180 Shell service stations are to be put on the market by the owners brothers Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz and Ian and Richard Livingstone, according to reports. The stations were bought for approxima... [more]

IMI, the listed UK industrial giant, is on the verge of selling its piping and garden furniture business, Polypipe, according to reports. The bidding is reported to be between private equity firms Ele... [more]

Good Hair Day, the haircare business, has appointed PWC Corporate Finance to explore options including a sale or investment partnership. The company, owned by Jemella Group, was founded in 2000 and no... [more]

Doncasters, the UK engineering group, has appointed Lazard to oversee its sale or refinancing. A potential sale value could be £600m and may begin later this year. PricewaterhouseCoopers was also appo... [more]

Bureau Veritas has acquired Casella Consulting, the environmental health consultancy with 490 staff at 17 offices, for £30m.... [more]

Chesnara has acquired City of Westminster Assurance Company from Irish Life & Permanent for £47m.... [more]

VT Group has sold VT TSS, the supplier of sensors, navigational aids and detection equipment with offices in Watford, Aberdeen and the US, to a management buy-out.... [more]

K3 Business Technology is to acquire Information Engineering Group, the Manchester-based distributor of enterprise resource planning software, for an initial £3.8m.... [more]

Access Intelligence is to acquire Ridgeway, the owner of the Willow IT service for the backup and storage of data, for an initial £0.7m.... [more]

Inca Digital, the Cambridge-based ink-jet press developer, has been acquired by Dainippon Screen of Japan for £30m.... [more]

John Millar & Sons has been bought out of receivership by Wallace & Allan, saving 83 jobs at its confectionery plant in Broxburn.... [more]

SCC has acquired TBI-Proxis Services, the French IT services company with 550 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Newsco, the regional newspaper publisher with annual turnover of £3m, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

Sandicliffe has acquired the Chevrolet and Mazda franchises in Nottingham from the Gordon Lamb Group, with the transfer of 40 staff.... [more]

PlastxWorld, the Bedfordshire-based ancillary equipment supplier, has gone into administration through FA Simms of Lutterworth.... [more]

United Utilities, the UK water and wastewater utility, is to sell its telecoms business. Your Communications is considered non-core by the company and is looking for a way to realize its value. Ernst ... [more]

Scapa, the UK cable and tape manufacturer, is expected to make disposals and even closures as part of the annouced strategic review, the investment bank Cazenove said in a research note. Cazenove is S... [more]

Jarvis Hotels, the UK accommodation group, is to seek a buyer for its Ye Olde Bell site near Maidenhead. The site may be one of the oldest in the UK. Colliers Robert Barry is the adviser on the sale, ... [more]

Windsor has acquired Anthony K Falcon, the London-based insurance broker, for up to £4.2m.... [more]

Aegis Group is to acquire the outdoor media-related assets of JKJ Media Services of the Philippines for up to £8m, as well as HYPERmedia of Poland for up to £4.9m and ARTea of France for £2m.... [more]