Primagraphics, the Royston-based supplier of radar displays with 50 staff, has been acquired by Curtiss-Wright of the US for £12m... [more]

VNU, the Dutch market research and publishing group, is reported to be considering the sale of it's telephone directories business. Analysts believe that the company could fetch up to €2.5bn (£1.45bn... [more]

It is reported that c.£300 million of London commercial property is about to come on the market after Australian firm, Challenger Financial Services Group, decided to sell off some of its prime proper... [more]

Bradford & Bingley is reported to be selling Charcol, it's mortgage broking business; a 300 strong chain of estate agencies; SecureMove, a surveying business; and Holden Meehan and Aitchison & Colegra... [more]

Jane Moriarty and Blair Nimmo of KPMG Corporate Recovery, receivers of the Valleyhill pub group (Valleyhill, Valleyhill Bars and Valleyhills Pubs) have urged prospective buyers to contact them as soon... [more]

Tube Lines, the consortium that operates the Jubilee Line, is facing the prospect of another owner. Jarvis is looking to sell 50 per cent of its stake in the Westferry Circus-based consortium. The rai... [more]

Balfour Beatty is to sell Andover Controls, the US-based supplier of building management controls with subsidiaries in the UK, Germany, Poland and France, to Schneider Electric for £226m... [more]

Johnson Service is to acquire Sketchley Services, which includes 103 dry cleaning shops, from the Timpson Group for a nominal sum... [more]

KEB Business Solutions, the Brighton-based cellular telephone company, has been acquired by Blue Telecommunications of Nottingham for undisclosed terms... [more]

Invensys is to sell its Hansen Transmissions gearbox manufacturing subsidiary to Allianz Capital Partners of Germany for £75m... [more]

Brookhouse Holdings, the composites and metals engineering company with 470 staff at sites in Darwen, Tameside and Huntingdon, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Aberdeen Murray Johnstone Pr... [more]

Some 432 ex-Whitbread Laurel pubs owned by Deutsche Bank's private equity arm are due to go up for sale soon with a price tag of around £450 million.... [more]

Gowrings Plc, the operator of 41 UK Burger King restaurants, is considering putting itself for sale, according to a recent statement. ... [more]

Care UK has acquired Althea Park, the Stroud-based residential care provider, from Marlowe Child & Family Services for £51m... [more]

Fitzpatrick, the Hertfordshire-based construction company with about 750 staff, is to be acquired by VolkerWessels of the Netherlands... [more]

Autobar, the vending machine supplier, is to be acquired by private equity firm Charterhouse for £540m... [more]

It is reported that, waste management companies, Shanks and the Pennon Group are in the advanced stages of talks concerning the sale of Shanks' landfill business to Pennon. Both firms have confirmed ... [more]

The Laurel Pub Company, owners of the Hogshead pub chain, is reported to be selling off three Glasgow outlets including its smoke-free Phoenix bar. It's Hogshead bars in Woodlands Road and Shawlands ... [more]

Amlin has acquired SM Marine Holdings, the yacht insurance broker that operates under the name of St Margarets Insurances and has net assets of £1.4m... [more]

Caffyns has acquired the Volkswagen car dealership for the Brighton area from Appleyard Motor Company for £0.5m... [more]