McKechnie, the engineering and aerospace group, has been put up for sale by current owner Cinven. Morgan Stanley is advising on the deal. Cinven acquired McKechnie five years ago for £434m. The compan... [more]

Leisure group Rank, most famous for the Carry On series, could unveil plans to demerge its film services unit and sell its media business. Advisors Goldman Sachs are understood to have valued its deme... [more]

Emap, the UK media group, is considering the sale of its Scottish Radio Holdings newspaper assets. Emap is thought already to have contacted Lazard to provide it with early data on possible price rang... [more]

Kwik Fit, the UK based automotive service and parts repair and replacement group is to select an investment bank to lead the possible sale of the company. Parent company CVC Capital Partners is expect... [more]

Top Ten Holdings is to acquire Judges Hall Bingo Club of Tonypandy from Planned Amusements for £800k.... [more]

Kigass Electronics, the West Midlands-based manufacturer of spark ignition electrodes, is to be acquired by Buckland Group for £1m.... [more]

Consafe, the manufacturer of industrial buildings with 160 staff in Aberdeen and Edzell, has been bought out of receivership by McNulty Offshore Contractors of South Shields.... [more]

Cadillac Plastic, the Swindon-based plastics company with 24 staff, has undergone a management buy-out from GE Advanced Materials Speciality Film & Sheet for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Phoenix Equity Partners has acquired Westar Holidays, the Exeter-based operator of holiday parks in Looe, Mullion and Sandford, for an estimated £30m.... [more]

PD Ports, the listed UK ports group, may consider a sale of its truck and van business, development director Martyn Pellew has said. 'It doesn't take a rocket scientist to work out it doesn't fit.' Pe... [more]

Geest is to acquire the trade and moveable assets of the prepared leafy salads manufacturing operations of G's Marketing, in a deal worth £2.2m.... [more]

Merrydown, the cider maker, is to be acquired by SHS Group of Northern Ireland for £37m.... [more]

Wraith Accommodation, the supplier of portable accommodation units, is to be acquired by Seashell for £9m.... [more]

Smiths Group is to acquire Farran Technology, the Irish developer of detection systems, for £13m.... [more]

M&P Metalcraft, the Teesside-based metal fabrications company with 11 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Fruehauf Parts & Service has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing the future of 268 jobs and 17 branches across the country.... [more]

Tulloch has acquired Fibreglo Insulations, the Glasgow-based supplier of cavity wall and loft insulation with 20 staff, for an estimated £1m.... [more]

Esporta, the UK health clubs operator, is to dispose of as many as 20 of its sites over the three years to come, according to reports. The likely clubs on offer will be mid-market ones, as the group s... [more]

IMI, the listed UK engineering group, could sell its Polypipe unit in 2006, according to Graham Truscott, IMI's communication director. Analysts agree that as IMI does not need the money, the company ... [more]

Morgan Crucible is to acquire a 70% stake in Hubei Kailong Chemical, the Chinese ceramic fibres company, for £2m.... [more]