The five councils of West Yorkshire have reached agreement to put Leeds Bradford Airport up for sale, with advisers Ernst and Young expected to send out information to interested parties today.  ... [more]

National Britannia, the Caerphilly-based environmental services group, could be put up for sale after appointing Close Brothers Corporate to review the future of the business.... [more]

Screen Cinemas, the chain of seven cinemas in London and the Home Counties, has been put up for sale. Livingstone Guarantee, the corporate finance boutique, has been hired to find a buyer for the comp... [more]

Hornby, the UK model train manufacturer, has bought the Airfix model planes brand out of administration for £2.6m.... [more]

Dairy Crest is to acquire St Hubert, the French spreads supplier with 178 staff, from Uniq for £248m.... [more]

Media Square has sold Karen Earl Sponsorship, the London-based sports sponsorship consultancy, to The Engine Group for £3.5m. KES provides strategic consultancy through to sponsorship activation and o... [more]

Lavendon is to acquire Gardemann Group, the German supplier of powered access rental equipment with 250 staff at 23 depots, for £31m.... [more]

Dine is to acquire Garritts, the Yorkshire-based catering company that provides services at Allerton Castle, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Dairy Crest, the UK dairy foods company whose brands include Cathedral City and Country Life, is to enter the European market with the acquisition of French and Italian spread business St Hubert.... [more]

Dawnay Shore Hotels, the operator of the Paramount hotel brand, has announced it is to launch a strategic review which could lead to either the transfer of its property assets into an REIT or sale of ... [more]

Hunter Diving, the Dumfries-based manufacturer of diving suits, has been acquired by Trelleborg of Sweden, and production will transfer to Lithuania in early 2007.... [more]

Fernan Retail has bought the Christies chain of 21 discount stores in Scotland out of administration, saving 140 jobs.... [more]

Envair, the Haslingden-based supplier of laboratory cleaning products, has been bought out of administration by Bassaire of Southampton, securing the future of 26 jobs.... [more]

Wyevale Garden Centres has acquired Bridgemere Garden World near Stoke-on-Trent for about £15m.... [more]

Emap, the UK media company whose brands include FHM, Heat and Kiss FM, has refuted reports that the company is to undergo a strategic review. ... [more]

KBC Advanced Technologies has acquired Veritech, the US energy consultant, for £0.9m.... [more]

Vitec Group has acquired Tomcat Global Corporation, the US manufacturer of aluminium structures for live events with 140 staff, for an initial £7.6m.... [more]

Davidson Partnership, the Birmingham-based quantity surveyor with 25 staff, has been acquired by Oxford-based building consultants Ridge for undisclosed terms.... [more]

SeaVation, the Aberdeenshire-based provider of subsea excavation services with 12 staff, has been acquired by Ability Group of Norway for about £5.5m.... [more]

Norscot Truck & Van has acquired G Mutch Mechanical Services, the vehicle parts and services company with 30 staff in Dundee and Perth, for undisclosed terms.... [more]