Dutch publisher Wolters Kluwer is tipped to sell off its education business, Wolters Kluwer Education, after appointing Lehman Brothers to look at strategic alternatives for the division as part of a ... [more]

Henderson Equity Partners is to sell its magazine publishing business, Boat International, with an asking price of £30m. It has reportedly hired boutique advisory firm Longacre to advise on the sale. ... [more]

Incisive Media, the business information group, is close to acquiring MSM International, the publisher of Professional Pensions magazine for an estimated £20m. Incisive Media are understood to be in e... [more]

Saga, the holidays and finance group focused on people over 50, is planning to sell its radio assets, according to reports and it could be worth £100m. The group has hired KPMG Corporate Finance to ma... [more]

SMG, the information and entertainment service provider, is to sell Pearl & Dean, its cinema advertising business, and Primesight, its outdoor advertising business. An offer for Pearl & Dean from Iris... [more]

Spiritel is to acquire Callplan, the telecoms services company that sells through a network of more than 70 independent agents, for up to £0.6m. Founded in 2003, Callplan has over 170 SME and corporat... [more]

Endemol, the TV production company whose shows include Big Brother, Deal or No Deal and Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, is close to being put up for sale. Spanish owner Telefonica has reportedy taken ... [more]

Medal Entertainment & Media has sold the Fountain Television Studios in Wembley to InvestinMedia for £1.5m in cash. At 31st March 2006, Fountain's net assets stood at £1.7m. Fountain are the UK's larg... [more]

Rank Group, the UK-listed leisure company, is to dispose of its remaining Deluxe Media businesses. These consist of a DVD replication and distribution business in the US and a Central European distrib... [more]

RDF Media is to acquire The Comedy Unit, the Glasgow-based TV production company with 20 staff, for up to £11m. The deal comprises an initial consideration of £6.5m, to be paid in cash and shares, and... [more]