Sims Group has acquired MIREC, the waste electrical and electronic equipment recycling company with sites in the Benelux countries, Sweden and the UK... [more]

Hilton Group is putting 11 hotels up for sale, including three in Scotland. The portfolio being sold represents about 15% of the group’s UK hotels. No buyers have yet been lined up for any of the hote... [more]

The planned £1.2bn sale of NTL's radio and television broadcasting business has been dealt a potentially fatal blow after Ofcom announced tougher than expected restrictions on how the market operates.... [more]

Flybe, the budget airline, is expected soon to announce plans to float on the stock market or put itself up for sale. The airline - owned by the family trusts of Jack Walker, the late steel magnate wh... [more]

The Queen's bed linen maker, Dorma, has been put up for sale by Guinness Peat Group. Dorma, established in 1841, has become Britain's leading producer of high quality bed linen and cushions. It has 17... [more]

Britain's oldest Sunday newspaper, The Observer, might be put on the market to prevent further losses for its owner, Guardian Media Group. No price has yet been put on the business.... [more]

Lego may be forced to put its Legoland theme parks up for sale, to save the company from a financial crisis. The firm is shortly to announce its biggest loss since it was established 72 years ago. The... [more]

Whitbread is to sell its Courtyard by Marriott hotels for £79m, and Kew Green Hotels Group will operate the sites through a franchise agreement with Marriott International... [more]

Touchstone is to acquire Tate Bramald, the London-based business solutions company with 33 staff, for an initial £1.2m... [more]

Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group is to sell its Japanese branch operations to American Home Assurance Company and AIU Insurance Company for £92m... [more]

Melloy Castings of Newport and MCL Engineering of Pontyclun have merged to form a new aluminium components group with 50 staff... [more]

Swinton has acquired Waveney Insurance Brokers, the household insurance business with six branches in East Anglia... [more]

BMS Biometrics has acquired ISL Biometrics, the developer of biometric security software, for undisclosed terms... [more]

HBCL Coldstores has acquired Panelform, the Bradford-based manufacturer of panels for cold rooms, for undisclosed terms... [more]

ITrain is to acquire Applied Interactive, the Milton Keynes-based supplier of training software, for up to £1.2m... [more]

Greenfield Construction, the Nottingham-based groundworks company with 70 staff, is to be acquired by Hightower Construction for £0.7m... [more]

Willis has acquired Opus, the insurance company with 50 staff in Cardiff and Swansea, for undisclosed terms... [more]

Warwick International has acquired Equest Market Research, the Durham-based supplier of detergent laboratory test products with annual turnover of £2m... [more]

Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Find a Property, the independent property website, for £14m, in order to expand its Associated Newspapers division... [more]

Cheshire Clothing Company has been bought out of administration by a management consortium, securing the future of 112 staff at its luxury clothing factory in Crewe... [more]