Lloyds TSB is rumoured to be selling its insurance arm Scottish Widows. Analysts predict that Lloyds, who will reportedly ask £10bn for the sale, would be able to sell Scottish Widows for more than it... [more]

HBOS, the UK listed bank, has reportedly appointed Deloitte to find buyers for its PaymentShield mortgage insurance arm. Potential buyers have been named as Aviva and Prudential, both UK-listed insura... [more]

Information on the sale of UK-based frozen foods businesses Birds Eye and Iglo will be available by the end of May. US-based bank Goldman Sachs is handling the sale. Birds Eye and Iglo are currently ... [more]

Just Learning, one of the UK's largest nursery chains with over 70 nurseries, is to be put up for sale. The sale will be handled by Deloitte, who are expected to release sale packs with detailed finan... [more]

Daily Mail & General Trust is to acquire Genscape, the US-based provider of real-time energy generation and transmission information, for an initial £73m.... [more]

Creston is to acquire ICM Research for up to £37m and Tullo Marshall Warren and Colombus Communications for up to £38m, in order to expand its market research and direct marketing operations.... [more]

Mobile Streams has acquired Cyoshi Mobile, the German supplier of mobile media content, for £2m.... [more]

Interior Services Group is to acquire the Asian operating businesses of ISG Asia for about £5m, including facilities management and project management services employing over 280 staff.... [more]

Punch Taverns, the UK based pub operator, is to sell restaurant chain Old Orleans. Punch gained the chain as part of its acquisition of the Spirit group last year. The reason for the sale is believed ... [more]

HomesHomes, owned by entrepreneur Tony Colbourne is to be put up for sale. It is expected to achieve an asking price of between £15m and £20m, and the sale will be handled by accountancy firm Baker Ti... [more]

Regus is to buy back a 58% stake in its UK serviced offices business from Alchemy Partners for £88m.... [more]

IQ-Ludorum is to acquire First Pay, the online payments company specialising in integrated debit card solutions, for £3m.... [more]

Keyworld Investments has bought Goldshore, the provider of employee benefit and reward schemes, out of liquidation, and has also announced plans to relocate to a new office in central Milton Keynes.... [more]

Kestrel Furniture, the Norwich-based kitchen and furniture maker with 22 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Circle Technical Services has acquired Ramstud, the US portable friction-welding technology company, for undisclosed terms, and has also announced plans to relocate to a larger site in Kintore.... [more]

Essential Publishing, the Colchester-based publisher of six consumer magazines with 75 staff, has been acquired by Hubert Burda UK.... [more]

AFI Aerial is to acquire Alan Drew, the supplier of high-rise platforms with sites in Watford, Woolwich, Milton Keynes and Loughborough, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Alchemy Laboratories, the Dundee-based manufacturer of diagnostic tests, is to be acquired by BBI for £4.5m.... [more]

Medisys, the supplier of blood glucose testing kits, is to sell its operating business to Arkray of Japan for £24m, and will now focus on investments in biopharmaceutical and diagnostic companies. Med... [more]

Kennametal Sheffield, the cutting tools manufacturer with 170 staff, is to be acquired by Suncraft International Corporation of China, and will revert to its former name of Presto International.... [more]