St Ives is to sell the corporate finance printing activities of St Ives Financial to Bowne & Co of the US for about £4m.... [more]

Barclays is to acquire Nile Bank, the Ugandan commercial bank with 18 branches and 228 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Misys, the UK-listed software group, is considering the sale of its Sesame financial support services business again, according to new CEO Mike Lawrie, as part of a five-year restructuring plan.... [more]

Aquilo is to sell Aquilo Motor Services, the Northwich-based provider of motor claims management services, to Nationwide Accident Repair Services for £1.3m.... [more]

Swiss financial services company Zurich is to sell its UK annuities division according to reports, and is proving popular with potential buyers. First round offers are thought to have already been sub... [more]

The Prudential, the UK's second-largest insurance company may soon put a number of its UK businesses up for sale according to an investment analyst. ... [more]

Bank of New York is to acquire Mellon Financial of the US for £8.4bn, which could lead to the loss of more than 500 jobs at UK sites including London, Leeds, Edinburgh and Essex.... [more]

Commoditrade, the AIM-listed commodity broking group, has been tipped by traders to be up for sale. The management would reportedly consider offers of over 60 pence per share. Commoditrade has a marke... [more]

JP Morgan Cazenove is rumoured to be considering a sale of its Cazenove Capital Management arm. The group would apparently sell the division if it could increase its profitability, however the specula... [more]

Portman Building Society is mulling the sale of its offshore Guernsey-based business Portman Channel Islands Limited, and has appointed Gleacher Shacklock LLP to explore strategic options. ... [more]

Aquilo Plc, the provider of solutions to insurers and insurance brokers, has announced that it has terminated discussions over the sale of the whole company. However, it is continuing to explore offer... [more]

Diamond Lifestyle, the Cambridgeshire-based provider of advice and brokering finance to council house tenants with 80 staff, is to be acquired by Enterprise North for up to £9m.... [more]

It has been reported that a sale of Resolution Life, the closed life assurance consolidator, could prompt its rival Pearl Group, controlled by Hugh Osmond, to consider a sale. Pearl's embedded value h... [more]

Resolution plc, the UK-listed administrator of closed life insurance funds, has acknowledged recent speculation over a possible merger or sale of the company and confirmed that it is in “very early di... [more]

National Australia Bank has stressed that its UK operations are not for sale as it announced results for the 2006 financial year showing a 17 per cent rise in profits despite a 46 per cent increase in... [more]

Liverpool Victoria, the British friendly society, has retained Fenchurch Advisory Partners to look into a possible sale. In the event that the business sold its banking operations it could realise £75... [more]

Commoditrade, the UK-listed commodities investment company, is said to have put itself on the market. It is understood that the Management are holding for a 60p per share offer. The company's market c... [more]

Healthcare Locums is to acquire Blue Group International Holdings, the social work agency, for up to £14m.The payment will be structured so that HCL pay £10m cash on completion of the deal, and a fur... [more]

The managing director of UK compliance consultancy Qdos Consulting has said that the company would be receptive to offers for the business. Ron Gould revealed that the company receives regular approac... [more]

Catlin is to acquire Wellington Underwriting, the London-based insurance company, for £591m. The deal will create the biggest insurer on the Lloyd's of London market.Catlin, which moved to Bermuda in... [more]