Astex Technology has acquired MetaGen Pharmaceuticals, a spin-out from Schering, and about eight of MetaGen's 40 staff will transfer from Berlin to Cambridge.... [more]

Rok Property Solutions is to acquire the Manchester, Glasgow, Teesside, Cardiff and Ellesmere Port assets from the administrators of Ballast for up to £2m, expanding its network of regional offices to... [more]

Rank has sold its games and slot machine businesses, which trade under the names of Leisure Machine Services and Seasonal Amusements and employ 800 staff, to Gamestec Leisure for £30m.... [more]

Rok Property Solutions is to acquire the Manchester, Glasgow, Teesside, Cardiff and Ellesmere Port assets from the administrators of Ballast for up to £2m, expanding its network of regional offices to... [more]

East Surrey Holdings has acquired two local gas network operations from United Utilities for £3.1m, including United Utilities Gas Networks and United Utilities Gas Pipelines.... [more]

PricewaterhouseCoopers has sold the United Milk Creamery at Westbury in Wiltshire out of receivership to a consortium of three milk co-operatives operating under the name of Westbury Dairies.... [more]

East Surrey Holdings has acquired two local gas network operations from United Utilities for £3.1m, including United Utilities Gas Networks and United Utilities Gas Pipelines.... [more]

PricewaterhouseCoopers has sold the United Milk Creamery at Westbury in Wiltshire out of receivership to a consortium of three milk co-operatives operating under the name of Westbury Dairies.... [more]

Macfarlane is to sell its corrugated packaging operations in Dundee, Govan and North Shields to DS Smith for £0.9m, which will involve the transfer of 108 staff.... [more]

Spring Group is to sell its Spring IT Training division to Vidyah for £1m.... [more]

Barclays Bank has acquired Gerrard Management Services, the private client wealth manager, from Old Mutual for £210m.... [more]

Ansbacher Group, the UK merchant bank with a colourful past, has been put up for sale by its South African owner, FirstRand, at about £100 million. The bank became part of FirstRand five years ago as ... [more]

Lloyds TSB is to sell its NBNZ Holdings banking and insurance subsidiary in New Zealand to Australia & New Zealand Banking Group for £2.3bn.... [more]

Macfarlane is to sell its corrugated packaging operations in Dundee, Govan and North Shields to DS Smith for £0.9m, which will involve the transfer of 108 staff.... [more]

Spring Group is to sell its Spring IT Training division to Vidyah for £1m.... [more]

Barclays Bank has acquired Gerrard Management Services, the private client wealth manager, from Old Mutual for £210m.... [more]

Procter & Gamble has put its controversial drink brand Sunny Delight up for sale. This follows a disastrous multimillion pound attempt to relaunch the brand as a health drink. The campaign was dealt a... [more]

Macdonald Hotels, the Scottish leisure group whose founders recently took it off the stock market, announced plans yesterday to trim back the size of its hotels portfolio. It has put 15 provincial Eng... [more]

Montpellier is to sell three construction subsidiaries - Cornhill Interiors, Lodge & Sons and YJL Facilities - to a former executive for a nominal sum.... [more]

Scottish & Newcastle has sold the T&R Theakston brewing business in Yorkshire to its founding family.... [more]