Laird Group has sold Permacell Finesse, the Essex-based supplier of window profiles, to Synseal Holdings for £10m, and has also announced the acquisition of Builders Hardware of the US for £5.5m.... [more]

Large shareholders in MFI are pressing the need for a radical restructuring of the troubled group. This may include the sale of the MFI retail chain. A sale of the group's furniture business would per... [more]

Dixons has rejected reports that it is considering selling its majority stake in mobile phone outfit The Link. Dixons own 60 per cent of The Link and mobile operator O2 owns the other 40 per cent. Mar... [more]

Red Carnation Hotels has bought the Egerton House hotel in Knightsbridge, London, from Townhouse Hotel Investments for about £6m.... [more]

Aegis, one of the UK's last sizeable independent media planners, has been circled by a consortium of media bidders, ahead of making a break-up bid for the £1.3bn group. When the group makes its approa... [more]

Flextech has been put up for sale by Telewest as part of its much-delayed £6.5bn merger with rival NTL.Flextech - whose operations include UKTV, a joint venture of 11 digital channels with the BBC - ... [more]

Brambles, parent company of waste management Cleanaway, has reported results for the year ended 30 June 2005 which saw profits before tax up by 23% compared to the year before. At the same time, Bramb... [more]

UK-based mobile phone giant Vodafone Group Plc played down a report alleging that it has already begun the process that will lead to the €1-2bn disposal of Arcor, its German fixed-line unit. Vodafone'... [more]

CSS Stellar is to sell its GEM Europe marketing services business to Passhold, a newly-formed company backed by private equity firm Kaye Enterprises, for £2m.... [more]

IMI has sold its Polypipe plastic pipes division to Castle Harlan of the US for £239m, and is now looking to spend up to £400m on acquisitions.... [more]

DCS Group, the IT company, has sold its logistics division to Four Soft for £11m.... [more]

Britax International has sold Britax Childcare, the manufacturer of children's car seats and pushchairs, to private equity firm Carlyle for £230m.... [more]

Cadbury Schweppes is to dispose of its European beverage arm as it seeks to focus on its more profitable confectionary and US beverage business. The sale could fetch more than £1bn. The European busin... [more]

Rumours that the leisure conglomerate Whitbread could be on the verge of receiving a break-up bid have begun to resurface in City dealing rooms. The group has pusted Stewart Miller, the head of its Da... [more]

Leisure firm Rank Group is reversing an earlier demerger plan for its Delux Film and Media services unit, and is now considering a sale. Deluxe Film and Media makes and distributes videos and DVDs. Th... [more]

Zurich Financial Services has sold Claims Management Group, the provider of outsourced claims management services with 550 staff at 12 international offices, to Sovereign Capital Partners for undisclo... [more]

Dart Group has sold its stake in Benair Freight International to Gulf Agency Company for £5.1m, in order to focus on temperature-controlled distribution and aviation services.... [more]

Strategic Retail is to acquire eight home furnishings stores and other assets from East Kilbride-based Texstyle World Home for £1.5m, while eight other stores will close with the loss of 45 jobs.... [more]

Montpellier has agreed to sell its Bullock social housing division to management for £42m.... [more]

Tesco is to acquire 30 petrol filling stations and convenience stores from Morrisons for about £55m, in order to expand its Express store format.... [more]