Rocc Computers has acquired Tal Computer Services of Egham for undisclosed terms... [more]

Sector Design, the Leicester-based point-of-purchase display company with 26 staff, has undergone a management buy-out... [more]

LK Bennett, the chain of 50 fashion stores valued at about £75m, has appointed BDO Stoy Hayward to find outside investors to take control of the business.... [more]

Corinthian Television Facilities has sold a majority stake in its London-based business to Thomson of France for undisclosed terms, and will be merged with Thomson's Technicolor division... [more]

Jeroboams Group has acquired La Reserve, the London-based drinks retailer and wholesaler with four stores... [more]

Countryside Properties, the Essex-based housebuilder, has accepted a £218m takeover offer from Copthorn Holdings... [more]

Jarvis is planning to sell its private finance initiative unit to Hochtief Projektentwicklung of Germany for undisclosed terms... [more]

ITV has agreed to sell The Moving Picture Company, the provider of TV special effects, to the Technicolor division of Thomson of France for £53m... [more]

Wealth Management Software has acquired Genisys Technology, the supplier of document management and business process management software, for £0.2m... [more]

Sims Group has acquired MIREC, the waste electrical and electronic equipment recycling company with sites in the Benelux countries, Sweden and the UK... [more]

Hilton Group is putting 11 hotels up for sale, including three in Scotland. The portfolio being sold represents about 15% of the group’s UK hotels. No buyers have yet been lined up for any of the hote... [more]

The planned £1.2bn sale of NTL's radio and television broadcasting business has been dealt a potentially fatal blow after Ofcom announced tougher than expected restrictions on how the market operates.... [more]

Flybe, the budget airline, is expected soon to announce plans to float on the stock market or put itself up for sale. The airline - owned by the family trusts of Jack Walker, the late steel magnate wh... [more]

The Queen's bed linen maker, Dorma, has been put up for sale by Guinness Peat Group. Dorma, established in 1841, has become Britain's leading producer of high quality bed linen and cushions. It has 17... [more]

Britain's oldest Sunday newspaper, The Observer, might be put on the market to prevent further losses for its owner, Guardian Media Group. No price has yet been put on the business.... [more]

Lego may be forced to put its Legoland theme parks up for sale, to save the company from a financial crisis. The firm is shortly to announce its biggest loss since it was established 72 years ago. The... [more]

Whitbread is to sell its Courtyard by Marriott hotels for £79m, and Kew Green Hotels Group will operate the sites through a franchise agreement with Marriott International... [more]

Touchstone is to acquire Tate Bramald, the London-based business solutions company with 33 staff, for an initial £1.2m... [more]

Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group is to sell its Japanese branch operations to American Home Assurance Company and AIU Insurance Company for £92m... [more]

Melloy Castings of Newport and MCL Engineering of Pontyclun have merged to form a new aluminium components group with 50 staff... [more]