Robin Saunders is to make a final attempt to acquire the buyout business of WestLB, which she heads. At the same time the bank will receive a valuation form Goldman Sachs and Citigroup which could le... [more]

Avesco has sold Creative Technology Outside Broadcast to NMT Outside Broadcast for up to £1.3m... [more]

Exel is to acquire Transbeynak, the Turkish supply chain management company, for undisclosed terms... [more]

Emblem Group, the aircraft weapons rack manufacturer, has been acquired by US defence contractor EDO Corp for £15m... [more]

Isle of Man engineering company Kenmac Ltd is up for sale and it is reported that the global market leader in fluid systems technology, Swagelok Company, has expressed an interest. Kenmac, formerly Ma... [more]

The American private equity group that owns London's Savoy hotel group, Blackstone, has teamed up with Lehman Brothers, the investment bank, to buy the continental hotels owned by Le Meridien, the tro... [more]

Holders Technology is to sell its 81% stake in its Justfone telecoms services subsidiary to a private investor for up to £0.5m... [more]

Zurich Financial Services is planning to sell Threadneedle Asset Management to American Express for £340m, enabling Amex to expand its London-based money management operations... [more]

Ferraris is to acquire Bionostics, the US supplier of liquid formulations to test the accuracy of medical diagnostic equipment, for £19m... [more]

Pensord Press, the South Wales-based printing company with 120 staff, has undergone a management buy-out from Allen McGuire & Partners, and will invest £2m in new equipment... [more]

George Waterston & Sons is to sell its general printing, direct mail and office supplies divisions to a management team, while the remaining security print business is to undergo a management buy-in... [more]

Tilney is to acquire SG Investment Management, the former Strauss Turnbull private client business with funds under management of £700m, from SG Hambros... [more]

Linpac, the packaging group, is expected to be acquired by Montagu Private Equity for about £900m... [more]

Bank of Scotland is planning to acquire Compco, the London property company, for £147m... [more]

Westcars, the operator of Saab dealerships in Glasgow and Perth with 75 staff, has been acquired by Eastern Western for about £5m... [more]

Royal Bank of Scotland is to acquire Churchill Insurance from Credit Suisse for £1.2bn, which will involve the merger of Churchill with its Direct Line subsidiary to create the UK's third largest gene... [more]

Chubb, the security services group, is to be acquired United Technologies Corp of the US for £622m, and UTC is now seeking further acquisitions... [more]

Highbury House Communications, which publishes Fast Car magazine and Real Homes, said that it was in talks to sell some of its business-to-business titles. Consumer titles make up about 65% of the co... [more]

JD Wetherspoon has sold 17 pubs to The Laurel Pub Company for £10m, taking Laurel's estate to 643... [more]

Tesco is planning to acquire the C Two-Network chain of 78 convenience stores in Japan for £139m, and aims to open up to 20 new stores a year... [more]