Rebel Caledonia Investments investors campaigning for the break-up of the business are about to send shareholders a proposal demanding the liquidation of the company. Led by led by Sir James Cayzer, t... [more]

J Sainsbury is still trying to sell its specialist property development arm. The group put the division on the block in January this year to focus on its core supermarket activities. The arm has a £1... [more]

Proctor & Gamble is understood to be sounding out possible buyers for its snacks business, which makes Pringles crisps. Also up for grabs would be Folgers coffee, which like Pringles, is very big bran... [more]

Vivendi Universal is seeking to offload its majority (55%) stake in Monaco Telecom in an attempt to reduce debt after an ill-fated expansion into the media sector. The sale, which should bring in ove... [more]

GX Networks has acquired Firstnet Services, the Leeds-based telecoms services company, for £4.3m.... [more]

Henry Boot has sold its Dronfield-based construction industry training division, which includes 81 staff, to management.... [more]

Cogne UK has acquired George H Cook, the steel supplier with sites in Sheffield and Coventry, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Berkeley Group is to sell its Crosby Homes division to management for about £450m, as part of a strategy to focus on large urban regeneration projects.... [more]

Brewing giant Scottish & Newcastle is poised to begin the process of further whittling down bids for its £2.3bn pubs business. The deadline for the second stage of the auction process passed on Friday... [more]

International Academy, the Cardiff-based provider of soccer training camps and skiing holidays, has been sold by Leisure Ventures to Thomson for up to £2m.... [more]

GB Communications has acquired Motek Portable Products of South Yorkshire, and is now looking to expand its radio equipment business into the offshore and petrochemical sectors and open offices in the... [more]

Cherry Valley, the Lincolnshire-based duck producer with about 650 staff, is expected to be acquired by Thailand-based venture capital firm Navis.... [more]

E2V Technologies has acquired the microwave sensors business of Dynex Semiconductor, which will involve a number of staff relocating from one Lincoln factory to another.... [more]

Meica, the Ashford-based building maintenance company with 220 staff, has been acquired by Imtech of the Netherlands.... [more]

Shares in business parks developer Slough Estates lost ground in the last week of August as it reported a fall in half-year pre-tax profits, 5.8% to £71.8m. New chief executive Ian Coull said he would... [more]

Struggling Pizza Express has put the For Sale sign up at fourteen of its outlets, according to Property Week magazine. The company, acquired last month by private equity owners for £278m, has instruct... [more]

Troubled textiles firm Carpets International UK is putting all seven of its operations up for sale. The UK-based company, which went into receivership on Wednesday, employs around 1200 people across t... [more]

A senior union boss yesterday said a business case could be drawn up in less than two weeks if Birmingham's Alstom train plant was put up for sale. Tom Keogh, Amicus West Midlands regional officer, sa... [more]

Fosbel, the Tamworth-based ceramic welding and furnace repair company with 350 staff, has undergone a £24m management buy-out backed by Barclays Private Equity.... [more]

Heywood Williams has sold Coldseal, its Nottingham-based double glazing subsidiary with 500 staff, to newly-formed Coldseal Group in exchange for a 19.9% stake in Coldseal Group.... [more]