Brewin Dolphin, the stockbroker, has acquired Russell Newth for an initial £0.9m... [more]

Creston has acquired Real Adventure Marketing Communications, the Bath-based marketing services company, for £7.2m... [more]

QSP's intellectual property assets have been bought out of receivership by Walker Interactive Systems of the US, saving about 100 Tyneside jobs... [more]

Atlantic Telecom's UK business is poised to be broken up after talks over the sale of the operation collapsed. PwC, the receivers, have said that of the assets, Fixed wireless operation, a cable busi... [more]

Prudential is likely to sell its general insurance arm and cut up to 1,000 jobs this month, as part of a three month strategic review. It is expected to fetch £350m-£400m. ... [more]

TXU, Britain's third largest energy supplier, has put its biggest power station up for sale with a price tag of £400m. Scottish Power and Electricite de France are understood to be interested. ... [more]

Coats, the threads and clothing group, is poised to appoint advisors to sell its fashion retail division, which owns the Jaeger and Viyella fashion brands for up to £200m. Jaeger and Viyella operate ... [more]

Lazards may sell itself to a rival in a move that would signal the end of the banks 150 year independence. Sources within the company say that a sale "is an option". There has been a sharp downturn ... [more]

Schroder Ventures, the private equity firm, has put Sirona, a former division of the Siemens Group, up for sale in a move that some have interpreted as a move out of the German Market. The firm is sa... [more]

BT is set to revive proposals for another restructuring, which is expected to result in the sale or demerger of its retail and wholesale arms.... [more]

The Barclay Brothers have signalled that unless a buyer or partner can be found for the Sunday Business then the paper will have to close with losses of £30m. Speculation is also mounting that the tw... [more]

Laird has acquired R&F Products, the US supplier of electromagnetic interference absorber products, for an initial £3m... [more]

Tribal Group has acquired Cambridge Training & Development, the e-learning consultancy, for £4.2m... [more]

Smiths Group has acquired Bivona Medical Technologies, the US supplier of silicone tubes for medical use, from Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics for £24m... [more]

Ennstone has acquired Tarmac Northern's West Coast quarrying and asphalt operations at Furness, Fort William, Aviemore and Elgin for £2.8m. ... [more]

Sportal, the sports internet company, has been acquired by UKbetting for £0.2m, and the remaining 60 UK-based staff will be made redundant. ... [more]

Axon, the IT services company, is to acquire the Bywater business transformation consultancy for £7m... [more]

Prudential is to sell its general insurance business to Winterthur of Switzerland for £353m, and has also announced plans to shed up to 2,100 jobs at sites in London, Reading, Belfast and Stirling... [more]

Sabena, the troubled Belgian airline, is thought to be about to file for bankruptcy as it has not yet found investors. The airline has only twice recorded a profit since its establishment in 1923.... [more]

Brake Bros has acquired VDL, the French regional food wholesaler, for £3m... [more]