Sair Group, parent company of airline Swissair, has put its hotel division Swisshotel up for sale, in a move analysts believe could raise up to £500m. The company is understood to have asked its advi... [more]

Atlantic 252, the ailing longwave radio station that broadcasts music to Britain from Dublin, is for sale. RTL, the pan-European TV and radio broadcaster that owns 80 percent of the station and RTE, ... [more]

Danka Business Systems, the photocopier supplier, is negotiating to sell its document outsourcing division, Danka Services International as part of a three pronged refinancing plan. Danka refused to c... [more]

RMC, the worlds biggest ready mix concrete producer is preparing to make a further £300m worth of disposals this year to improve prospects for the £2bn company. The management have identified several... [more]

BP Amoco, the energy group, is said to be close to finalising the sale of Burmah Castrol's speciality chemicals business after whittling down to two financial buyers and one trade buyer. ... [more]

The demise of US power group Enron could signal the sale of £2b British utility and trading assets. Dynegy, which recently bought out Enron, could sell Wessex Water and MG, the London Metals Exchange.... [more]

Towergate has acquired the general insurance arm of Medical Insurance Agency which includes a call centre in Stevenage providing motor home and surgery insurance... [more]

Cedar Group is acquiring Enterprise Solutions Group the US IT services consultancy from Renaissance Worldwide for £51m... [more]

Balfour Beatty has bought the rail electrification business of Adtranz for £94m which will strengthen its presence in markets such as Germany and Sweden... [more]

UBC Media is planning to acquire Classic Gold the radio company from GWR for £2.1m... [more]

Invensys is to sell its pneumatics business to Parker Hannifin of the US for £27m... [more]

Communisis has sold its Jaycare pharmaceutical packaging business to a company backed by 3i for £29m while its envelopes business is being sold to Bong Ljungdahl of Sweden for £7.5m... [more]

Sirdar has acquired Ryalux the carpet manufacturer for £25m and has also announced the sale of its lossmaking Eversure Textiles division... [more]

Amey is raising £42m in a share placing in order to fund the acquisition of a 50% stake in BCN Data Systems the developer of technology to monitor security systems and cash machines for £14m. ... [more]

Hanson has bought 14 UK operations from Tarmac for £33m including limestone sand and gravel quarries a concrete plant and an asphalt plant... [more]

Nomura is to buy the First Quench off-licence chain from Whitbread and Punch for £225m and plans to invest in training and technology at the 2500 branches... [more]

Tenon Group has acquired the non-audit operations of London-based Morison Stoneham for £10m as part of a strategy to create a network of accounting services firms... [more]

Bradford & Bingley has sold its company relocation division to Cendant for undisclosed terms and Cendant will use the Windsor-based business as a base to expand its European operations... [more]

AEA Technology has acquired NSTO the technology division of Dutch national railways Nederlandse Spoorwegen for £0.9m... [more]

Walker Greenbank is selling its John Perry and Cole & Son wallpaper operations to a new company called Karen Beauchamp for about £3m. ... [more]