InterContinental Hotels has sold its 73 UK-based hotels, including 68 Holiday Inns, to a consortium of Lehman Brothers, GIC Real Estate and Realstar Asset Management for £1bn... [more]

Chesterton is to sell five commercial property offices in London, Newcastle, Cardiff, Southampton and Leeds out of receivership to Atisreal, securing the future of 115 staff... [more]

CVC Capital Partners, the UK private equity firm, which is currently in the process of making an offer to purchase Forbo, the Swiss flooring and drive belts manufacturer, would consider selling Forbo'... [more]

Ennstone, the listed British building products company, announced yesterday that it sent a circular providing details of the disposal of unit Johnston Sweepers to shareholders. An Extraordinary Gener... [more]

In December 2004, Sarna, the listed Swiss-based plastics company, announced the divestment of all automotive activities, according to a company press release. The sales process is progressing accordin... [more]

Centurian Hose & Couplings of Preston has acquired Glasgow-based Nethermayne and Spiraflex, in a deal backed by Cattles Invoice Finance... [more]

Rutland Trust has acquired Bupa Healthcare Professionals, the healthcare staffing company with 25 branches, from Bupa for £9m, and will rename the business to Advantage Healthcare Group... [more]

TT Electronics has acquired Dage Backplane Systems, the electronic manufacturing services company with facilities in Aylesbury and China, for £8m... [more]

Matrix Communications has acquired HarrierZeuros, HarrierZeuros Storage Solutions and IKAN, which provide a range of networking, security and storage solutions, from Harrier Group for £4.5m... [more]

Computer Software Group is to acquire Consensus Information Technology, the Cheshire-based developer of membership management software, for £1.6m... [more]

Britannic Group is to acquire Century Group for £44m, in order to expand its Britannic Unit Linked Assurance division... [more]

National Britannia, the Caerphilly-based health and safety group with 550 staff, has undergone a £25m management buy-out backed by West Private Equity... [more]

ITV, the UK-listed media group, has decided not to sell Carlton Screen Advertising, the cinema advertising group, according to chief executive Charles Allen, quoted in a report in The Times. Allen sai... [more]

Carillion is to acquire Planned Maintenance Group, the provider of mechanical and engineering maintenance services with 1,200 staff at its offices and a further 1,100 mobile technicians operating from... [more]

Aegis has acquired Aztec Information Systems, the Australian market research company, for up to £33m... [more]

De La Rue has sold Sequoia Voting Systems, its US-based election systems business with about 100 staff, to Smartmatic Corporation for £7.3m... [more]

Aukett, the provider of design services to the property and construction sectors, is planning to merge with London-based architect Fitzroy Robinson in a reverse takeover... [more]

Aerogistics has acquired King & Fowler, the Merseyside-based metal coatings company with 45 staff, from Bodycote for undisclosed terms... [more]

Complete Office Solutions has acquired Printout Supplies of Wakefield for undisclosed terms, creating the largest privately-owned stationery group in the North of England... [more]

Homestyle chairman David Brock denied speculation that insurance problems had caused problems for the sale of the UK-listed company's Bensons beds subsidiary, according to market reports. The report n... [more]