Lloyds TSB is to sell its Goldfish credit card business to Morgan Stanley of the US for £1bn.... [more]

Unilever is to sell Mora, its Dutch snack foods business with annual sales of £70m, to Ad van Geloven for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Cookson Group is to sell its Laminates business, which supplies substrate materials for the manufacture of printed circuit boards, to Isola Group for £51m.... [more]

Thomson, the French media services group, has given up on the consumer electronics market, saying it would seek a buyer for its businesses making MP3 devices, CD players, remote controls and other dev... [more]

Logistics giant Brambles is to offload its British waste disposal division Cleanaway and use the proceeds for a massive share buyback. The company will also sell its industrial services unit and regio... [more]

Aquilo has sold its AccidentCare membership services business to Broker Assistance for £0.4m, as part of on ongoing partnership between the two companies in the provision of claims handling, credit hi... [more]

Fraikin has bought the Coventry-based commercial vehicle division of Lex Transfleet from RAC for undisclosed terms, which will involve the transfer of 457 staff at 15 rental centres and six maintenanc... [more]

De Vere, the UK hotels company, has seen its boss admit that some of its assets could go on the block. The move could follow on the sale of its Belfry hotel and golf course for £183m. Laever would not... [more]

Refresco, the Dutch drinks business owned by UK private equity firm 3i, could come up for sale soon, sources familiar with the asset said. Should 3i go for a sale, potentially interested parties could... [more]

Northcliffe, the regional newspaper arm of the Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT), could see private equity interest. Analysts have said Candover, KKR, Apax and CVC as potential players in the £1.5bn a... [more]

Ford Motor, the US automotive giant, could sell its Jaguar plant in Coventry, UK, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal. A company spokesman has said that the group has not made any decision... [more]

De Vere, the listed UK leisure group, could still look to dispose of its health and fitness subsidiary Greens. Although an immediate sale has been ruled out.During the last financial year, which ende... [more]

Rentokil Initial, the UK-listed support-services group, may sell its tropical plants division. Rentokil has just agreed to sell its Style Conferences business to a group of Marylebone Warwick Balfour ... [more]

The Board of Daily Mail & General Trust plc has been conducting a strategic review of the Group's regional newspaper division, Northcliffe Newspapers. In an announcement to the stock exchange, the boa... [more]

Rentokil Initial is to sell Initial Style Conferences, the operator of 29 training and conference venues, to Alternative Hotel Group for £325m.... [more]

David Lloyd has put his Next Generation Clubs fitness chain up for sale with a £200m price tag. Lloyd, the founder of Next Generation, is believed to have hired UBS to explore options for the business... [more]

Robert Tchenguiz, the property magnate, has hired Citigroup to consider options for Invergordon. The investment bank has been tasked with finding buyers for the Scottish distiller, or seeking out acqu... [more]

Man Group has sold the European operations of the recently-acquired Refco brokerage business to Marathon Asset Management of the US for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Amec to sell SPIE unit. AMEC SPIE provides services and expertise in electrical, mechanical and HVAC engineering, energy, communication networks and rail infrastructure to industrial, commercial and i... [more]

Erinaceous has acquired Mount Street Holdings, the property services company with 700 staff, from Regis Capital for up to £56m.... [more]