Barclays is reportedly to put two of its credit operations up for sale in a move to increase profits at Barclaycard. The businesses to be sold are Monument, a subprime lender with over 500,000 custome... [more]

Priory Healthcare, the private hospitals chain best known for its rehabilitation clinics for celebrities, has appointed Morgan Stanley to conduct a strategic review of the business, which may involve ... [more]

Reed Elsevier, the listed anglo-Dutch publisher, announced in its annual results that it would be selling its Education division in order to focus on digital opportunities. Reed’s turnover for the 200... [more]

Mounting talk surrounding the possibility of a sale of Weir Group’s founding business Weir Pumps to Swiss company Sulzer, was yesterday further fuelled by the refusal of a Weir Group spokeswoman to ... [more]

Milligans is to sell 15 bakery outlets and its Newcastle factory to North-East Bakeries, creating a combined group with 21 shops and 130 staff.... [more]

Legal & General is to acquire the life assurance and unit trust management division of Nationwide for about £285m, with the transfer of about 250 Swindon-based staff.... [more]

Spirent, the London-listed telecoms-equipment supplier, is rumoured to be on the verge of announcing the availability for sale of some of its assets. The disposals are expected to be made of non-core ... [more]

Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society (Liverpool Victoria) has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire the CSMA’s roadside rescue provider Britannia Rescue, for around £36 million. The sale is ... [more]

BOC Edwards' equipment business, which is up for sale, is expected to fetch a price around EUR 500m to EUR 600m. BOC Edwards' equipment business is part of BOC Edwards, which itself is a subsidiary ... [more]

World famous cricket enthusiast group Wisden has reportedly put its monthly magazine, the Wisden Cricketer, up for sale along with The Oldie magazine, in order to invest and concentrate on the future ... [more]

Provident Financial, the sub prime lender is auctioning off the remains of Yes Car Credit, the used car business that is ceased trading more than two years ago. Supposedly Provident is still owed aro... [more]

Lloyds TSB has called in investment bankers to sell share-registration and stock-management business Lloyds TSB Registrars. The sale is set to be around £600m, according to the Sunday Times.... [more]

There has been renewed talk of a sale of Logica CMG's telecom products business, according to market reports. The business has been tipped to fetch around £200m, and a report by Logica's house broker ... [more]

BP is to sell its Coryton refinery in Essex, which employs 540 staff and about 500 contractors, to Petroplus Holdings of Switzerland for about £700m.... [more]

Elphinstone has sold Macdonald Fraser, its rural property and chartered surveying business, to CKD Galbraith for undisclosed terms.... [more]

London's Heart FM and Galaxy Radio owner Chrysalis has confirmed that it is conducting a strategic review of it's radio unit, which could result in a sale in preference to a demerger. Months of specul... [more]

Prudential has sold its struggling Egg internet banking operation to Citigroup for £575m, just a year after buying out minority shareholders in a deal that valued the business at £973m.... [more]

Aon Corporation has acquired Footman James, the insurer of classic cars, motorbikes, kit cars and modern vehicles, for an estimated $118m (£60m) from Alchemy Partners. ... [more]

Conder Environmental has sold Vikoma International, the Isle of Wight-based pollution control systems business with 50 staff, to Energy Environmental for £2.3m.... [more]

Lehman Brothers, the US-based investment bank, is preparing to sell its shareholding in The Sanderson and St Martins Lane hotels. The two boutique hotels are valued at between £160m and £170m. Howeve... [more]