Rank Group, the UK listed leisure company, has announced that it is holding preliminary discussions with potential bidders for Deluxe Media, its DVD and CD manufacturing business. As yet, none of the ... [more]

The private equity firm Apax partners may sell UK-based publisher The Stationary Office (TSO). It has reportedly hired UBS to advise on the sale, and could fetch between £80m and £100m. TSO manages go... [more]

UK-based packaging manufacturer and office products wholesaler DS Smith has been tipped to sell its plastics division as well as some or all of the remaining parts of its office manufacturing division... [more]

Mezzanine Management is reported to be selling its UK-based food company Red Mill Snack Foods, a division of Continental Foods. Red Mill's turnover for 2004/5 is an estimated £34m. Possible buyers are... [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]

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]

Medisys announced the conditional disposal of the whole of its operating businesses comprising primarily its Blood Glucose Monitoring business for a consideration of $42.8m (approximately £24.2m) in c... [more]

Swan Hunter is to sell its Port Clarence shipyard on Teesside to Hartlepool-based Wilton Engineering Services.... [more]

ICI is to sell Cimsec, the manufacturer of tile adhesives and grouts with annual sales of £14m, to Henkel of Germany for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Compass has sold its Select Service Partner travel concessions business for £1.8bn, with Macquarie Bank getting the Moto motorway service stations division and EQT Partners getting the airport and rai... [more]

Cadbury Schweppes has announced plans to sell its Monkhill business. Monkhill manufactures sugar confectionery and popcorn for the UK market, and in 2005 had a revenue of c. £80m. The sale will includ... [more]

Spirax-Sarco has acquired AFTCO, the US flow measurement company, from AMJ Equipment Corporation for £1.6m.... [more]

Granada Learning, the educational publishing business owned by ITV has been sold to private equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson. The deal will consist of an up-front payment of £35m, with a further £... [more]

Krispy Kreme, the US based doughnut chain, has responded to reports that it is to sell its UK division by announcing that it has only a 35% stake in the UK division and is in talks to sell this to the... [more]

Cadbury Schweppes is to sell Bromor Foods, its South African soft drinks business, to Tiger Brands for £109m.... [more]

Duke Street Capital has sold Paragon Healthcare to private equity firm Hg Capital for £322m. Paragon has over 250 care homes across the UK with approximately 1,300 residents. In a company press releas... [more]

The private equity group CVC may sell Dorna, the company that owns the rights to the MotoGP championship, for as much as £400m six years after purchasing it for £45m. Viewing ratings for the sport hav... [more]

Polaron has sold the Vacuum Chamber business of Oxford Nanoscience to Weltonbridge for £0.2m.... [more]

US doughnut maker Krispy Kreme has put its UK division up for sale, less than three years after launching the product in Britain. Manchester-based corporate finance boutique Ford Campbell will handle ... [more]