Bupa is in negotiations to sell ten hospitals to Legal & General Ventures for £100m... [more]

BC Partners is to sell Partnerships in Care, the chain of mental hospitals with more than 2,000 staff, to Cinven for about £560m... [more]

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]

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]

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]

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

Bank of Ireland is rumoured to be mulling a sale of its 97 Bristol & West branches, along with an effort to slash up to 12% of its workforce, according to the Financial Times. The report said that All... [more]

BMT, the Belgian glass engineering and steel processing group, sees its UK glass processing unit, Kite, as a long-term disposal candidate, according to the company's chief financial officer Theo Nys. ... [more]

Kroll, the UK consulting firm, is understood to have been mandated by French company GFI Informatique, the listed French IT services group, to work on the sale of its UK subsidiary. Last year, press r... [more]

Aggregate Industries has acquired a 75% stake in Bespoke Precast, the Sheffield-based concrete staircase manufacturer, for undisclosed terms... [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]

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]

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]

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

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