Telewest could see offers of up to £800m for its content business from BBC and ITV, according to reports. The unsourced item noted that the business will be put on the market very soon. RTL, Viacom an... [more]

P&O is planning to sell its refrigerated warehousing arm, Cold Logistics, for approximately £200m. Cash raised from the sale would probably go towards reducing the UK-listed shipping group's debt, inv... [more]

Cadbury Schweppes PLC, the London-based drinks and confectionary manufacturer, it is rumoured may be preparing for a sale of its European Beverages arm. Goldman Sachs and UBS were hired last month and... [more]

North British Trust Group of Edinburgh is to sell 20 hotels to Swallow Hotels & Inns for an estimated £75m, but will retain four Scottish properties to focus on adventure tourism.... [more]

Esporta has sold 13 health clubs to Virgin Active for undisclosed terms, including sites in Chelmsford, Rugby, Crawley, Birmingham, Bolton, Gloucester, Medway and six in Spain.... [more]

United Broadcast Facilities has acquired CTV Outside Broadcasts, the London-based company with 85 staff, from National Mobile Television for an estimated £15m.... [more]

American Express Financial Advisors (AEFA), could sell two businesses when its spin off from parent Amercian Express Group is completed according to rumours.It is likely that Threadneedle would be th... [more]

DS Smith has sold John Dickinson Stationery, the office products manufacturer with 450 staff at sites in Cambridgeshire, Tyne & Wear and Herefordshire, to Groupe Hamelin.... [more]

Cinven has sold NCP, the car park operator, to 3i for £555m, and 3i will continue the group's transformation into a general transport services business.... [more]

Associated British Foods has acquired the Littlewoods chain of 120 clothing stores for £409m, which will involve the conversion of 30 stores to the Primark format and the closure of the Liverpool head... [more]

Really Useful Theatres has sold four London theatres to Max Wietzenhoffer and Nica Burns for £11m, including the Apollo, the Lyric, the Duchess and the Garrick.... [more]

William Hill is to sell 28 betting shops to the Tote for £15m, in order to win regulatory approval for the acquisition of Stanley Leisure's betting shops.... [more]

First Technology, the listed UK safety and environmental sensing specialist, is trying to find a buyer for its automotive unit. Apparently the company had unsuccessfully tried to sell its auto busines... [more]

SFI Group, the licensed UK pub group, would most likely only get piecemeal offers for its remaining assets. SFI's administrators, PricewaterhouseCoopers, have the weaker 52 sites of the pub group's 15... [more]

Weir is to sell the water treatment operations of its Techna division to Veolia Water Systems for £28m.... [more]

Aberdeen Asset Management is to acquire two fund management operations from Deutsche Asset Management, including the London and Philadelphia-based fixed income businesses and the Oeic business, funded... [more]

Lioncourt Capital has appointed IBI Corporate Finance to auction its Jarvis Hotels chain. The UK-based hotels have an asking price of approximately £200m the report said, without citing sources for th... [more]

Reg Vardy is to acquire five car dealerships from Priory Motor Group for £16m, including a BMW and a Mini site in North Tyneside, Vauxhall sites in Blaydon and Gateshead, and a Kia and Chevrolet deale... [more]

Ryland Group has acquired the Jeep dealership in Sutton Coldfield from All Electric for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Doughty Hanson has sold the Priory group of rehabilitation clinics to Dutch bank ABN Amro for £875m.... [more]