Howell Petersen has acquired The Knowledge, the small Cardiff-based event management consultancy, in order to expand its range of marketing services... [more]

The owners of Kwik-Fit, the British car tires and exhausts business, have said that they are evaluating ways to exit the business. A flotation of Kwik-Fit is believed to be the most likely option, alt... [more]

The Face, the magazine that became the style bible during the 1980's, has been put up for sale. Emap, one of the leading UK magazine publishers, said yesterday it was suspending the Face and would pub... [more]

Forth Ports is being linked to a £500m bid for Teesport, the North of England business which is likely to be sold by its Japanese parent. Ports businesses as large as Teesport - which saw profits rise... [more]

Marylebone Warwick Balfour, the hotel and serviced offices group, has extended its plans to dispose of assets and return cash to shareholders by two years to December 2007. The decision has been influ... [more]

Bid talks at Egg are faltering after two bidders walked away from the process. One of them is believed to have been Royal Bank of Scotland. The main issue surrounding a deal for Egg is price. Analysts... [more]

More than 38% shareholders in Londis, the retail franchise chain, are seeking to block its sale, according to a poll. If the sale is not approved at the extraordinary general meeting, it will have to ... [more]

Investors in DFS, the furniture retailer, have indicated that they will reject an offer by company founder Lord Kirkham to take the company private. Kirkham is expected to hold talks with bankers from... [more]

Laurel Pub Company has hired N M Rothschild to handle a sale worth up to £500m. The investment bank has been asked to sell all 619 pubs in the company's portfolio, according to press reports. Laurel w... [more]

Guy Hands, the former Nomura financier who once presided over the UK’s biggest pub empire, has hoisted a “for sale” sign over Wizard Inns, the Japanese bank’s last remaining pub investment. Mr Hands, ... [more]

A Multi million pound mountaineering centre has gone into receivership just months after it was opened. The Adventure Centre at Ratho, on the outskirts of Edinburgh, which will remain trading while a ... [more]

Standard Life has revealed plans to axe 100 jobs in Edinburgh with more job cuts expected to be announced in other parts of its UK business. These job cuts are believed to be unconnected to the compan... [more]

mm02, the UK's fourth-place mobile company, rejected an offer from Dutch telco company KPN last week, thought to be worth about £10bn, with the telco saying it had no intention of launching a hostile... [more]

Londis UK is expected to commence talks with Musgrave and other suitors for the convenience store co-operative after consultants KPMG recommended to the group that it should sell up or merge with a si... [more]