Quarto has bought the publishing assets of Marshall Editions, Marshall Developments and Marshall Publishing out of administration for up to GBP 1.2m, gaining a backlist of 300 titles... [more]

Aegis has acquired Market & More, the European market research company with operations in Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and France, for an initial GBP 3.6m... [more]

Hercules Property Services has acquired DOR Northern, the Macclesfield-based housing association property insurance broker, for up to GBP 4m... [more]

A&J Scott is to create up to 100 jobs over the next two years at its new timber pallet manufacturing plant in North Shields... [more]

Brook Crompton has sold Crompton Controls, the Wakefield-based manufacturer of electric starter motors, to management for undisclosed terms... [more]

Tate & Lyle has sold its sugar refining operations in Namibia and Zimbabwe to CBAQ of Botswana for GBP 3.2m, as part of a strategy to focus on Europe and the US... [more]

Regent Inns has sold 13 unbranded pubs to Broken Foot Inns for an initial GBP 5.6m... [more]

Bradfords Group has acquired the CE Curtis chain of five builders' merchants in the Plymouth area... [more]

YES Car Credit, the high-profile provider of motor finance for people on low credit ratings, has been put up for sale for between £200m and £250m. Lexicon Partners, the investment bank, has been appoi... [more]

BOC has reached agreement to acquire Seiko Instruments' turbo molecular pumps business in Japan for about GBP 70m... [more]

Mouchel has acquired Metro Consulting, the London-based rail engineering company with 140 staff... [more]

Nestle UK, part of the Swiss multinational is expecting second bids for its ambient foods business including Branston Pickle and Crosse & Blackwell. The business is expected to fetch £120m. ... [more]

The troubled restaurant chain, Groupe Chez Gerard, is continuing its drive to sell off non-core restaurants. Its three Bertorelli restaurants are now believed to be for sale according to rumours. ... [more]

Nestle UK, part of the Swiss multinational has confirmed that it will be putting Branston Pickle and Crosse & Blackwell up for sale. Nestle has appointed UBS Warburg to also sell grocery brands such ... [more]

Whitbread has shelved plans for a £50m hotels sell-off. A potential deal with a venture capital group collapsed after the events of September 11. Whitbread believes that it would only receive a low pr... [more]

Anglo American has held initial talks with BHP Billiton about withdrawing from its 40% interest in Samancor, a joint venture between the groups and one of the world's largest producers of chrome and m... [more]

British Airways has put its Air Miles subsidiary on the market for up to £200m following its decision to reorganise its frequent flyer rewards. The airline has approached private equity firms, offerin... [more]

Royal & SunAlliance, the insurance group, has called in bankers to sell off its offshore investment arm in order to release capital. Lehman brothers has been appointed to sell the Isle of Man based bu... [more]

Trinity Mirror has put the Sunday People newspaper up for sale for £50m. The group intends to retain the right to print and distribute the newspaper. The decision to sell follows an internal review of... [more]

Intelek is to acquire Sierra Networks' Satcom division for GBP 3.5m, in order to expand its US-based Paradise Datacom communications technology business... [more]