Bank of Scotland is to help fund the £35m acquisition of 15 Brannigans bars out of receivership by the owner of Blackpool Tower.... [more]

Modern Tyre Group has announced the acquisition of the nine Motorway Tyres' depots in Northern Ireland.... [more]

BAA has sold its stakes in designer outlets in York, Ashford, Mansfield and Livingston to Mayfair Limited Partnership for £165m.... [more]

ReNeuron, the biotechnology company, has agreed terms for a £3.6m management buy-out backed by private equity vehicle St James's.... [more]

Hawtin is to sell Ultrabronz America, its US-based sunbed distribution business, to a former managing director for £0.6m.... [more]

Wilson Bowden is to acquire the homes division of Henry Boot for £48m, gaining access to 1,800 plots of land.... [more]

Sherwood Group, the lace designer and manufacturer has proposed its first dividend since 1999. After 5 years of decline, sales are picking up again. Noel Jarvis, the chairman, said that 2003 would b... [more]

WS Atkins, the support services group, is expected to pull out of a flagship £200m education services contract in Southwark. Some analysts have suggested that WS Atkins should exit non core areas to ... [more]

FKI, the engineering group, said that it would cut its final dividend. The move came after FKI was struggling with at least £440m of debt. The company is expected to undergo a restructuring and it i... [more]

Ryland has sold its Mercedes-Benz van operations in Stockton-on-Tees and Spennymoor to Bell Truck Sales for £0.6m.... [more]

Sparrows Offshore International, the Aberdeen-based provider of crane service to the oil industry, has been acquired by LMS Capital for £26m.... [more]

HR Owen has acquired the Heathrow BMW dealership in west London for £4.6m.... [more]

Hitachi Credit has acquired part of the business of SVM for £12m, in order to expand its Fleetlease contract hire and fleet management division.... [more]

British Vita has acquired Synco, the Italian colour and additive masterbatch producer, from Cognis for £1.3m.... [more]

XL Timbalex, the manufacturer of plastic car components, has been bought out of administration by management, but 123 jobs will be lost at the Bicester site and 80 jobs at Didcot.... [more]

Royal Sun Alliance has promised to cut by a third its underperforming UK personal lines business, such as motor and household by a combination of closure and disposal.... [more]

Shares in SSL International have dropped to a 12 year low as the maker of Scholl footcare products and Durex condoms reported flagging sales, adding that it was putting its medical division up for sal... [more]

Henry Boot, the Sheffield-based contractor and housebuilder, is to announce the sale of its housebuilding arm. Wilson Bowden, the housebuilder and commercial developer, is thought to be the front run... [more]