MSB International has acquired the IT recruitment contracts of Kent-based Leading Edge Recruitment for up to £0.5m.... [more]

Park Group is to acquire the North East and North West operations of Mirfield Financial Services for £2.3m, in order to add about 9,000 new customers to its cash lending business.... [more]

Eclipse Translations has acquired the former in-house translation department of ICI for undisclosed terms, and is also planning to increase its international freelance workforce from 850 to 1,000 by t... [more]

Park Group is to acquire the North East and North West operations of Mirfield Financial Services for £2.3m, in order to add about 9000 new customers to its cash lending business.... [more]

Eclipse Translations has acquired the former in-house translation department of ICI for undisclosed terms, and is also planning to increase its international freelance workforce from 850 to 1000 by th... [more]

Lord Black, Chief Executive of Hollinger International, has resigned in disgrace from the helm of his newspaper empire amid rising expectation that his most prized titles, including the Daily Telegrap... [more]

Delancey, the property group, has put its portfolio of prime London retail developments and office space for sale. The assets are said to be worth between £200 million and £300 million. Delancey is pr... [more]

First Choice Holidays has sold its Spanish retail and business travel operations to Barcelo of Spain for £30m.... [more]

MyTravel is to sell Lexington Services, the provider of hotel connectivity services, to an affiliate of VIP International Corporation for £4.6m.... [more]

MyTravel is to sell Lexington Services, the provider of hotel connectivity services, to an affiliate of VIP International Corporation for £4.6m.... [more]

The Government is to sell the US arm of British Nuclear Fuels, the state-owned nuclear services firm. Westinghouse has an estimated turnover of $1bn. Earlier this year, Patricia Hewitt, the trade secr... [more]

Wood Group has sold Enterprise Engineering Services, which employs 100 staff in Aberdeen, to Dales 2003 of Peterhead for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Despite receiving a number of bids from both trade and financial buyers, Center Parcs, the holiday chain, is keen to press ahead with plans for a stock market flotation. However, MidOcean, its owner, ... [more]

Ferraris, the integrated medical diagnostics group, is planning to sell its life sciences division. The group is seeking to focus its operations on early diagnosis in order to capitalise on the preven... [more]

Epwin Group has sold DJ Profiles, the Telford-based manufacturer of rubber seals and tubing, to Trelleborg of Sweden for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Having posted a 16% drop in first-half profits, Northern Foods is looking to dispose of its non-core businesses to focus on core areas such as chilled and frozen foods and also groceries, according to... [more]

Corus has hinted at a resurrection of a proposal to sell its profitable aluminium operations, a plan which at the start of the year prompted a bitter split between the company's Dutch and British boar... [more]

Transad International has acquired Personal Screening, the supplier of home health testing kits, from Wellbeing Screening for £0.6m.... [more]

Cordell Group has acquired the site construction operations of Hartlepool Fabrications out of administration, saving 25 jobs.... [more]

Boots has sold its Hearingcare operation to David Ormerod Hearing Centres of Llandudno, with Ormerod taking responsibility for the provision of hearing care in 64 of its stores.... [more]