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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Alliance UniChem is to sell Crest Medical, the supplier of first aid and medical products, to Healthcare Enterprise Group for an initial £4.5m... [more]

Huntleigh Technology has sold Huntleigh National Care, the supplier of community equipment services to local authorities and healthcare trusts, to the Nottingham Rehab subsidiary of Findel... [more]

Kraft Foods is to sell the Altoids and Life Savers confectionery businesses to Wrigley for £795m, which will include the transfer of 100 staff at a manufacturing plant in Bridgend... [more]

Ford has sold its Cosworth motorsport technology engineering operations to the owners of the Champ Car World Series for undisclosed terms, while its Jaguar Racing business has been acquired by Red Bul... [more]

Torex Retail is to acquire the retail IT division of Alphameric, which includes 350 staff in Manchester, Stockport and Leicester, for up to £30m... [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]

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]

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]

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]