United Central Bakeries has acquired Fords the Bakers, the Scottish retail baker with 150 staff at Prestonpans, from Lyndale Foods for £2m.... [more]

Cobham has sold Westwind Air Bearings Group, the Poole-based supplier of air bearing spindles with 350 staff, to GSI Lumonics for £21m.... [more]

Independent News & Media is to sell its London regional newspaper operations, including 12 titles, to Archant for £62m.... [more]

United Central Bakeries has acquired Fords the Bakers, the Scottish retail baker with 150 staff at Prestonpans, from Lyndale Foods for £2m.... [more]

Internet bank Egg will be forced to keep the champagne on ice over the festive season after failing to meet a year-end deadline for the sale of its loss-making French business. The group had hoped to... [more]

Elan Corporation, the Irish pharmaceuticals firm, yesterday admitted it is in talks to sell the bulk of its European operations in a transaction that could raise up to $200m (£115m). The division up f... [more]

Leeds United have revealed they are in discussions with several parties interested in buying the Elland Road club. Leeds confirmed to the Stock Exchange on Wednesday that the talks were "at a very ear... [more]

Dixons Group has sold its Codic International European property development business to a group of Belgian investors for £23m.... [more]

Dixons Group has sold its Codic International European property development business to a group of Belgian investors for £23m.... [more]

Tellings Golden Miller has acquired the remaining 63% of Burtons Coaches, the East Anglia-based bus and coach operator with 42 vehicles.... [more]

Vitec is to sell ALU, the manufacturer of retail fixture systems, to Manfrotto of Italy for £12m.... [more]

Vitec is to sell ALU, the manufacturer of retail fixture systems, to Manfrotto of Italy for £12m.... [more]

Zurich Financial Services, Europe's third-largest insurer, has put Dunbar Bank, a specialist lending business, up for sale with a price tag of about £150m. The insurer, which owns Allied Dunbar and Ea... [more]

Countrywide Assured, Britain's biggest estate agency chain, is aiming to raise up to £100m by selling or demerging its closed life insurance business, it disclosed yesterday. The company said it is ta... [more]

West Midlands automotive components group Wagon confirmed that it has decided to pull the plug on its stand-alone engineering consultancy services business in the UK. Warwick-based Wagon said the acti... [more]

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

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]