Greencore is in talks to sell its UK-based Rathbones bread business. Discussions with an unnamed bidder are believed to be at an advanced stage with the business thought to be worth about £10m. The bu... [more]

Dana Petroleum and Venture Production are in talks over a potential merger to create the UK’s third largest exploration company with a stock market value of some £365 million. A spokesman for Dana con... [more]

Campus Media is to acquire The Campus Marketing Company, the organiser of student events and fairs, for up to £0.3m.... [more]

Candover Investments has sold Clondalkin, the Irish packaging company with operations across the UK, US and Europe, to US-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus for £430m.... [more]

Cabot Financial, the provider of consumer debt services, is to undergo a £100m management buy-out backed by Barclays Private Equity.... [more]

British Bookshops & Stationers, the Brighton-based chain of 49 book stores, is to be acquired by Eason & Son of Ireland for about £30m.... [more]

Fairview New Homes is to acquire Rialto of Hertfordshire, creating a combined housebuilding group with an estimated value of £60m.... [more]

Alba is to acquire the Home Intermedia Systems division of Grundig of Germany out of receivership, in a £56m deal with its joint venture partner Beko Electronik.... [more]

Secure Trust has acquired Roy Ashby Insurance Brokers of the West Midlands for up to £0.3m, in order to expand its SecureDirect Insurance Services subsidiary.... [more]

DONALD Fisher is in talks to sell his family's eponymous laundry and textile rental business to venture capitalists in a deal that could net more than £30m for the Fife businessman. Sources say Fisher... [more]

Intellexis is to acquire Key Skills, the Nantwich-based provider of computer-based multimedia training courses, for £2.4m.... [more]

Computer Services Group of Bridgend is to merge with Qubik Welcomm of Cardiff to create a combined IT services group with turnover of more than £2m, and seven new jobs will be created in Bridgend.... [more]

Rexam is to acquire Glas Moerdijk, the Dutch glass packaging plant, from Heineken for £30m.... [more]

BC Partners is to acquire Baxi, the boiler manufacturer, from Kidde and a number of private equity houses for about £600m.... [more]

Isoft, which specialises in software for the healthcare sector, is in advanced talks to sell its Torex Retail business for approximately £65m. Torex Retail provides software systems to retailers and ... [more]

AF Blakemore has acquired the McColls confectionery distribution business in Walsall, and the 40 staff will relocate to Willenhall.... [more]

Wembley is to be acquired by MGM Mirage of the US for £270m, which could lead to the development of casinos at Wembley's five UK greyhound stadiums.... [more]

ARM Holdings has acquired Triscend Corporation, the US supplier of microcontrollers, for £24m.... [more]

BOC has sold its packaged gases business in the US to Airgas for up to £110m, including medical, industrial and speciality gases.... [more]

Quadnetics is to acquire Look Closed Circuit TV, the supplier of CCTV systems to bus operators, for £6.8m, and is also raising £8m in a share placing.... [more]