Brett Oils has sold Ovoline, its lubricants operation with 60 staff in Edinburgh and Lincoln, to Fuchs of Germany for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Tellings Golden Miller is planning to acquire the Airlinks coach business at Heathrow airport from National Express, including 36 vehicles and 90 staff.... [more]

Celltalk has acquired the IT and telecom assets of Beneficial Group out of administration, including 12 Manchester-based staff.... [more]

Priory poised for £500m sale - Priory Healthcare, the UK-based psychiatric hospital group, could be for sale for up to GBP £500m later this year, according to a report in The Independent. The report c... [more]

Whitbread denies it is to sell David Lloyd Leisure following reports in the press, Sir John Banham, chairman of Whitbread PLC has made the following statement, according to a stock exchange announceme... [more]

Iceland, the food retailer that forms part of the Big Food Group, is likely to be broken up and sold off to other food retailers by some of the take-private investors, according to a retailing source ... [more]

United Business Media, the UK-listed media group, is believed to have been considering the sale of its stake in Five, the UKtelevision channel. The appointment of David Levin as chief executive is ex... [more]

API Group is planning to sell its API Converted Products division, which includes 250 staff in Saxmundham, Cheltenham and Nelson, to a management buy-in for up to £12m.... [more]

Hanson has acquired Marshalls Clay Products, the clay bricks division of Marshalls with sites in Yorkshire and Lancashire, for £65m.... [more]

Among the Scottish business leaders, Andrew Flanagan at SMG, Bill Allan at Thus, Stuart Ross at Belhaven and David Goode at Scottish Radio Holdings will be under pressure to retain their companies’ in... [more]