Blackpool based company, TVR has been put up for sale by Peter Wheeler, the entrepreneur, for about £15m. A potential bidder is thought to be Creighton Brown. It is understood that a number of poss... [more]

Defence giant BAE Systems secretly triggered an auction for its shipyards in a move that could open the way for the group to merge with US rival Boeing. It is understood that the yards, which make an... [more]

It has been reported that investment bank UBS has been engaged to look at a private sale or a market flotation of Saga, a financial services and travel provider to the over 50s which has just reported... [more]

Hargreaves, the bulk haulier, has undergone a £19m management buy-out backed by Baring English Growth Fund... [more]

Erinaceous is to acquire ISG Occupancy, the property services company with offices in London, Manchester, Bradford and Bristol, from Interior Services Group for £10m... [more]

Northgate has acquired full ownership of Fualsa, the Spanish vehicle rental company, in a £15m deal, and plans to double Fualsa's network to 20 sites by 2006... [more]

Vantis is to acquire the non-audit business of McBrides of Sidcup for up to £1.3m in order to expand its corporate finance and taxation services... [more]

Chorion has acquired the Mr Men range of children's characters for £28m and has also announced plans to raise £16m in a share placing... [more]

Nord Anglia is to acquire Leapfrog Day Nurseries for £60m which will expand its chain of nursery centres from 34 to 73... [more]

Alliance & Leicester has sold its payment processing operation to Nova Information Systems of the US for £83m... [more]

RPS Group is to acquire MRP, the Wolverhampton-based development consultancy, for up to £25m as well as BBG, the Australian supplier of environmental planning services, for up to £2.9m... [more]