Ebookers, Europe's largest Internet travel company, who specialise in long-haul flights, said it is considering selling the company. "We've been approached by several parties and we owe it to sharehol... [more]

Hyder Consulting has completed the acquisition of Marcus Hodges Environment, the environmental consultancy with 40 staff at offices in Exeter, Truro and Bristol, for £18m.... [more]

Century Homes has acquired Timber Frame Solutions, the Northumberland-based timber frame maker, and plans to double its 40-strong workforce.... [more]

QinetiQ is planning to acquire Foster-Miller, the US engineering and advanced materials company, for £92m.... [more]

British Airways is to sell its shares in Australian carrier Qantas, in part because the UK group believes airline consolidation is more likely to go ahead on a regional rather than global basis.... [more]

ITV chief executive Charles Allen has earmarked assets for sale worth £500m, including the company's stakes in cinema advertising and football clubs. Its Australian investments and education business,... [more]

Harvey & Thompson, the pawnbroker with 57 outlets, has been acquired by the Rutland Fund for £49m.... [more]

Real Affinity has acquired Evolve Sport, the sports development and coaching company, in order to expand its Navigator business.... [more]

Enterprise is to acquire MRS Environmental Services, the provider of street cleaning and refuse collection services to local authorities in London and the south east, for £14m.... [more]

Alumasc has acquired Timloc Building Products of Goole from Expamet International for £33m.... [more]

BDE Group has acquired Object Group, the London-based software solutions company, creating a combined business with a workforce of 55.... [more]

Chadwick Lawrence is to merge with Steven Bonfield Solicitors, creating a combined law firm with about 155 staff and six offices across West Yorkshire.... [more]

Computer Software Group is to acquire Advatech Computer Systems of Liverpool for £2.7m and Pinnacle Computer Systems of Watford for an initial £1.... [more]

Investment bank NM Rothschild is offering informal advice to the BBC on the possible sale of its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, as interest steps up in the broadcaster's diverse media assets. The bank... [more]

Your More Store, a former unit of the discounter Brown & Jackson, has gone into administration. Ernst & Young were called in after a sale to an unnamed suitor failed. the move is designed to sell the ... [more]

The InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is expected to confirm next week that it has put up for sale a further £1bn of assets, comprising of most of its UK properties and the Hotel InterContinental in... [more]

Wescot Credit Services, the debt collection firm, is to be sold for as much as £120m.... [more]

Chelsfield, the property company whose assets include a sizeable London office portfolio, the Merry Hill shopping centre in the West Midlands, and a 60 per cent stake in Wentworth, the prestigious Sur... [more]

Integrated Asset Management is to acquire International Capital Markets, the Italian money broking company, for an initial £1m.... [more]

Iomart has acquired Easyspace, the Surrey-based internet hosting company, for £12m.... [more]