United Utilities announced that it is considering several options for its renewables division, which reportedly could be sold for up to £80 million pounds and includes landfill, wind-power and hydroel... [more]

Europe's biggest holiday company TUI is considering selling or restructuring its aircraft maintenance division. The group is also considering an option to retain the business, and plans to reach a dec... [more]

National Grid Transco has put up for sale five regional networks which deliver gas to homes and businesses in Scotland, Wales and parts of England. Each will be auctioned separately. The sale, which c... [more]

Saga Group Ltd, the holiday organization for the over 50s, is up for sale. Saga is estimated to be worth at least £1bn. It has yet to be decided whether Saga's new chairman Robert Walker, will sell th... [more]

Grovefield Finance has acquired Norfolk & Suffolk Finance, the Lowestoft-based commercial finance firm with 14 staff... [more]

Babtie, the Glasgow-based engineering consultancy with 3,500 staff, has been acquired by Jacobs Engineering of the US for about £90m... [more]

Tikit Group has acquired Lecsoft, the French provider of IT services to law firms, for £0.7m... [more]

Microgen is planning to acquire AFA Systems, the financial software supplier, for £7.2m... [more]

United Co-operatives has acquired Quality Fare, the chain of 19 convenience stores in the north-east, for £38m... [more]

P&O, the international ports operator, has announced the sale of La Manga, a luxury resort in Spain well-known for the antics of English footballers. It hopes to fetch more than £100m from the sale, w... [more]

Keenpac Group has secured £8.3m from Bank of Scotland Corporate to fund the acquisition of Walsh & Jenkins, the Kent-based packaging company... [more]

Senior is to sell five industrial hose operations in the UK, US, Sweden, Holland and France, to Hose Acquisition Company for £8.3m... [more]

BBA Group is to acquire Execair, the provider of passenger handling, flight planning and ground transportation services, from John Menzies for £12m, in order to expand its Signature Flight Support sub... [more]

Henderson Private Capital is to acquire Boat International Publications, Sailing Today and Coast Living, in a £33m deal that will create a leading yacht magazine publishing business... [more]

ECI Partners has acquired M&M Sports, the online and mail order retailer of discounted branded sports and leisure goods, for undisclosed terms... [more]

Mobileway is to merge with InphoMatch of the US to create a combined mobile content and messaging interoperability business with about 200 staff... [more]

Bow has sold its Peterlee-based scaffolding operation out of receivership to a management team, securing the future of 65 jobs... [more]

The UK bank sector's strong first-half performance has increased the chance of a domestic bank countering the Spanish Santander Central Hipano's bid for Abbey National, according to Fitch Ratings. The... [more]

Johnston Group has been approached by various interested parties, even though it has already received a controversial cash-and-share offer from Ennstone, an advisor to the construction company has rev... [more]

Nichols, owner of the near-100-year-old Vimto soft drink brand, is planning to increase its margins and cut its debt through the proposed sale of its Nichols Foods business, which accounts for approxi... [more]