Headlam has sold four trading companies in its window coverings business to Hunter Douglas for £12m, including Eclipse Blind Systems of Glasgow, OPM of Sweden, Vertika of Glasgow and O'Hanlon's of Pow... [more]

Weardale Steel, the County Durham-based steel company with 90 staff, has been acquired by Eastwood Industries of Birmingham for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Holmes Place has received a £202m merger proposal from Cannons, which would create the UK's largest chain of premium health clubs.... [more]

Invicta Leisure is to be acquired by Duke Street Capital for £140m, and the business will be combined with Esporta to create a combined group of 18 racquet clubs and 42 fitness clubs.... [more]

Rothschild Asset Management's retail and institutional fund management operations in London, Tokyo and Singapore have been put up for sale. The group is planning to focus on private banking.... [more]

Vivendi Univeral is reported to be considering the sale of a majority interest in the new-look Canal Plus group, valued at £1.2bn, which includes the French premium pay-TV channel, with 4.6m subscribe... [more]

It is rumoured that Vivendi Universal may also be forced to sell the French football club, Paris St Germain, and Vivendi Universal Games, the world's second largest manufacturer of PC games, valued at... [more]

Vega Group has sold its Dutch IT and process automation business to a management team for £0.4m.... [more]

Connaught has sold Connaught Parking Services, its multi-storey car park refurbishment business, to management for £1m.... [more]

Exel is to acquire a number of supply chain management and packaging services operations in the US and UK from Power Packaging, including assets valued at £4.6m.... [more]

United Drug has acquired IntraVeno Healthcare and IntraPharma, the distributors of critical care, medical and pharmaceutical products to the healthcare sector, for £8m.... [more]

Simons Reeve, the Nottingham-based materials handling equipment manufacturer with 75 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Madisons is thought to be considering the sale of its remaining 25 coffee chains to enable it to concentrate on restaurants. Benjys has reportedly approached the company, already having expressed inte... [more]

Alphameric has acquired Crown Management Systems, the supplier of back office software, for £6.3m.... [more]

Arcadia has completed the sale of a majority stake in four fashion chains - Warehouse, Racing Green, Hawkshead and Principles - to Rubicon Retail for an initial £6.6m.... [more]

Teather & Greenwood, the listed securities house and stockbroker, is selling its private client fund management business. The corporate finance house Hawkpoint, has been appointed to find a buyer. The... [more]

Deutsche Bank has stated that it will consider offers for Telecolumbus, the German top-level cable provider. It is thought that Liberty Media is considering a £625m bid.... [more]

A number of bidders are preparing offers for the gym chain Holmes Place. Rival Cannons Group, and Bridgepoint Capital, the private equity firm backing a management buyout, are both interested in the c... [more]

Torex has acquired Arciris Holdings, the supplier of electronic point of sale and back office systems with 67 staff, for £3.2m.... [more]

WPP has acquired Les Ouvriers du Paradis, the French advertising agency with 33 staff, in order to expand its Red Cell communications network.... [more]