Wembley is planning to sell its six greyhound racing tracks to Risk Capital Partners for £50m... [more]

Although Trinity Mirror has announced an increase in pre-tax profits of over 10%, this is due to the resilience of its local newspapers. The sales decline at the Daily Mirror has continued with circul... [more]

Bristol Water has sold its Bath-based Walter Lawrence civil engineering business to Daniel Contractors of Warrington for an initial £0.5m... [more]

Bamford Roofing, the Liverpool-based roofing contractor, has been sold by Kelpie Properties to Apex of Birmingham for undisclosed terms... [more]

Ernst & Young has sold the eight remaining Cox Plant hire depots out of administration to its former directors... [more]

BBA, the listed UK-based aviation services and technology group, could look to dispose of its Materials Technology business in the future, said the company's chief executive officer Roy McGlone. Howev... [more]

Parkside International, the Barnsley-based packaging group, has sold two businesses out of administration, with Alcan buying the Polish plant and Parkside Flexibles going to a new company called Parks... [more]

Planned Packaging has sold its UK flexible packaging operations to a newly-created company called Planned Packaging Films... [more]

Millennium & Copthorne, the UK leisure group, could be grooming the Copthorne chain for an eventual disposal, according to reports. The naming of a separate management team for Copthorne could prove a... [more]

Siemens, the German manufacturing giant, has offered an incentive of up to £345m to encourage buyers of its mobile handset division. Richard Windsor, analyst at Nomura International, said he expected... [more]

Empresaria has acquired a majority stake in The Recruitment Business, which includes 11 staff in London, for up to £2m... [more]

Ennstone is planning to sell its Johnston Engineering operations to Bucher Industries and a North American management team for a total £26m... [more]

Trinity Mirror, the newspaper group, could put its bridal exhibit division up for sale. according to the Sunday Times. The parent company already tried once to sell the Inside Communication operation ... [more]

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]

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

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]