Travelcare has acquired Bell Travel, the Scottish travel agency with 14 branches, for a multi-million pound sum.... [more]

Jane Norman, the fashion retailer, is to undergo a £70m management buy-out backed by Graphite Capital.... [more]

GUS has acquired Nordic Info Group, the Scandinavian consumer information company, for £90m, in order to expand its Experian division.... [more]

Willmott Dixon has acquired the UK property services division of Shimizu Europe.... [more]

MW Group, the jewellery retailer, is considering the break up and sale of its businesses. The company is in talks with Tiffany & Co about its Watches of Switzerland chain. It also owns the Mappin & We... [more]

Kingfisher is selling its retail-warehouse portfolio. Valued at £700m, it has 3 interested parties. Kingfisher may also be forced to abandon its plans to sell its £460m French electricals division, BU... [more]

BP is seeking a buyer for Foseco Steel, the chemicals business that formed part of an acquisition of Burmah Castrol 2 years ago. CSFB is advising on the sale. It is thought that BP will also sell off ... [more]

AC Haines Engineering of Plymouth has been bought out of receivership by a team of former managers, securing the future of 20 jobs.... [more]

Aortech is to sell its commercial heart valve business to Kohler Chemie of Germany for £2.7m.... [more]

Sun Life Financial Services of Canada is to sell its Basingstoke-based group insurance business to US-owned Unum for undisclosed terms. ... [more]

MyTravel is looking to sell Cresta Holidays, the Cheshire-based short breaks business, for up to £40m.... [more]

Safeway is expected to receive bids from Wal-Mart and J Sainsbury of over £3bn after Wm Morrison's £2.6bn bid. It is thought they may receive opposition from the Competition Commission.... [more]

Chelsea football club has received a £50m bid from an American pension fund, having already rejected one approach in December.... [more]

Friends Reunited may be sold off for as much as £25m by its founders. The website has attracted 8 million members in search of old school friends. BDO Stoy Hayward is reviewing options for the busines... [more]

Elektron has sold Powertron, the manufacturer of power supplies for the rail and other industries, to a new company called Powertron Converters for £0.1m.... [more]

RMC Group is to sell its concrete product operations in the Netherlands and Belgium, as part of a debt-reduction programme.... [more]

Oshkosh is to create up to 180 jobs at its factory in Llantrisant, having won a £160m Ministry of Defence contract to produce wheeled tankers.... [more]

Glenmuir, the leisurewear company with 80 staff and turnover of £8m, has been acquired by Ruia Group of Bolton for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Uniq has sold Uniqsauces, the Lancashire-based manufacturer of sauces and mayonnaise, to the UK subsidiary of US firm McCormick for £12m.... [more]

Care UK has acquired Premiere Homecare, the London-based care provider, from Match Group for up to £2m.... [more]