General Healthcare, the private-hospitals company, is leading the race to buy the Priory Group which was put up for sale by its privately held owner Westminster Healthcare. The price is expected to b... [more]

Le Riche has acquired Channel Rentals, Channel Publications and Trade Advisory Business Service from ComProp for £1.7m, in order to expand its electronics retailing and publishing business in the Chan... [more]

Amberley is to sell DS Companies, the manufacturer of water-based coatings, press room chemicals and adhesives in Germany and Sweden, to Fuji Hunt for £13m, thereby completing the disposal of all trad... [more]

Smith & Nephew has sold its Rehabilitation business to AbilityOne of the US for £87m, creating a leading supplier of rehabilitation products to hospitals with operations in Kirkby, France and the US... [more]

Serco Railtest has acquired the Glasgow-based rail grinding subsidiary of Schweerbau, in order to help deliver its contract with Railtrack. ... [more]

Artisan is to sell Speymill Contracts, the provider of property refurbishment services, to Wigmore Group for £4m... [more]

De La Rue is to acquire the banking automation business of Papelaco, the Portugal-based manufacturer of self-service banking technology, for GBP16m... [more]

Synergy Healthcare is planning to acquire the Hays Clinical Support Services division of Hays Commercial Services, which provides instrument decontamination and sterilisation services to hospitals, fo... [more]

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]

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

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]

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]

ABB, the Swiss-Swedish electrical engineering group, has set a six month deadline for a series of disposals designed to help reduce its debts by $1.5bn, following difficulties securing short term loan... [more]

Bayer, the German drugs and chemicals group, has put up for sale two of the world's biggest household insecticide brands. Autan, an insect repellent, and Baygon, a range of insecticides, will be sold ... [more]