Comeleon is to acquire Tanfield Holdings, the Durham-based provider of manufacturing solutions with 178 staff, for £4.7m.... [more]

Hawtin is to sell Spaform, the Portsmouth-based manufacturer of spa baths with 142 staff, to GW 745 for £4m.... [more]

TT Electronics has acquired Optek Technology, the US-based sensor manufacturer, from The Dyson-Kissner-Moran Corporation for £30m.... [more]

Comeleon is to acquire Tanfield Holdings, the Durham-based provider of manufacturing solutions with 178 staff, for £4.7m.... [more]

Hawtin is to sell Spaform, the Portsmouth-based manufacturer of spa baths with 142 staff, to GW 745 for £4m.... [more]

TT Electronics has acquired Optek Technology, the US-based sensor manufacturer, from The Dyson-Kissner-Moran Corporation for £30m.... [more]

Center Parcs, the holiday village operator with 4,000 staff, has been sold by private equity firm MidOcean to a newly-created company called Arbor for £285m, and the business will be floated on Aim.... [more]

Industri Kapital is preparing to sell or float Oriflame Cosmetics in a move that could value the Swedish-based make-up and skincare products group at about €1.5bn ($1.8bn). The Nordic buy-out group h... [more]

Johnson Matthey has put two thirds of its colours and coatings business up for sale to fund two acquisitions in its catalysts business. The unit is valued at about £170m and is expected to go to a Eur... [more]

Schlumberger, the world's largest provider of oil field services, has retained Deutsche Bank to find a buyer for one of its remaining information technology divisions. Schlumberger's disaster recovery... [more]

RAG, the German coal mining group, may sell its coal mining operations in the US, Australia and Venezuela as a possible alternative to a planned sale of its Steag power generation unit it announced ea... [more]

Spar, the German grocery store chain, has appointed Deutsche Bank, to sell its 1,100 Netto discount stores in Germany. The sale could be valued at $595m-$893m. Spar decided to sell its Netto stores in... [more]

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, the world's biggest maker of printing machinery, has launched a revamp of its businesses which will lead to the disposal of its web-offset printing division. The group now... [more]

Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire owner of Chelsea football club, is considering the sale of some of his key assets in a series of deals worth several hundred million dollars. Possible busines... [more]

Cirio Del Monte, the troubled European food group, is to be broken up and sold. The first subsidiary to be put up for auction should be Del Monte's European canned fruit and vegetable operations, whic... [more]

Bibby Financial Services has acquired Abbey National's factoring business, which will involve the transfer of £32m worth of assets controlled from sites in Leeds and Poole.... [more]

Ciro Citterio's administrators have agreed a rescue deal with the company's directors, securing the future of more than 60 of its 100 menswear shops.... [more]

Lastminute.com has acquired Med Hotels, the Woking-based hotel consolidator and package holiday reseller with 117 staff, for £16m.... [more]

Angel Springs Holdings has been formed from the merger of the watercooler operations of Chiltern Hills, Angel Springs and SPA, and the new group will have 150 staff and receive a £10m investment from ... [more]

Bibby Financial Services has acquired Abbey National's factoring business, which will involve the transfer of £32m worth of assets controlled from sites in Leeds and Poole.... [more]