Publishing group Pearson has been asked by its investor Axa Investment Management to consider a sale of its Financial Times newspaper, which posted a £2m profit last year. Pearson derives in excess o... [more]

Malayan United Industries (MUI), the listed Malaysian diversified group, is planning to sell 19 hotels in the UK, as well as its central reservation office The Reservation Company. The disposals are v... [more]

Wyndeham Press has acquired Icon Reproduction, the London-based pre-press company, for an initial £2m.... [more]

Avad Group has acquired a 60% stake in Lynx DPM, the Oxfordshire-based printing company with 45 staff.... [more]

Kenmore Homes has acquired the Glasgow-based development and building operations of Hamilton Holdings for £6m, more than doubling its staff to about 50.... [more]

Grosvenor Wilton, the Kidderminster-based carpet manufacturer with 28 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

Pilkington, the St Helens-based glass manufacturer, is to be acquired by Nippon Sheet Glass of Japan for £2.2bn.... [more]

Huws Gray Fitlock has acquired four Wirral-based building firms for undisclosed terms - Heswall DIY, Redrock Designs, Ault Bros and Fabbies Builders & Timber Merchants.... [more]

National Grid has agreed to acquire KeySpan, the US gas distribution company, for £4.2bn.... [more]

Maxima has acquired Seabrook Research, the Irish software distribution company, for £0.5m.... [more]

Somerfield is to sell 19 Kwik Save supermarkets to Netto, 20 to Audi, seven to Lidl and 171 to the Back to the Future consortium, while the remaining 102 will be converted to the Somerfield format.... [more]

London Clubs International has agreed to sell its Les Ambassadeurs casino in London to Twinwood of Indonesia for £115m.... [more]

Kelda is to sell its Aquarion water business in the US to Macquarie Bank for £491m.... [more]

CareTech has acquired two residential care homes in London for £2.7m, taking its chain to 61.... [more]

Jil Sander, the fashion brand, has been acquired by Change Capital Partners for undisclosed terms, and is now planning to open stores in London, China, Japan and Russia.... [more]

For-side.com, a Japan-based mobile phone content company, has put its UK unit iTouch for sale just 10 months after acquiring it. The Japanese company has appointed investment bank Close Brothers to ex... [more]

Kwik Save, the UK-based supermarket chain, has been put up for sale by its private equity owners. Industry sources have indicated that Costcutter and Baugur, the Icelandic retail investment group, ar... [more]

Ark-H has acquired Diss Promotional Services, the Norfolk-based promotions division of Bounty UK, which will involve the transfer of 185 staff.... [more]

CBG Group has acquired Swinburne James, the insurance broker with offices in Manchester, Liverpool and Burnley, for up to £1.2m.... [more]

Sanderson Group has acquired Megabyte, the retail software company with 66 staff in Bradford and Hampshire, for up to £2.5m.... [more]