Drinkwater Engineering and The Vehicle Application Centre have merged their neighbouring engineering businesses in Leyland with the loss of 14 jobs... [more]

SIG has acquired Capco the Irish distributor of insulation products for £27m... [more]

Anite has acquired Parsec Systems the Aylesbury-based e-business services group for an initial £7m... [more]

Abbot is to acquire Deutag the German onshore and offshore drilling services company for £134m... [more]

Inchcape has acquired Bates Motor Group the operator of 10 BMW Audi and VW dealerships in the south east for £22m... [more]

Jessops has acquired Richards Photo Centres the Yorkshire-based chain of three photographic stores for undisclosed terms... [more]

Future Network the struggling magazine publisher, has put itself up for sale after accepting that its current capital structure is unviable. Earlier in June this year the group sold its Business 2.0 t... [more]

Property Internet, the former high-flying Aim company that runs Britain's biggest independent property website, has given itself a two month deadline to find a buyer, or strategic partner, or it will ... [more]

Nomura, Britain's biggest pub landlord, has put 102 of its licensed premises up for sale. The pubs, spread throughout the country, are part of the 988 strong estate bought from Bass in February for £6... [more]

Venture capitalist Candover is believed to be selling its diamond tools business Diamant Boart, with a price tag of up to £200m. The group bought the Belgian multinational only two years ago for £136m... [more]

Asda Property Holdings, the £200m quoted group that has just rejected a takeover bid led by its chairman, could be broken up. Several approaches have been made for parts of its portfolio which include... [more]

Whitbread, the hotels and leisure group, is considering the sale of all its high street restaurants in an effort to focus on its more successful operations. The businesses on offer are believed to hav... [more]

Credit Lyonnais, the French bank, has put Laing & Cruikshank, its City-based client stockbroking business up for sale with a price tag of more than £200m. Lehman Brothers, is believed to have been app... [more]

Finance group Nomura and media company Granada are considering the sale of Boxclever, their jointly owned high street television rental business in a deal worth up to £1bn. GE Capital is believed to b... [more]

Scottish Power, the Glasgow-based utility, has said it is still looking to sell its Southern Water division, which operates water services in South-East England. Media reports have suggested that Sout... [more]

The owners of Cosmos, one of the best-known travel companies, have opened talks with venture capitalists in an attempt to try an offload the struggling firm. So far none of its rivals Airtours, Thomso... [more]

BP has recently admitted that the economic downturn would probably delay the sale of two remaining unwanted speciality chemical businesses that came with its purchase of Burmah Castrol. The group stre... [more]

Scoot.com, the financially stricken online directories company, is seeking a buyer for the remainder of its business after it sold Loot for a quarter of the £190m it paid for the profitable free adver... [more]

Interbrew, the Belgian brewing group, is preparing to sell the glass packaging and soft drinks businesses it has acquired as part of its £1.1bn bid for Beck's beer earlier this month. The businesses a... [more]

Brewing group Wolverhampton & Dudley's planned sale of High Street chain Pitcher & Piano appears to have run into trouble. According to sources close to the deal some people may have been put off by t... [more]