Roadchef, the motorway service-station operator, is holding talks with several banks with a view to hiring an adviser to review its strategic options. Nikko Principal Finance, which owns Roadchef, is ... [more]

Cleanaway, the UK waste disposal subsidiary of Australian group Brambles, could sell for over £600m after initial estmates for the deal were fixed at £500m. The three remaining bidders, Spanish waste ... [more]

Final bids for ES Pipelines, the gas transportation group, are expected in next week. Inexus, ABN Amro and Prudential are the last remaining bidders for the company, but it is unclear whether all thr... [more]

Specialist travel provider Travelzest is to acquire Fair's Fare, the Ealing-based travel planning company, for £3.9m. The acquisition will take the form of £1.25m in cash, £2m in loan notes and the re... [more]

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]