Institutional shareholders at Chrysalis are warning the radio and publishing company against pursuing its interest in the radio assets of Guardian Media Group. Chrysalis is anxious to bolster its radi... [more]

Bidders for First Calgary, the oil and gas exploration company that put itself up for sale for £1.7bn late last year, have raised concerns about the steep price tag. Ten of the world's largest energy ... [more]

Etam UK, the apparel retailer being sold by Etam Developpement of France, will probably be sold separately from its UK teen offshoot, Tammy Girl, according to a report in Retail Week. The report cites... [more]

LK Bennett, the UK shoe group, is thought to have seen up to thirty parties express interest in the £50m sale of the business according to reports. Among the interested parties are 3i, Phoenix Equity ... [more]

Betfair, the UK-based betting exchange company, is considering a flotation on London's Aim market with a potential £700m valuation. The company has hired Rothschild to conduct a strategic review, with... [more]

Danone, the listed French food company, has hired Lazard, the investment bank, to find buyers for HP Food, its UK food subsidiary, according to reports. HP could fetch up to £500m Insiders cited by th... [more]

Telewest is considering the sale of Flextech, its cable television content division, according to a report in the Sunday Times. Telewest management is believed to be asking up to £800m for Flextech, t... [more]

Music Zone, the chain of 54 record stores with 500 staff, is to undergo a management buy-out, and there are plans to expand the network to 100 sites... [more]

Bidders for Deutsche Asset Management are to be chosen on the basis of their preference for maintaining the business as a whole and not breaking it up, according to sources close to the deal cited in ... [more]

Tarantula International, the London-based marketing services company with 27 staff, has been acquired by WPP... [more]

Elementis is to sell its US-based Hardman epoxy and urethane products business to Royal Adhesives & Sealants for £7.8m... [more]

Country & Metropolitan, the housebuilder with 300 staff, has received a £72m recommended takeover bid from Gladedale... [more]

Community Broking Group has acquired Exius, the Manchester-based provider of insurance premium finance, for up to £0.3m... [more]

Homeserve has sold its remaining commercial outsourcing operations, with Middleton Maintenance Services going to management for £1.2m and Onsite South and Onsite Central to South Staffordshire for £4m... [more]

Phoenix IT is to acquire Network Disaster Recovery, the independent provider of disaster recovery and business continuity services with sites in Birmingham, London, Bristol and Uxbridge, for £29m... [more]

Alphameric has acquired Telectronics Systems, the supplier of back office solutions to the hospitality sector with offices in Milton Keynes and Hampshire, for £6.8m... [more]

TD Bingham has acquired Roy Billington Associates for undisclosed terms, creating a combined Liverpool-based structural engineering business with 18 staff... [more]

Nickerson Europe, the Wellingborough-based screw and barrel supplier that was part of Spaceminster, has been bought out of administration and will now be known as Nickerson... [more]

HR Owen, the car dealer, has hinted it is looking for a buyer following an intensive reorganisation that allowed it to return to full year profit in 2004. HR Owen reported that in the 12 months to D... [more]

Woolworths, which recently opened its books to private equity house APAX put its loss making MVC music retail operation up for sale. The retailer which has received and offer valuing the equity at £... [more]