Kellog Brown & Root, the engineering and construction subsidiary of US group Halliburton, has put up for sale the former oil industry fabrication yard at Nigg on the Cromarty Firth in northern Scotlan... [more]

Dave Atherton, founder of the online retailer Dabs.com, the online retailer known for sponsoring Fulham Football Club, has hired Deloitte to explore a £90m sale of the company.... [more]

Primesight, the advertising arm of Scottish Media Group, is being eyed up by US Media Conglomerate Clear Channel International. Their approach values the company at about £30m.... [more]

Barracuda Group, owner of the Varsity and Smith & Jones bar chains has been put up for sale for £150m. Citigroup has been appointed to evaluate options, which include sale to another venture capitalis... [more]

Bargain Booze, which operates 500 discount off-licences, has been put up for sale by Electra, its private equity owner. Investment bank Rothschild has been appointed to find a buyer for the chain, whi... [more]

Philip Reichmann has put his £900m property portfolio up for sale. The son and nephew of the brothers who built Canary Wharf, Reichmann's company O&Y Properties Corporation includes some of the family... [more]

Scottish Media Group have branded the £100m offer from Lord Alli to buy Virgin Radio 'derisory'. A City source has said that if Virgon Radio is to be sold, it is most likely to be through a competitiv... [more]

Speedy Hire has acquired the lifting and tool equipment rental business of Lloyds British Testing, including six depots, for up to £3.1m... [more]

Motaquote Insurance, the Rhondda Valley-based insurance broker with 16 branches and 120 staff, has undergone a management buy-in for about £5m, and will be renamed ProtectaGroup... [more]

Acoustiguide Corporation, the supplier of audio guides to museums, has been acquired by Espro of Israel for £1.9m... [more]

Bank of Ireland has sold its Chase de Vere independent financial advice business to AWD of Germany for £21m... [more]