Morgan Grenfell Private Equity has appointed Lehman Brothers to advise it on what to do with Coral Eurobet, Britain's third largest bookmaker. It is believed the bank will advise an auction, which cou... [more]

Hawtin has acquired Sport Engineering and Lifestyle Engineering for £0.9m, in order to expand its Powersport fitness equipment manufacturing business.... [more]

Hercules Property Services has acquired Gross Fine, the London residential property management company, for up to £13m.... [more]

Propan Homes is to acquire Sitemaster, the residential property company with property assets valued at £19m.... [more]

Hartest has acquired the instrumentation business of HW Wallace for £0.1m, in order to expand its Sheen Instruments division.... [more]

Rutland Trust has sold its interests in Coppice Group, the Bridgend- based manufacturer of aluminium foil containers, to a new company called MELH 888 for £4.6m.... [more]

Richards has agreed to sell two subsidiaries out of receivership, with the Spence Bryson handkerchief packing operation in Portadown going to a management team and the Yorkshire-based High Quality Con... [more]

Walker Hamill, the recruitment consultant, is to undergo a management buy-out from the receivers of Marlborough International.... [more]

JJB Sports is to acquire TJ Hughes, the chain of 36 discount department stores, for £42m.... [more]

Scottish Power has announced plans to sell Southern Water to a newly- created investment vehicle called First Aqua for £2.05bn, which is expected to lead to a follow-on sale to Vivendi of France.... [more]

Fitness First has acquired an 85% stake in the Just for Ladies chain of fitness clubs.... [more]

Buko, the Glenrothes-based supermarket trolley maker, has been bought out of receivership by a management team backed by Bank of Scotland.... [more]

Gordon Brown has promised further measures to reduce Capital Gains Tax on small businesses. Brown said the government would this year cut capital gains tax on business assets to 20 percent after a ye... [more]

Diageo, the world's largest drink company, is trying to sell Burger King to focus on brands such as Guinness, Smirnoff vodka and Johnnie Walker Whisky. Burger King has underperformed in recent years ... [more]

Imperial Tobacco is to acquire Reemtsma, the German cigarette manufacturer, for £3.5bn.... [more]

Middlesex Holdings is to acquire Petrol Express, the petrol retailing company with 47 forecourts, and has also announced plans to sell its Russian steel trading business.... [more]

Shiloh is to acquire Care & Mobility, the Essex-based supplier of mobility aids, for £1.6m.... [more]

Compass is to acquire Bon Appetit Management, the US foodservice company based in California, for £114m.... [more]

Numerica is to acquire the non-audit business of Leicester-based Pole Arnold in a £4.2m deal.... [more]

Guiton Group, the publisher of newspapers in the Channel Islands, has sold its commercial printing business to J Howitt & Son for £1.1m.... [more]