UK airport operator BAA could be forced to put some of its airports up for sale after a report from the Office of Fair Trading urged an enquiry into its stranglehold on the UK market.... [more]

Birmingham International Airport could soon be put up for sale following reports that the Australian bank Macquarie intends to sell its 24% stake to the West Midlands councils who together already own... [more]

Renewable energy group Infinis is thought to be up for sale or a flotation and could fetch up to £800m. Owners Terra Firma Capital Partners have apparently appointed Deutsche Bank, Climate Change Capi... [more]

Exxonmobil, the global oil company, has put a package of its stakes in Southern North Sea oil and gas fields on the market for over £200m. The package includes stakes in the Lancelot, Thames and Hewet... [more]

Scottish Power, the Glasgow-based power generation and distribution group, is to be acquired by Iberdrola of Spain for £11.6bn."The combination of the two businesses will enable ScottishPower to compe... [more]

The chief executive of Lonmin, the London and Johannesburg-listed platinum producer, has clarified that the business is not for sale in the wake of recent speculation. Brad Mills said that although th... [more]

Nottingham City Council has sold Tollerton Airport to Truman Aviation for about £5m, and the site will be renamed Nottingham City Airport and used for pilot training and an air taxi service.... [more]

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]

British Nuclear Group, the UK state-owned nuclear power company, is to be sold off in four parts according to trade and industry secretary Alistair Darling. The government initially planned to sell th... [more]

Devon County Council is to sell Exeter Airport to a consortium of Balfour Beatty and London City Airport for £60m.... [more]

Thames Water, the water company with more than 13m customers in London and the South East, is to be acquired by a consortium led by Macquarie of Australia for £8bn. Macquarie won the auction for Thame... [more]

The sale of Exeter airport, the regional airport owned by Devon County Council, is close to completion with a buyer due to be selected next week.... [more]

London City Airport has been acquired by a consortium comprising American International Group and Global Infrastructure Partners for about £750m. The deal follows a three month contest between AIG and... [more]

Ryanair, the Irish no-frills airline, has launched a shock €1.48 bn takeover bid for fellow Irish carrier Aer Lingus in a move which would give it control over three quarters of all flights between Ir... [more]

West Yorkshire's five councils will make a decision soon about the sale of Leeds Bradford International Airport. They are currently considering whether to sell a 51 per cent controlling stake in the a... [more]

Rowse Honey, the Wallingford-based honey supplier, has been acquired by Wellness Foods for an estimated £70m. Managing Director Stuart Bailey will stay with the business, as will all 122 employees. Ro... [more]

Kilroot, a 520MW power station owned by US utility AES and located in Northern Ireland, could be put up for sale. AES has just sold Indian Queens plant in the UK for USD28m. It may the fact that AES m... [more]

Property tycoon Simon Halabi has put a property portfolio worth £1.8bn onto the market, the largest ever to be for sale in the UK. Halabi is selling seven assets in London, including the 23-storey Avi... [more]

Indian Queens, a 140MW gas oil-fired power station in the UK, could soon be sold by its American owner AES, according to two industry sources. The sources said that International Power, the UK indepen... [more]

The Swiss Re Tower, more commonly known as the Gherkin, is reportedly up for sale for at least £600m, making it the most expensive office block ever to come onto the market. The distinctive London bui... [more]