KPMG has begun the process of selling the Londis convenience store chain in the UK, by contacting interested parties to set out arrangements for receiving confidential information and making indicativ... [more]

Archant has acquired a further 15 weekly newspapers in London and Kent from Independent News & Media for up to £10m.... [more]

Freshbake Foods is to acquire a factory on the Oakesway Trading Estate in Hartlepool from the receivers of Hibernia Foods, securing the future of 380 jobs.... [more]

Wilmington Group has acquired Agence de Presse Medicale International, the French provider of a health information service, from Reuters for £5.3m.... [more]

Chrysalis and Eckoh Technologies have sold their Rivals Digital Media internet business to UKbetting for £2m.... [more]

THE laboratory where Dolly the sheep was created is to be sold off. The Roslin building, which has been operated by PPL Therapeutics as its head office and laboratory facility in the UK, is being sol... [more]

William Ransom is to acquire the natural healthcare brands portfolio of J Pickles of Harrogate for £0.6m, but Pickes will continue to manufacture the products under a long-term supply agreement.... [more]

Northern Foods is to sell its Batchelors and Beck Smith canned food operations in Ireland to Barry's Tea for £67m.... [more]

AWG is to sell its Powermarque vehicle leasing business to Venson Holdings for £34m.... [more]

Milestone Group is to sell its Time FM and Fusion 107.3 FM radio stations in London to Sunrise Radio for £1.2m.... [more]

Tarsus Group is to sell its French magazines division to Action Commerciale for a nominal sum.... [more]

Anite Group is to sell Anite Benelux, its Dutch IT consultancy business, to a local software company for £1m.... [more]

Brammer is to sell its calibration and equipment management services business in continental Europe to Air Liquide for £22m.... [more]

Johnson Matthey has put two-thirds of its colours and coatings business up for sale to fund acquisitions in its fast-growing catalysts business. Chris Clark, chief executive, said the structural ceram... [more]

BT is to acquire the UK operations of NSB Retail Systems for £17m, which will involve the transfer of 148 staff to a new division called BT Expedite.... [more]

Abbey National has sold Royal Saint Georges, its French mortgage business with 66 staff, to General Electric for £39m.... [more]

Xansa is to sell its IT services business in Belgium and the Netherlands to Ewycksgroep for a nominal sum.... [more]

British Gypsum has sold its industrial paper sack manufacturing operations in Aberdeen and Bangor to Frantschach Industrial Packaging and Clondalkin respectively for undisclosed terms.... [more]

British Gypsum has sold its industrial paper sack manufacturing operations in Aberdeen and Bangor to Frantschach Industrial Packaging and Clondalkin respectively for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Filtronic is to sell parts of its US-based electronic warfare business to Teledyne for £7m.... [more]