 105 staff.... [more]

Guardian Media Group, the UK-listed newspaper group, is reportedly in talks with a three private equity groups over the sale of its Trader Media arm.... [more]

Amec, the UK-based support services group, announced yesterday that it is to sell its 50 per cent stake in its Amec Spie Rail Systems business to French infrastructure company Colas for an estimated £... [more]

Lloyds TSB is reportedly close to putting its closed life insurance business Abbey Life up for sale with an asking price of around £1bn. ... [more]

EMI, the global music group whose artists include Coldplay and Robbie Williams, could put its recorded music division up for sale to guard against a possible takeover after issuing its second profit w... [more]

Vodaphone, the UK-listed mobile phone giant, is considering the disposal of its phone masts in order to reduce costs. Chief executive Arun Sarin has said that Vodaphone may opt to share masts with its... [more]

Gerald Ratner, the British entrepreneur, has revealed that he would consider a sale of his online jewellery business, GeraldOnline, if a suitably high offer materialised. Separately, he also commented... [more]