Unilever, the listed UK/ Dutch consumer products and food group, is tipped to sell its home-cleaning business following the auction its frozen foods business. The main bidders for the frozen foods div... [more]

Sunshine Gas, the listed Australian energy company, is tipped to divest either its UK owned subsidiary Sunshine Oil plc, or its Australian division. The company is thought to be focused on developing ... [more]

Bizspace, the managed workspace provider, is to be acquired by Highcross for £77m. The price for the AIM-listed workspace provider is a premium of 21% to the fully diluted net asset value per share, 7... [more]

Linde, the German industrial gas company, is expected to dispose of logistics business Gist once it completes its acquisition of BOC, the listed UK industrial gas company this summer. Gist, currently ... [more]

Hargreaves Services has acquired Gilbraith Tankers of Lancashire for £2m, in order to expand its Hargreaves Bulk Liquid Transport business. Gilbraith is a long established bulk liquid transport compan... [more]

Business Post Group, the UK-based mail delivery company, could dispose of its palletised delivery, known as UK Pallets, subsidiary according to some sources. UK Pallets had a turnover of £28m for the ... [more]

The UK-listed property services group Bizspace is expected to name Highcross, the Berkshire-based property fund manager, as the preferred bidder for the company. Bizspace has a market value of £70m.... [more]

Speedy Hire has acquired LCH Generators, the generator hire company with 196 staff at depots in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Wigan, Coventry, London and Portsmouth, for £55m. All 196 employees of recently sold ... [more]

Private equity groupTerra Firma is to sell the gas-transportation group ES Pipelines. Terra Firma, run by UK businessman Guy Hands, has appointed Citigroup to manage the sale. ES Pipelines is part of ... [more]

German energy company RWE is to sell its UK-listed utility Thames Water. Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs will reportedly be advising jointly on the sale while Barclays Capital will advise on RWE's str... [more]

German utility RWE will start preparations to sell off its subsidiary Thames Water by the end of June after deciding whether to float the British business or dispose of it through a private sale. Last... [more]

HSS, the UK equipment-hire giant, could soon be on the market. HSS's private-equity owner, 3i, is considering whether to dispose of the business. Competitor Speedy Hire is reportedly interested in acq... [more]