Zest Group is to sell Greensleeves Group, the Isleworth-based reggae music publisher, to VP Records for £3.1m.... [more]

Metalrax has acquired Post Glover LifeLink, the US manufacturer of isolated electrical power systems with 24 staff, from Halma for £3m.... [more]

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has hired Deutsche Bank to advise on the sale of its Condor Ferries businessRBS is asking approximately £300m for Condor, which operates ferries from the UK mainland and F... [more]

Scottish & Newcastle is to sell its Stassen cider business in Belgium back to the founding family for undisclosed terms.... [more]

News International has decided to put its 'Fortress Wapping' headquarters site in London on the market, before a decision on the new home for its newspaper titles.... [more]

UK-listed broadcaster, ITV has hired Grant Thornton to manage the sale of its Carlton Screen Advertising subsidiary, according to reports. ... [more]

Seawell is to acquire US-based Noble's oilfield platform-drilling division in Aberdeen, with the transfer of about 300 staff.... [more]

The UK property services company Erinaceous Group PLC has revealed that it is mulling a sale of its insurance services unit after a significant number of approaches.The company is looking at ways of r... [more]

Inchcape has sold five Vauxhall car dealerships in Reading, Newbury, Fareham, Exeter and Honiton to Eden Group for £14m.... [more]

Speedy Hire announced that it has acquired the tool and equipment hire business of AMEC Logistics and Support Services Limited, for £12.5m.... [more]

Standard Life is looking to sell media firm Bloomberg LP's London headquarters, a key asset for one of their main funds. A spokesman for Standard Life said "We can confirm that as part of the long-ter... [more]

Cambria Automobiles has acquired the Summit Auto Group of 15 car dealerships for undisclosed terms, including the Victor Ford, Grange, Dees Ford and Doves Volvo brands in London, Essex, Surrey, Kent, ... [more]

Hewden Stuart plc, the equipment hire arm of Finning Group (UK) Ltd, has announced the sale of its Hoists business to HTC Plant Ltd, part of the PC Harrington Group. ... [more]

Shoe retailer Stead & Simpson has been put up for sale, two years after a £50m management buy-out in 2005. PricewaterhouseCoopers has issued a prospectus of the 350-store chain, established in 1834, t... [more]

Devro has sold its BioFilm division to a new company backed by Tate & Lyle Ventures for a nominal sum, and £3m will be invested in the dissolvable thin film technology business.... [more]

AAC Capital Partners has put Fresh-Pak, a large supplier of fillings for the ready-made sandwich market, up for sale. Fresh-Pak is Europe's leading egg mayonnaise manufacturer and has sales of approxi... [more]

Anglo-Dutch publishing group Reed Elsevier has not managed to sell its devence conference businesses by the year end as hoped.... [more]

According to reports, US and UK banks are thought to be considering selling off parts of their businesses, ranging from branches to whole units, in recognition of crunch times ahead. Citigroup and HSB... [more]

Alfred McAlpine plc has announced that it has completed the sale of its Welsh Slate business, one of the world’s foremost producers of roofing and architectural slate. The unit, which operates from fo... [more]

Eastman Chemical Company has announced it has entered into definitive agreements with Indorama to sell its PET facility and related businesses in the United Kingdom, and its PET and PTA facilities and... [more]