Guardian Media Group has confirmed that it is set to hire a financial adviser to carry out a strategic review of its assets. The review could end with the profitable Trader Media division being sold o... [more]

Hanbury Manor, the Hertfordshire UK luxury hotel, is for sale and on the verge of being snapped up by Qhotels. Knight Frank has denied the sale but said that the agency had been tasked with exploring ... [more]

Eleven three-star 'Marriot Courtyard' hotels are for sale with a price tag of over £110m. The property agent CB Richard Ellis Hotels had been hired by the consortium of investors led by Chiltern Mondi... [more]

Trinity Mirror chairman Sir Victor Blank has fuelled talk that the Daily Mail will be sold by quitting his post. City sources have said that Blank was expected to become chairman of UK-listed bank Llo... [more]

Autobond has acquired the assets of Lamtex, the Sheffield-based laminating kit manufacturer, out of administration for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Spirent is to acquire SwissQual, the Swiss provider of test and measurement solutions for wireless telecoms, for an initial £28m.... [more]

Northgate has acquired FTL, the Gateshead-based vehicle fleet management company, for £5.7m.... [more]

Amino Technologies has acquired SJ Consulting, the Cambridge-based software company, for £1.3m.... [more]

Intuita has acquired E Vision, the Livingston-based supplier of software to the construction industry with 35 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Goulds, the Heywood-based tissue manufacturer, has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing the future of at least 120 jobs.... [more]

Pearson, the UK-listed publisher, has been urged to sell the Financial Times by Morgan Stanley according to reports. Analysts have said Pearson could significantly increase its value by selling the ne... [more]

Aston Villa has hired Rothschild as its financial adviser. Aston Villa's board said, in an announcement, it 'has been considering how best to take the company and its principal asset, Aston Villa Foo... [more]

Cleanaway, the UK waste disposal subsidiary of Australia's Brambles, could see its sale process start within two months, according to reports. It is understood that Terra Firma, the private equity gro... [more]

Uskmouth power station, a 250MW coal-fired plant, could potentially be sold along with an adjacent planned gas station on the same site, said the owner's CEO. Uskmouth is currently owned by UK indepe... [more]

Capitol Films, the London-based film distribution and finance company, is to be acquired by the US owners of Mobius Pictures for undisclosed terms.... [more]

International Asset Management of London is to be acquired by the asset management division of ABN Amro for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Monstermob has acquired M Dream, the Chinese mobile games developer, for up to £20m.... [more]

Galliford Try has acquired Chartdale, the Lincolnshire-based housebuilder, for £67m, in order to expand its Stamford Homes division.... [more]

Berkeley Berry Birch has sold the current client bank of its Private Insurance Portfolio division to a management buy-out for £0.3m.... [more]

Centaur is to acquire the Period Living & Traditional Homes magazine and web site from EMAP Consumer Media for £1.5m.... [more]