Choices Gift Vouchers, the Gateshead, UK shopping-voucher group, has entered administration with debts of £55m. The business will carry on trading as it looks for a buyer. Choices provides gift vouche... [more]

Volution, a UK-based manufacturer of ventilation system, has been put up for sale for an estimate value of £200m.Montagu private equity, which is the current owner of Volution has already appointed K... [more]

InterContinental Hotels has today placed a further portfolio of seven hotels on the market for disposal. These hotels are located in Continental Europe and all operate under the InterContinental brand... [more]

Caledonian Brewing Company has acquired the Harviestoun Brewery near Stirling for undisclosed terms, and plans to expand production at the site.... [more]

Sytner has agreed to acquire the William Jacks chain of car dealerships in the south-east for £10m.... [more]

Northgate has acquired Arriva Vehicle Rental, the commercial vehicle and car rental company with 655 staff at 33 branches, from Arriva for £129m.... [more]

Synexus Clinical Research has acquired Skandynawskie Centrum Medyczne, the Polish pharmaceutical clinical trials company, for up to £2.3m.... [more]

BAe Systems has sold its aerostructures business, which is based in Prestwick and employs 830 people, to Spirit AeroSystems of the US for £80m.... [more]

Georgica, the UK-listed leisure group, is considering selling off the business. According to rumours, the whole company or just a part of it could be disposed of next year. A refinancing is also under... [more]

Filtronic could sell its Compound Semiconductor operation once it reached profitability. For the six months ending November 2005, the Compound Semiconductor unit generated revenues of £3.6m. A year ea... [more]

Next Generation, the health and fitness chain that operates the Harbour Club in Chelsea, and has JP McManus and John Magnier, the Irish horse racing millionaires among its shareholders, has confirmed ... [more]

Business publisher United Business Media is looking to sell a number of US entertainment and media magazines in order to focus its portfolio on faster-growing market segments. The US disposals, though... [more]

Charterhouse Capital, the UK buy-out group, has put acrylic-based products leader Lucite up for sale. The group bought Lucite six years ago for $960m, and it aims sell for about $2.5bn (including deb... [more]

Xpertise has acquired Waterman's People & Organisational Development, the Wiltshire-based IT training company, for an initial £0.2m.... [more]

Mattioli Woods has acquired Suffolk Life Trustee Company from Suffolk Life for an initial £0.7m, in order to expand its pensions consultancy.... [more]

William Anelay, the York-based property restoration and conservation company with 120 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Senior is to acquire Sterling Machine, the US manufacturer of precision machined parts, for £21m.... [more]

Rexam is to acquire Ecanco, the Egyptian beverage can manufacturer, for £61m.... [more]

Terra Firma is to acquire AWAS Aviation, the US-based aircraft leasing group, for £1.4bn.... [more]

Rank Group's appointment of Ian Burke as chief executive sparked rumours that he will preside over a continued break-up of the group. Although Burke has experience of takeover situations whilst chief ... [more]