Tate & Lyle is to acquire the sucralose manufacturing operations of US-based McNeil Nutritionals for £70m.... [more]

Telemetrix is to sell its test division to Ideal Industries for £8.5m, in order to focus on its Zetex semiconductor fabrication business.... [more]

Rexam has acquired Polglass, the Polish glass packaging company, from Hunan NV for £10m.... [more]

Dale Farm has acquired Parmalat's dairy processing site in Kendal, securing the future of 200 jobs.... [more]

UK food group Uniq has said it is in discussions with a number of interested parties regarding the potential sale of its UK poultry business. Uniq said the decision to put the business up for sale fol... [more]

Rhodia, the French speciality chemicals group, warned it would stay in the red for the next two years as it announced its worst ever results and entered exclusive talks to sell its food ingredients bu... [more]

Carole Nash has acquired the AA's motorcycle insurance business for undisclosed terms, which will lead to the creation of 20 jobs.... [more]

Rentokil Initial, the buisness support services group, is believed to have received a number of approaches for its conferences business, Initial Style. One of the bids is rumoured to be from Amanda St... [more]

Spirit Group, the UK's largest managed pubs operator, has appointed Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns, the investment banks, to sell Premier Lodge, the chain of budget hotels for around £600m. Bidders ar... [more]

Royal & Sun Alliance has sold its insurance operations in Peru to Rimac Internacional for about £12m.... [more]

Intercontinental Hotels Group is preparing to sell up to 20 UK hotels as part of the the next stage of the asset sell-off, following last year's demerger from Six Continents. The company is believed ... [more]

American Electric Power Co. Inc.'s British power plants and Louisiana gas assets that are up for sale are gathering interest from financial services firms and other buyers, the chief financial officer... [more]

Aviva is to sell the Bournemouth-based commercial insurance business of Hill House Hammond to Folgate Partnership for an estimated £15m, which will involve the transfer of 250 staff.... [more]

Taylor Nelson Sofres is to acquire a 75% stake in Area Investigacion, the Spanish market research company with 100 staff, and has an option to acquire the remaining 25%.... [more]

Alliance Pharma has acquired four Dermapharm dermatology brands for a total £0.9m, while the infrastructure and staff of Dermapharm which will be divested into a new company called Dermapharm Skincare... [more]

Isoft has confirmed plans to sell its Torex Retail software business to Lynxangel for up to £67m.... [more]

Viacom, the US media giant, is looking to sell its 81% stake in Blockbuster, after reporting losses for the final three months of last year. The video rental company is facing increasing competition f... [more]

ML Laboratories has sold Healthcare Education Services, the St Albans-based provider of pharmaceutical industry training services with annual turnover of £1.2m, to Bridgehead Pharmalicensing Group.... [more]

Aviva, the life insurer, has put Yourmove, its chain of 300 estate agents, up for sale. Lexicon Partners, the investment banking boutique, has been appointed to handle the sale. It is believed that Yo... [more]

Interfleet Technology has acquired RSE Management, the London-based rail safety consultant, from GB Railways.... [more]