Timpson has acquired Minit UK, the owner of Supasnaps, Sketchley cleaners and Mister Minit, taking its total chain to more than 1,000 outlets.... [more]

Scatchard has sold its Merseyside-based wine and spirits wholesale division to JW Lees of Oldham for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 12 staff.... [more]

Torex has acquired Protos, the supplier of maternity IT systems, for £1.5m.... [more]

Barclays is to acquire Banco Zaragozano, the Spanish bank with 361 branches, for £810m.... [more]

Project Telecom has acquired IMS Telecom, the Leeds-based provider of mobile telecom services, for £2.2m.... [more]

Orb, the debt laden Jersey business is said to be in talks with a private individual regarding the sale of a portfolio of 37 hotels that it acquired from Thistle Last year. ... [more]

British Land is expected to be included on a shortlist of bidders for the property arm of Aberdeen Asset Management, which could be worth £85m. Two private equity groups are also expected to be in th... [more]

Elan, the Irish drugs group, have to reduce liabilities of some $3bn with $1.3bn due this year. In order to reduce these debts it has been commented that they must sell the primary care and drug deli... [more]

Sea Containers, the transport and leisure group that owns GNER and Hoverspeed Ferries is in talks to secure a $160m bridging loan to meet bond repayments. A number of businesses have been offered as... [more]

AMP, the Australian financial-services group, announced that it was selling off its failing UK arm, including Henderson, its fund-management arm which has £89bn under management... [more]

Wembley is to acquire the Perry Barr Greyhound Racing Club in Birmingham for £4.2m, and up to £2m will be invested in new facilities.... [more]

Arriva has sold its Peugeot dealerships in Hartlepool and Middlesbrough to South Cleveland Garages.... [more]

Bullough, the office furniture and heating company, has been acquired by Montpellier for £7.4m.... [more]

UCS Construction, the Lincoln-based construction group with 350 staff, has undergone a £7.5m management buy-in.... [more]

Meggitt has sold its petroleum systems business to a management buy-in operating under the name of VBi for £3.5m.... [more]

Christian Salvesen is to sell its German industrial logistics business to a management buy-out for a nominal sum.... [more]

Spice Holdings has acquired H2O Water Services, the Leeds-based installer of water meters and pipes with 350 staff, in a multi-million pound deal.... [more]

Nettec is to sell Nettec Solutions, the supplier of content-managed corporate portals, to Aspect Internet Holdings for £0.6m.... [more]

Sky Capital is to acquire Cardinal Capital Management, the US-based broker dealer and investment advisor, for £2.6m.... [more]

Hurst Parnell, the Bristol-based fruit and vegetable wholesaler with 70 staff, is under new ownership and finance for the deal was provided by Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance.... [more]