Asda, the supermarket chain owned by Walmart, has told the competition commission it would be willing to sell 100 of Safeway's largest stores if its prospective bid for the retailer is cleared by the ... [more]

Triplex Components has sold its iron castings business, which employs more than 200 staff at each of its sites in Tipton and Cardiff, to a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Playit.com, the Wirral-based online gaming company with 13 staff, has been acquired by BETandWIN.com Interactive Entertainment of Austria, and the business will relocate to Gibraltar.... [more]

ISIS Equity Partners has supported a £20m management buy-out at Americana, the Manchester-based fashion company with about 250 staff.... [more]

Taylor Nelson Sofres has sold MRM Promotional Services to a management buy-out for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 120 jobs, and MRM is seeking new premises in Leicestershire.... [more]

Tribal Group has acquired Geronimo Public Relations for £14m, in order to expand its public sector professional services business.... [more]

PHS has acquired the washroom services division of Johnson Service for £14m.... [more]

Ryland, the car dealership, is planning a £46m management buy-out with financial backing from Barclays.... [more]

Barkbury Interiors, the Leamington Spa-based fit-out and joinery company, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

Dubbed the Tartan Tatler the glossy Scottish lifestyle title Caledonia remains on the block. With a turnover supposedly around the £1 million-mark, Caledonia certainly looked like an appealing prospec... [more]

Martindales has sold its building services and Alphingdale Controls divisions to Integral for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 170 jobs.... [more]

Lloydspharmacy has acquired Graeme Pharmacy, the chain of eight Scottish pharmacies with 44 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Standard Motor Products Europe has sold Webcon UK, the Sunbury-based supplier of automotive carburettors to the automotive aftermarket, to a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Rolls-Royce has acquired the electrical controls business of VT Group for £11m, in order to offer integrated power solutions.... [more]

Euromoney Institutional Investor has acquired HedgeFund Intelligence, the hedge fund publisher and event organiser, for up to £16m.... [more]

Sanderson, makers of curtains for the Queen, has gone into receivership part way through a restructuring plan. Sanderson turned over £23m last year. The receivers are Deloitte and Touche.... [more]

Johnson Service has sold Connacht Court Group, the operator of Johnson's textile rental business in Ireland, to National Linen for £15m.... [more]

Charles Stanley is to acquire the Nothing Ventured online share dealing service and part of a private client brokerage from Durlacher for up to £4.5m.... [more]

Go-Ahead has acquired Wilts & Dorset Bus Company, the Poole-based operator of 365 buses, for £32m.... [more]

Detica has acquired Rubus, the systems integrator that focuses on content management and customer interaction solutions, for £2.6m.... [more]