Gwalia Packaging has acquired AMJ, the South Wales-based toolmaker, in order to add new technology to its Dragon Plastics mould making facility.... [more]

WN Lindsay has acquired the Scottish grain drying and storage operations of Glencore Grain for £3m, including a 70,000t malting barley plant at Stracathro, Brechin.... [more]

Xpertise Group is to acquire the IT training division of Parity for £4.8m, creating a combined group of training centres in London, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, the Thames Valley and the Midlands.... [more]

Pindar is going to sell its Pindar Set directory printing business to Yell. There are no plans for changes to the 1,600 staff or the directory production site in Scarborough.... [more]

The bookmaker William Hill has recently disposed of its 50 per cent share in William Hill Codere Italia, its Italian joint venture, for £4.4m. The sale of the sports betting business will result in a ... [more]

Tate & Lyle has handed over its international sugar trading business to Bunge, US-based oilseed processor.The value of the deal has not been disclosed. The trading business had gross assets of £288m (... [more]

BT is to purchase the Stemmer and SND IT services divisions of Net AG in Germany. The sale includes combined gross assets of £7.7m.... [more]

Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Active has put in a bid to purchase parts of Esporta health club, the chain which is up for sale.Virgin Active, which recently appointed former Alliance Boots boss, Richar... [more]

Unilever, the consumer goods group, is to sell its palm oil plantations based on the Ivory Coast. The group's edible oil business has a yearly turnover of £67 million. Last year, Unilever began its st... [more]

Entertainment Rights, the company behind Basil Brush and Postman Pat, is considering the sale of its American children's character assets, Big Idea, as it looks to reduce £107 million worth of debt.Ni... [more]

Greenergy Fuels has acquired a fuel storage facility at Breakwater Hill in Plymouth. Greenergy plans to double its capacity to allow the introduction of Tesco 99 Octane petrol across the South West.... [more]

Tolwood Technologies has sold its Newton Aycliffe-based car parts manufacturing business out of administration to PC Automotive. The future of 150 jobs has been secured.... [more]

Mk One has sold 100 of its 172 fashion stores out of administration to a former director of the company.... [more]

Land Securities has made a decision for its Trillium business, it is to go into partnership with the German property company Lindner Group. Trillium will then move into Germany's PPP market.Lindner Gr... [more]

HBOS, the UK-listed banking group, might decide to make disposals to boost its capital. According to analysts non-core operations could be disposed of, which would enable the group to focus on its mor... [more]

A part-owner of James Hull Associates has hired sale advisers, according to reports. Private-equity house and 40% shareholder Hutton Collins have retained Hawkpoint to handle the disposal. The potenti... [more]

Inchcape has bought a 75% stake in Musa Motors Group, the Russian car dealer with 16 franchised retail centres, in a deal worth £100m.... [more]

Massive Pub Company has agreed to sell 33 of its pubs out of administration to Bridgehouse Capital for an estimated £8m.... [more]

The BBC has sold its outside broadcast division to Satellite Information Services for undisclosed terms, including a fleet of 15 TV production trucks.... [more]

Cluttons has sold its rural property business, including 49 staff and offices in Bath, Oxford, Maidstone and Sutton Scotney, to Smiths Gore, in order to focus on its residential and commercial operati... [more]