The Welsh Development Agency is releasing seven plots on Swansea's SA1 waterfront development site, which have the capacity to accommodate 1,000 new homes, which would have an end value of more than £... [more]

Dipford is to acquire full operating control of the Redwoods network of company brokerage regional offices for £1.8m... [more]

Aegis Group is to acquire Velocity Sports & Entertainment, the US sponsorship and event marketing agency, for an initial £5m... [more]

Carmichael International, the Worcester-based manufacturer of fire rescue vehicles with about 100 staff, has been acquired by the Amdac subsidiary of Pesaka Astana of Malaysia... [more]

Telecom Service Centres has acquired the T-Mobile customer service call centre in Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire, securing the future of 380 jobs... [more]

ING Group is selling Baring Asset Management's fund management business to MassMutual Financial for undisclosed terms, while BAM's custody and fund administration business is being sold to Northern Tr... [more]

Anglia Co-op has acquired seven Sunwin department stores from United Co-op for undisclosed terms, and the sites will be converted to Anglia's Westgate format... [more]

Allianz will only sell its investment banking subsidiary - Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein - to a partner that can provide a strategic advantage. Germany's biggest insurer has rejected at least three a... [more]

The global property solutions company, Hunter and Hunter, has launched retail shops for sale in Dubai. The UK investor market is expressing a keen interest in the shops in Jumeirah Lake Towers and Int... [more]

Technology Services Group has acquired Forty One, the Warrington-based IT services company with 27 staff, for undisclosed terms... [more]

Zero Waste Holdings of Port Clarence and Atlantic Waste Holdings of Peterborough have been acquired by shell company Augean for £106m, and the deals are being funded by a £100m share placing... [more]

Jimmy Choo, the supplier of shoes and other luxury goods, has sold a majority stake to private equity firm Hicks Muse in a £101m deal... [more]

Diageo is to acquire Ursus Vodka, the Dutch owner of two vodka brands, for £102m... [more]

Bradford & Bingley is planning to sell its Charcol mortgage broking business to a management buy-out backed by Advantage Capital for under £10m... [more]

Prudential is to acquire Life Assurance Company of Georgia from ING for £137m, in order to expand its Jackson National Life business in the US... [more]

Interflora is expected to be acquired by 3i for £23m, with almost 1,900 flower shop owners receiving up to £12,000... [more]

Blackwell's, the 125-year-old publisher and bookseller, is considering the sale of some or all of its 61 shops. The company, which for many graduates is synomymous with student life, has struggled aga... [more]

ING Group is in discussions to sell Baring Asset Management. BAM is one of the oldest names in the UK fund management industry, and its sale has long been speculated. ING's new chief executive, Michel... [more]

Clinton Cards has launched a £46m takeover bid for Birthdays Group, the greetings card retailer... [more]

BP is severing its links with its oldest refinery after announcing that it is selling off its Grangemouth plant in Scotland when it floats its underperforming oil products subsidiary next year.... [more]