P&O is planning to sell its refrigerated warehousing arm, Cold Logistics, for approximately £200m. Cash raised from the sale would probably go towards reducing the UK-listed shipping group's debt, inv... [more]

Cadbury Schweppes PLC, the London-based drinks and confectionary manufacturer, it is rumoured may be preparing for a sale of its European Beverages arm. Goldman Sachs and UBS were hired last month and... [more]

Pilkington is to acquire the assets of Autostock Distribution, the US automotive glass distributor with 21 locations.... [more]

Deltron Electronics is to acquire Deltrona Vertriebsgesellschaft fur elektronische Bauelemente, the German distributor of electromechanical components, for £2.5m.... [more]

North British Trust Group of Edinburgh is to sell 20 hotels to Swallow Hotels & Inns for an estimated £75m, but will retain four Scottish properties to focus on adventure tourism.... [more]

Medlock Communications, the Manchester-based telecoms infrastructure company, has been bought out of receivership by Mivan, securing the future of 132 jobs.... [more]

Tenon has acquired Skene & Co, the Aberdeen-based accountancy firm with 16 staff.... [more]

Esporta has sold 13 health clubs to Virgin Active for undisclosed terms, including sites in Chelmsford, Rugby, Crawley, Birmingham, Bolton, Gloucester, Medway and six in Spain.... [more]

Fired Earth Interiors has acquired Shaker, the furniture supplier, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Low & Bonar has acquired Xirion, the Belgian manufacturer of artificial grass, for £9.4m.... [more]

Hilton has acquired Jack Brown, the Pontypridd-based chain of 141 betting shops, for £76m, in order to expand its Ladbrokes business.... [more]

Molton Brown, the cosmetics supplier, has been acquired by Kao Corporation of Japan in a £170m deal.... [more]

United Broadcast Facilities has acquired CTV Outside Broadcasts, the London-based company with 85 staff, from National Mobile Television for an estimated £15m.... [more]

Superscape has acquired Penultimate Games, the US developer of mobile games, for an initial £1.7m.... [more]

Colliers CRE has acquired Lipfriend Dawson, the Bristol-based surveyor, for £1.2m.... [more]

Cardpoint is to acquire Moneybox in a £87m reverse takeover, creating a combined network of about 5,000 UK-based cash machines.... [more]

Rydale Cars has acquired the former Godfrey Hall BMW dealership in Shrewsbury, and the site has been renamed Rydale Shrewsbury.... [more]

Esporta's chief executive Neil Gillis has said that the UK-listed company would be interested in buying David Lloyd Leisure. Gillis said he anticipated Esporta being the leading bidder should Whitbrea... [more]

Microgen has acquired Lynx Wealth Management Systems (Guernsey), the Hampshire-based supplier of trust, fund and private banking systems, for £2.1m.... [more]

Alan Dines Partnership, the Reading-based quantity surveyor, has been acquired by Ridge for undisclosed terms.... [more]