First Technology has sold RDI, its French component distribution business, to Axess Technology for about £3m.... [more]

Stream Group has acquired MChex, the provider of mobile data and SMS services, from Morse for £1.5m.... [more]

Tomkins has acquired Milcor, the US-based air systems company with 350 staff, from Gibraltar Industries for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Cambridge Glasshouse Company, the supplier of glasshouses with 30 staff, has undergone a £1.8m management buy-out backed by Bank of Scotland Corporate.... [more]

United Polymers, the manufacturer of rubber and plastic products with 140 staff, has been bought out of administration by Aberdare-based UK-Euro Group and has been renamed Crosslink.... [more]

BAe Systems has reached agreement on a £648m deal to sell most of its avionics business to Finmeccanica of Italy.... [more]

CBRE is to acquire Nelson Bakewell, the 330-strong chain of property agents, for about £22m.... [more]

XKO, the listed UK software solutions company, would consider selling at the right price, finance director William Good said in a telephone interview. 'If someone wants to buy us, [and offers] the rig... [more]

Homestyle, the UK furniture group, could consider selling off its Harveys furniture division as a means to slashing its debt, according to reports. Analysts consider that option or a property sale and... [more]

The Barclay brothers, owners of Littlewoods, the UK-based retailer and mail order group, have retained UBS to advise on the potential disposal of the Littlewoods stores, according to reports. Sources ... [more]

Thames Water, the UK-based utility, will probably be broken up and sold for £1bn, according to a reports. RWE, the listed German utility which owns Thames, has restarted the sales process, with Goldma... [more]

Jones the Bootmaker, the UK-based retail footwear group, has been put up for sale, according to chief executive ken Bartle, Bartle said he had not set a price for the chain, which comprises 75 stores.... [more]

BAE Systems, the UK-listed defence and engineering group, has put its £300m valued aircraft business up for sale, according to reports in the press. BAE is quietly scouting for buyers for the business... [more]

A number of UK retailers are reported to be interested in buying the store chain of the Littlewoods group. A £500m unsolicited offer last year from Asda, the supermarket owned by Wal-Mart, is said to ... [more]

Interregnum has acquired Audio Visual Machines, the audio visual solutions provider, for £0.5m.... [more]

Advanced Childcare, the provider of fostering services and care homes, has undergone a £14m management buy-in and now plans to expand into the Midlands and the north-east.... [more]

Bentleys Industrial Services of Hull is to sell its workwear rental division to Johnson's Apparelmaster, its linen rental business to Leeds-based Brooks and its NHS laundry business to Hampshire-based... [more]

GRP Laminates, the Cowes-based boatbuilder with about 30 staff, has been bought out of administration by Oxford-based Seighford Investments.... [more]

Inter Link Foods has acquired Yorkshire Cottage Bakeries, the cake manufacturer with 290 staff in Bradford and Manchester, for £12m.... [more]

International Greetings is to acquire Napier Industries, the supplier of own-label gift products, for £4.8m.... [more]