MW Group, the jewellery retailer, is considering the break up and sale of its businesses. The company is in talks with Tiffany & Co about its Watches of Switzerland chain. It also owns the Mappin & We... [more]

Kingfisher is selling its retail-warehouse portfolio. Valued at £700m, it has 3 interested parties. Kingfisher may also be forced to abandon its plans to sell its £460m French electricals division, BU... [more]

BP is seeking a buyer for Foseco Steel, the chemicals business that formed part of an acquisition of Burmah Castrol 2 years ago. CSFB is advising on the sale. It is thought that BP will also sell off ... [more]

MyTravel is looking to sell Cresta Holidays, the Cheshire-based short breaks business, for up to £40m.... [more]

Elektron has sold Powertron, the manufacturer of power supplies for the rail and other industries, to a new company called Powertron Converters for £0.1m.... [more]

RMC Group is to sell its concrete product operations in the Netherlands and Belgium, as part of a debt-reduction programme.... [more]

Uniq has sold Uniqsauces, the Lancashire-based manufacturer of sauces and mayonnaise, to the UK subsidiary of US firm McCormick for £12m.... [more]

Care UK has acquired Premiere Homecare, the London-based care provider, from Match Group for up to £2m.... [more]

Lookers has acquired three Renault dealerships and a car rental business from Jackson & Edwards, in order to expand its operations in south Manchester and central Cheshire.... [more]

Reg Vardy has acquired one Jaguar and two Land Rover dealerships in the east of Scotland from Arriva for £7.2m, and is looking to expand its network from 67 to 80 by the end of April.... [more]

ASW's assets in Wales are being bought out of receivership by Celsa of Spain, saving up to 600 jobs, and steel production in Cardiff will be restarted.... [more]

Unilever is planning to sell its Frigedoc frozen foods business in France to Toupargel for £52m.... [more]

BP is to sell Sericol, the speciality printing chemicals business with 1,200 staff worldwide and a factory in Broadstairs, to US investment firm Saratoga Partners for £75m.... [more]

McConechy's Tyre Service has acquired 33 Hi-Q and Motorway Tyres outlets, in a multi-million pound deal that almost doubles the size of its Scottish truck tyre supply business.... [more]

Lighthouse Group is to sell two subsidiaries - Lighthouse Independent Financial Advisers (City) and Lighthouse Independent Financial Advisers (Kent) - to a former executive.... [more]

First National, the consumer credit arm of Abbey National, is to be sold off piecemeal. The bank has failed to find a buyer for the whole business and is now trying to sell the 3 divisions separately.... [more]

Whitbread is to sell up to 60 Beefeater restaurants and is considering shedding the Beefeater name. The restaurants are the poorest performing in its portfolio and could fetch an estimated £50m.... [more]

Deutsche Bank is to sell its property investment banking team, which includes 20 London-based staff, to Eurohypo for £44m.... [more]

Thomas Potts, the print manufacturer, is planning to focus on print management and away from manufacturing. It has already disposed of 2 divisions and is selling its site in the Docklands.... [more]

Tomkins has sold Fedco Automotive, the US manufacturer of automotive heater cores, to TransPro for about £5m.... [more]