Latchways has acquired WinGrip, the supplier of fall protection products, for £1.2m... [more]

A holding company linked to the Italian group Parmalat has put its internet travel company Last Minute tour up for sale as administrators try to sell assets to pay off debts. Last Minute Tour, which i... [more]

National Australia Bank is not considering a sale of its UK and Irish operations despite renewed speculation to the contrary, according to the bank's new chief executive John Stewart. Speculation that... [more]

UK television broadcaster Five is looking for a merger partner in UK television to help it develop a multi-channel strategy. Channel Four held talks with Five last year, but full merger talks did not ... [more]

Publisher Highbury House Communications has blamed problems at its business publishing arm for a £25.7m slide into the red. Highbury is to evaluate the potential sale of its business publishing arm "i... [more]

Shearings, Europe's largest holiday coach company, is to be put up for sale for up to £100m. Its biggest shareholder, Bridgepoint Capital, has hired Baird, the investment bank, to explore strategic op... [more]

CodaSciSys, the specialist software company, has said that all discussions to sell the two main divisions of its SciSys business to Vega, a consulting and technology group, had been called off. It is ... [more]

Melrose, the Aim-traded cash shell, has withdrawn its approach for Mayflower, the bus manufacturer which was recently placed into administration. It indicated that it may still be interested acquiring... [more]

Mario Monti, the EU competition Commissioner, is pushing Alstom to make hundreds of millions of euros of divestments to compensate for receiving French government subsidies. People close to Alstom bel... [more]

Aberdeen Asset Management is to sell APII Group, its property investment management operations, to Arlington Securities and Arlington Investment Management for up to £50m... [more]

North America is to acquire STI Government Systems, the Hawaii-based supplier of photonics and IT services with 125 staff, for £15m.... [more]

K3 Business Technology has acquired the remaining 62% of PSE, the Lancashire-based distribution management software company.... [more]

Whitehead Mann has acquired Leonard Hull, the London-based executive search firm, for up to £3.6m... [more]

Cobham has acquired DTC Communications, the US-based supplier of surveillance equipment, for £26m... [more]

Pennon has acquired Thames Waste Management, the Leatherhead-based provider of landfill and liquid waste treatment services, for £30m... [more]

Compass is to acquire Mitropa, the operator of concessions in German stations and motorway service areas, for £12m... [more]

Domnick Hunter has acquired PTI Technologies of Sheffield and PTI Advanced Filtration of the US from Esco Technologies for £10m... [more]

Savoy Group, the operator of four luxury hotels, is to be acquired by property investment firm Quinlan Private for £750m... [more]

Salter Housewares, the Kent-based manufacturer of housewares products, has been acquired by HoMedics of the US for undisclosed terms... [more]

Zed Instruments, the Thame-based supplier of printing technology, has been acquired by Luscher of Switzerland... [more]