Pifco the manufacturer of electrical appliances is to be acquired by Salton of the US for £50m... [more]

Finelist has sold Autela and Edmunds Walker to Bulldog Express for about £2m which will create an enlarged car parts distribution group with 350 staff... [more]

Forest City Signs the Timperley-based manufacturer of road signs with 70 staff has been acquired by Signature of Oldbury in the West Midlands for undisclosed terms... [more]

Dan Technology has sold Dan Network Solutions the internet communications company with 40 staff to a management buy-out for £1m... [more]

Weeks Group has acquired Irvine Associates the independent asbestosremoval consultancy... [more]

Sportsworld Media has acquired Elite Sports Properties the Australian sports marketing group for £14m... [more]

Kidde is to acquire Fire Protection Services the supplier of fire extinguishers and alarm systems for £17m... [more]

CRH has acquired Mount Hope Rock Products of New Jersey for up to GBP 100m in order to expand its aggregates and asphalt business in the US. ... [more]

Doncasters the engineering group is being acquired by Royal Bank Private Equity for £181m and the business will be combined with Ross Catherall of Milton Keynes... [more]

Huntsworth is expanding its marketing services business with a £14m share placing and the £5.3m acquisition of three companies - Woodside Stephanie Churchill and PBC Marketing... [more]

Whitbread, the leisure company which recently sold its pub division, has recently put its Curzons health chain up for a sale which could net up to £20m. The group has decided to sell its 12 gyms to fo... [more]

Swissair's owner, SAIR Group, is believed to be in advanced negotiations with a major Asian hotel group, thought to be Raffles Holdings, over the £400m sale of its Swissotel hotel chain. SAir is belie... [more]

Kingfisher is in talks to sell VCI, its video and publishing offshoot, for between £40m and £50m. The sale of VCI is part of the plans for a full demerger of the Kingfisher group and is believed to ha... [more]

Brooks Brothers, the menswear chain being sold off as part of Marks and Spencer's restructuring is likely to have an asking price of $400m. Analysts believe that the chain, one of America's prestige b... [more]

In the UK, as part of its cuts, Marks and Spencer is considering leaving its historic head office in Baker Street, London. The sale of the building after 55 years could net about £200m. ... [more]

Interactive Investor International has run up the white flag after it was floated on the London and Nasdaq stock markets last February. The company has a market value of £41m but cash resources of £5... [more]

Gameplay, the troubled online computer games retailer, has appointed Commerzbank to look at options available to the company. One possibility is the disposal of its boxed games and technology division... [more]

Loftus Road, the Aim-listed company that owns Queens Park Rangers football club and Wasps rugby union club, has been put into administration. The group said this was the best option to ensure its long... [more]

Moonfruit, the internet development group that helps people set up their own websites, has put itself up for sale as it claimed an acquisition offered the best move for the company. The company denied... [more]

AEA Technology has been put up for sale after a double crash in the price of shares over the past six months. The company admitted that since putting up various parts of the business up for sale, it h... [more]