Merant is to sell its DataDirect enterprise data business to Golden Gate Capital of the US for £21m... [more]

Danisco of Denmark has sold its Danisco Pack subsidiary in the UK to Mondi Packaging for £64m... [more]

Richmond Foods has confirmed plans to buy Nestle's UK ice cream business for £5.8m... [more]

David S Smith is acquiring a number of corrugated packaging operations from Mondi Packaging for £21m including sheet feeder plants in Hastings and Kettering... [more]

Morse has acquired a 51% stake in Integracion de Sistemas Abiertos the Spanish software company for £1.8m with an option to acquire the remaining stake... [more]

Carclo has sold Joseph Sykes Brothers the Huddersfield-based manufacturer of wire products with 200 staff to Bekaert of Belgium for £5.6m... [more]

Nidd Vale Group has acquired Cragside Motors the Harrogate-based Mercedes-Benz dealership from Hanro for undisclosed terms... [more]

Pearson has sold its FT Energy publishing business to McGraw-Hill for about £59m... [more]

Invensys has sold its Hoffman vacuum systems business in the US to Gardner Denver for £31m... [more]

DCC has acquired BP's oil marketing and distribution business in Scotland and northern England including 200 staff nine storage depots 90 road tankers and three call centres... [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]

Persimmon, the UK's largest housebuilder, has put subsidiary Torwood Homes up for sale. It acquired Torwood Homes when it purchased Beazer for £537m. Persimmon considers the business, which could be w... [more]

NTL, Britain's largest cable television network, wishes to sell its stakes in British Eurosport, ITN's 24-hour news service, and The Studio, a film channel, in an effort to stem heavy losses from its ... [more]

Codemasters, the computer games business, has announced that it will sell a stake in the company to venture capitalists for £25m following losses. ... [more]

Cannons, the health club chain, is considering a sale of the Harbour Club, London's most fashionable place to work out, which is likely to fetch at least £50m. Mohammed Fayed may be a possible buyer, ... [more]

Northern Electric, the Newcastle upon Tyne based power and gas electric business, has been put up for sale by its US parent, Mid-American Energy Holdings. ... [more]

Hanson, the international building materials group, has put its European bricks business up for sale in a deal that could value the division at up to £500m. Wienerberger of Austria is seen to be an ob... [more]

Taylor Woodrow has put its St Katharine's Dock development in Wapping on the market with a price tag of £250m. Bidders include Catalyst Capital formerly known as Greenwich Group, JHE Roberts, the US f... [more]

Nomura is plotting a £1.3bn sale of the Unique Pub Company, one of Britain's biggest licensed estates, after they launched a strategic review of the operation.... [more]

Pernod Ricard, the French drinks group, has received seven offers for BWG, its Irish and British wholesale distribution business, in a deal which could be worth up to £209m. Potential bidders include ... [more]