Hilton Group, the UK-listed leisure company, is believed to have appointed CBRE to handle the sale of 12 of its UK hotels valued at £300m. The Hilton London Olympia is believed to be among the hotels ... [more]

Marconi Corporation, the UK-listed telecoms engineering group, could be forced to put itself up for sale after unexpectedly losing on a contract to upgrade BT's UK telecoms network, according to senio... [more]

Blackstone, the US private equity group, has been cleared by the competition authorities for its recent acquisition of UGC's UK and Ireland operations. A company spokesperson said that Blackstone must... [more]

Thistle Hotels, the UK-based hotel company, is believed to be preparing a portfolio of 31 regional hotels for sale with an estimated asking price of £400m. The report explained that the hotels are par... [more]

The Works, the chain of 230 book stores with 1,600 staff, has undergone a £50m management buy-out backed by Hermes Private Equity... [more]

Aegis is to acquire Medyaturk, the Turkish media planning & buying agency, for up to £8m... [more]

Rok Property Solutions has acquired Durose & Gourlay, the provider of maintenance services to local authorities and housing associations in the North West with 150 staff, for £11m... [more]

Pipex Communications has acquired Donhost, the dedicated and shared hosting and domain name company, for £5.9m... [more]

Phoenix Equity Partners has acquired a majority stake in Bank Stores, the branded clothing retailer with 30 stores, as part of a £30m deal that will see the store network double in size over the next ... [more]

WH Trade Binders of Daventry has been bought out of administration by a former management team for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 56 jobs... [more]

Queens Moat Houses, the UK leisure group, is hoping to raise £110m from the sale of nine hotels, according to the Times. The article noted that QMH, now owned by Goldman Sachs' Whitehall Street has ta... [more]

ITV has acquired SDN, the digital TV multiplex operator that carries ten Freeview channels, for £134m... [more]

Exel has sold its Cory Environmental waste management business, which transports waste along the Thames and operates eight landfill sites, to Montagu Private Equity for £200m... [more]

Wolverhampton & Dudley has reached agreement to acquire Jennings, the Cumbria-based brewery and chain of 128 pubs, for £46m... [more]

Legal & General Ventures has sold a portfolio of seven companies to Vision Capital for undisclosed terms, including the TM Group of convenience stores, Trident Components and Coal Products... [more]

Saville Tractors has acquired Tana UK, the supplier of waste compactors, for undisclosed terms... [more]

Rock Asphalte, the Hammersmith-based roofing specialist, has been bought out of receivership by Elliott-Thomas, securing the future of more than 50 jobs... [more]

Aegis is to acquire Molecular Inc, US internet technology consulting firm, for up to £16m... [more]

FKI has sold Laurence Scott & Electromotors to a new company called Gothic Works for £4m, securing the future of most of the 250 Norwich-based jobs... [more]

Colab, the Coventry-based photographic company with 39 staff, has been bought out of administration by a management team... [more]