Marconi, the UK's embattled communications equipment group, has issued its fifth profit warning in a year. The company has embarked on a series of disposals of non-core assets over the last year. The ... [more]

Amberley is to sell its Metacol colourant and pigment operations to ColorMatrix Europe and British Vita for £2.2m... [more]

I-documentsystems is to acquire The Planning Exchange, the Glasgow-based supplier of information services to local authorities, for about £1m... [more]

Coppice Alupack, the Bridgend-based manufacturer of aluminium and board containers for the food industry with annual turnover of £18m, has undergone a management buy-out... [more]

Burtons Foods has acquired Biscuit Makers, the Irish manufacturer of Kelly's cookies... [more]

Alchemy Partners is supporting the £24m management buy-out of two staff recruitment companies - Right4Staff of Portsmouth and Draefern of Chesterfield - from AHL Services of the US... [more]

Another.com, the personalised e-mail service, is still for sale. The Web-based email service initially put itself up for sale earlier on this year in January, and is continuing to take offers. The co... [more]

John Latsis, the Greek born shipping tycoon is in talks over the sale of a 50% share of his portfolio. The sale is expected to raise £150m. The portfolio includes some of the most coverted property ... [more]

Consignia, formerly known as The Post Office, is to be split into three separate businesses - Royal Mail, Parcel Force and the Post Office Network. Parcel Force, which is losing £15m a month and has ... [more]

Royal London, the UK's second largest mutual life insurer, is preparing to enter the race to buy Britannic, the life and pensions provider that has put itself up for sale. Britannic has a market valu... [more]

Gerling, the traditional German insurance group, is being put up for sale by its shareholders, Deutsche Bank and Rolf Gerling. It is understood that Deutsche Bank wishes to withdraw from the insurance... [more]

John Laing, the construction group, went into the red last year following the sale of its contracting business for £1. An undisclosed bidder has been identified to buy its property arm. Future plans f... [more]

Boosey & Hawkes are believed to be experiencing difficulties in selling its instruments division and is now extending the deadline for indicative bids for its publishing business from this week to ear... [more]

RMC, the ready mix concrete and cement company, has initiated a strategic review that could involve a sell-off of some divisions including its businesses in the Netherlands and Belgium, in order to a... [more]

Thomas Read Holdings, the Irish leisure company which owns the Morrison Hotel in Dublin (designed by John Rocha) as well as a string of bars, has put itself up for sale for 40m euros (£25m). Davy Corp... [more]

V-is-on the UK's leading independent commercial and industrial gas supplier is for sale. The company has six per cent of the British gas market and is rumoured to have a price tag of £20m. BDO Stoy Ha... [more]

Consignia is considering selling its £1.8bn property portfolio in an attempt to raise cash for its lossmaking business. Informal discussions have been held with Land Securities and the property group ... [more]

Corus, the struggling Anglo-Dutch steel group, is to put its aluminium division up for sale for £1bn to try and cut debt and provide funds to continue its reorganisation. Potential buyers could includ... [more]

Many large pharmaceutical companies are now selling off household brands which they no longer consider core to their profits. Pfizer is expected to put up for sale the Adams confectionery business as ... [more]

AIB has ruled out any early disposal of Allfirst, the AIB subsidiary at the centre of the $691m trading fraud. However any possible takeover offers would be likely to come from the UK, with Royal Bank... [more]