Typhoo tea has been put up for sale in a move which could net Premier Foods, the owner of Branston Pickle and Hartley's jam, up to £100m. The company has appointed Icelandic investment bank Islandsban... [more]

H&R Wasag, the listed German speciality chemicals company, will restructure its UK activities and sell non-core operations. According to a report from the German paper Die Welt. The company announced ... [more]

Dixons, the UK-based electrical retailer, could be sold unless trading at its new outlets improves, chief executive John Clare has said. Clare said if a test-run of eight new suburban stores did not s... [more]

Fitness First, the independent global fitness chain, has hired UBS to carry out a review of its options. The strategic review is likely to lead to a sale. Cinven, the UK-based buyout group that owns F... [more]

Microscience, the vaccine developer, has been acquired by Emergent Biosolutions of the US for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Centrica has acquired a 51% stake in SPE, the Belgian power generating company, in a £507m joint venture with Gaz de France that also involves the sale of Centrica's Luminus business to SPE.... [more]

Kwik-Fit, the car repair company with 670 service centres in the UK and 1,000 in continental Europe, has been acquired by PAI of France for £800m.... [more]

Laurel Pub Company has acquired 98 of SFI's 150 pubs for £80m, and the remaining 52 sites have gone into administration through PwC.... [more]

SIG has acquired LS Group, the commercial interiors manufacturer with 560 staff at sites in Barnstaple, Langley Mill and Sheffield, for an initial £45m.... [more]

Pro-Pak Foods, the Malton-based meat and ready meals company with 300 staff, has been acquired by TiCan of Denmark for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Innovate Logistics has acquired Phil Hanley, the refrigerated transport and storage company with 320 staff at sites in Newark, Grantham, Leeds, Ashford and Westbury.... [more]

Quinn Plastics has acquired Polyex, the Derbyshire-based polycarbonate extruder, and Victoria Plastics of Hull for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Sage Group is to acquire Logic Control, the Spanish supplier of business management software, for £55m.... [more]

Berkeley Group is to sell Crosby Group, the residential property developer with offices in Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, to Lend Lease for £236m.... [more]

MyTravel is to sell its stake in the Hotetur resort hotel group in Palma to Teinver for £19m.... [more]

Pearson is to acquire AGS Publishing, the US educational publisher, from WRC Media for £148m.... [more]

Top Ten Holdings has acquired Westvale Leisure, the parent company of Walker Leisure and operator of 13 bingo clubs in the Midlands and the north, for £5.4m.... [more]

Symbiosis Group, the London-based print services firm with 30 staff that trades under the names of Octopus, POS Promotions and Whitewater, has undergone a management buy-in for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Spooner Vicars, the Merseyside-based manufacturer of production lines for the food industry with 111 staff, has been acquired by Avalanche Holdings of the US.... [more]

Tomkins has acquired Eifeler Maschinenebau, the German manufacturer of hydraulic tube fittings with annual sales of £19m.... [more]