Stead & Simpson, the UK shoe retailer, is undertaking a strategic review with Clearwater Corporate Finance as adviser, a move which in turn could lead to an IPO or a trade sale of the group. Valuation... [more]

Severn Trent, the UK water and environmental services group, is in no hurry to divest either its Biffa or Services divisions, according to a company representative. An equity research note by invest... [more]

Po Na Na, the bar chain that also owns the Hammersmith Palais nightclub, home of the popular School Disco nights, has been put on the market. Main backer Avanti Capital, which bought 28 Po Na Na sites... [more]

Century Homes, the Irish-owned manufacturer of timber frame houses, has been acquired by Kingspan Group for £68m... [more]

Business Direct Group has acquired the customers and goodwill of the in-boot logistics division of Esprit In-Night Express from ANC for at least £0.2m... [more]

Carr Foods, the Manchester-based cake importer with 14 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms... [more]

Bank Machine, the UK company that operates automated teller machines, has undertaken a strategic review that in turn could lead to sale in the £50m range. Close Brothers is conducting the review which... [more]

Starwood Hotels and Resorts is looking to find a buyer for Venice's famous Hotel Danieli. The price tag would be about £150m on the hotel and said Marriott is a likely contender. The 183-year-old site... [more]

Cookson, the listed UK industrial group, will probably put businesses worth considerably more then the targeted £100m up for sale, analysts have said. Earlier this year the company announced it is to ... [more]

19 Entertainment, the UK-based media production company, has been put up for sale for £100m by owner Simon Fuller. Sources close to 19 cited by the report said Fuller had been working on the deal for ... [more]

Tunstall, the leading maker of systems that help the elderly stay independent, has appointed Merrill Lynch to look at its strategic options. It could fetch up to £300m as the Government increases its ... [more]

Mayborn Group has acquired Tube Plastics, the Stourport-on-Severn-based supplier of children's outdoor play equipment, for an initial £10m... [more]

Audus Noble has acquired Dines Plastics, the Basildon-based plastic packaging company with 46 staff, in a multi-million pound deal... [more]

Furniss Foods has acquired the traditional gift section of Exeter-based biscuit and confectionery firm Sheriffs for undisclosed terms... [more]

Kingston Communications has acquired Technica, the storage consultancy with 30 staff in Warwick and Reading, for up to £6.5m... [more]

Euromoney Institutional Investor has acquired CEIC Holdings, the Hong Kong-based provider of economic data, for up to £18m... [more]

Chesterton has sold 16 London-based residential estate agencies out of receivership to CIC International for about £1m... [more]

Greene King has sold 34 pubs to Admiral Taverns for £15m, in order to comply with regulatory requirements for its recent acquisitions from Laurel... [more]

Curious Software, the supplier of broadcasting graphics software with 13 staff, is to be acquired by Vizrt for £4.7m... [more]

BT Group is to acquire Radian,z the US network services provider, from Reuters for £91m... [more]