Ten Alps is to acquire Hart Davies TV, the factual TV production company, for up to £1m.... [more]

Automotive Applied Technologies is to acquire Lander Carlisle, the Birmingham-based injection moulder, which is expected to lead to some job losses among the 150 Birmingham-based staff.... [more]

York Helpers, the York-based homecare provider, has been acquired by Springfield Homecare of Leeds.... [more]

Spice Holdings is to acquire Baineport Engineering Services, the Ely-based electrical services company with 170 staff, for up to £5m.... [more]

General Electric's property subsidiary, Benchmark, has put over three acres of prime leaseholds in London's Belgravia up for sale at around £70m. The freehold is owned by the Duke of Westminster's Gro... [more]

The appointment of Phillip Bowman as the new CEO of ScottishPower is likely to hasten the sale of the company, one of the UK's "Big Six" power groups, according to UK power industry participants. It h... [more]

MessageLabs, the UK-based software company, is likely to sell its Star internet business for approximately £40m.Thus, the UK-listed internet provider, was mentioned as one potential bidder in the rep... [more]

Heinz, the US-based food company, has had over 40 approaches for its European frozen food subsidiary. The company set an initial deadline of December last year for bids,and Heinz anticipates making an... [more]

Liquified Petroleum Gas could be split up for sale, owing to the unpopularity of the sale to date, it has been reported LPG has been up for sale for over a year. LPG's French arm recently issued a pr... [more]

Yo Sushi!, the UK restaurant chain, has engaged Jamieson Corporate Finance for a strategic review. A sale of the group might follow, Primary Capital, Yo Sushi!'s controlling shareholder, had requeste... [more]

Leisure Link has put itself on the market with an asking price in excess of £200m. The UK-based gaming machine group, has hired Hawkpoint to consider its options. Management is thought to be intereste... [more]

Thomas Cook, the German travel agency, has hired Ernst & Young to sell four of its holiday businesses. The businesses for sale are Club 18-30, Neilson, Style, and Sun World. It is not known if the bus... [more]

ITN, the UK-based news organization, has appointed Brunswick to market the company internationally. The move has prompted speculation that ITN is preparing for a sale. ITN denied the claims, the repor... [more]

Following a poor performance on the stockmarket, Tenon's directors have said they have appointed advisors Numis to assist in a review of its strategic options and thus effectively putting the group up... [more]

Luke Johnson, the Channel 4 chairman, is looking for a buyer for his 30% stake in Integrated Dental Holdings, Britain's largest chain of dental practices. Hawkpoint is looking for a private-equity gro... [more]

Compel Group has acquired Allinity, the Aldershot-based IT solutions company with 26 staff, for an initial £1m.... [more]

Nichols has sold its Balmoral hot beverage systems business to the Autobar Group for £6.5m, in order to focus on soft drinks.... [more]

Rotork has acquired Omag, the Italian gears manufacturer, for £1m.... [more]

Macfarlane Group is to sell its Hungarian packaging business to Nefab of Sweden for £2.3m.... [more]

WightCable, the Isle of Wight-based cable TV and telephone company with 27 staff, has been acquired by a new company called WightCable 2005.... [more]