Viridian and 3i have sold the ShopElectric chain of 35 electrical stores in Northern Ireland to Northern Retail.... [more]

Northern Foods, one of the largest suppliers to Marks and Spencer, is to sell a string of non core businesses in a bid to concentrate on its chilled food and ready meal operations. Some of the busine... [more]

Invensys, the troubled conglomerate, is close to selling Baan, the Dutch software business for £68m. It bought the business 3 years ago for £470m... [more]

Nomura is recruiting a new chief executive for Endeva, the television repair and delivery business it owns with Granada. Nomura and Granada hope to sell the business next spring.... [more]

BBA Group is to acquire the Midcoast Aviation Fixed Base Operation at St Louis Lambert International Airport in the US for £6m, in order to expand its Signature Flight subsidiary.... [more]

Grant Thornton has sold Droylsden-based Springs Bakery out of receivership to The Real Dough Company of Manchester, saving 55 jobs.... [more]

Grant Thornton has sold CLM Building Services of Warrington out of receivership to Middlesex-based Atlas Securities, securing the future of 120 jobs.... [more]

Royal Bank of Scotland is to buy the German credit card operations of Santander Central Hispano for undisclosed terms, while the South American private banking operations of its Coutts division are be... [more]

Taylor Nelson Sofres has acquired NFO, the US market research business of Interpublic, for £264m.... [more]

DSSR has acquired Malcolm Lamb Associates, the West Midlands-based building services consultancy.... [more]

Hawtin is to sell its Bridgend-based Powersport International fitness equipment manufacturing business to a management team for £0.7m.... [more]

Eyestorm has merged with Britart to create a combined art dealing business called Whiteground, with three co-branded international galleries in London, New York and Newcastle.... [more]

Warner Village, the chain of 36 cinemas, has been acquired by SBC International Cinemas for £225m, and the sites will be renamed as Vue.... [more]

Cinven and Candover are in negotiations to acquire the BertelsmannSpringer scientific publishing division of Bertelsmann of Germany, in a £700m deal.... [more]

Kingdom of Leather, the operator of 15 furniture stores, has been acquired by Natu,i of Italy for about £30m.... [more]

London Pacific is to sell London Pacific Advisory Services, London Pacific Securities and LPA Insurance Agency to SunGard Data Systems for £5.1m.... [more]

Selfridges, the department store group, has accepted a £600m takeover bid from the Wittington Canada private holding company.... [more]

Touchstone has acquired the Microsoft Great Plains business software division of Tenon Technology, which will involve the transfer of a client list and certain employees.... [more]

Travelcare has acquired Sunshare Vacations, the travel company with 200 staff at call centres in Stockport, Doncaster, Kidderminster and Bournemouth.... [more]

Johnson Service has acquired Jeeves of Belgravia, the London-based operator of 12 dry cleaning shops, from Minit Holdings for about £3m.... [more]