United biscuits is in the process of deciding who will handle the potential sale or flotation of the group, which owns McVitie's digestive biscuits and KP nuts. Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan and Goldman Sa... [more]

Shell-Mex House, an Art Deco building next to the Savoy hotel on the Strand, is about to be put on the market by property investors Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz. The estimated price tag is in the regi... [more]

Urban Dining, which owns the Tootsies chain of restaurants, has received several indicative bid approaches from trade and financial suitors. The company purchased Tootsies for £31m in October 2004.... [more]

Tarmac has acquired National Road Planning, the Lincolnshire-based provider of planning services, plant and equipment, from Rand Group for undisclosed terms.... [more]

RTT, the electrical and mechanical services company with 250 staff in Wallington, Dover and Basingstoke, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

Inflexion Private Equity has backed a £22m management buy-out at Viking Moorings, the developer of mooring systems.... [more]

GUS has acquired ClarityBlue, the Luton-based provider of bespoke marketing database solutions with 165 staff, for £85m, in order to expand its Experian division.... [more]

Parity Group is to sell most of its French and German operations to GFT Technologies of Germany for £5.3m.... [more]

Intertek is to acquire AKZO Nobel's electro magnetic compatibility business in Japan for £9m.... [more]

Rumours about the sale of the UK newspaper The Daily Mirror have intensified. Tweedy Browne increased its stake in The Mirror's parent company Trinity Mirror to over 5%. It has been reported that Twee... [more]

Linde is expected to dispose of its material handling division in the case of a successful takeover agreement with British BOC. Should Linde succeed with its plan to acquire industrial gases business ... [more]

David Lloyd, chief executive of fitness chain Next Generation, believes the business could be sold by early March. Lloyd said that he expected the auction to be popular with real-estate firms, private... [more]

Canvendish Corporate Finance has been appointed by Henderson Private Capital to auction the TopGolf chain of high-tech driving ranges. It is expected to fetch up to £25m. There are three sites in Watf... [more]

Horner Brothers Print Group, the Rotherham-based stationery printer with 170 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Stanley Leisure has acquired MLG Investments, the operator of two casinos in Southend, as well as the Triangle casino in Bristol for a total £30m.... [more]

BNS Telecom has acquired Telecom Asia, the mobile data services provider, for £0.5m.... [more]

Deloitte has sold the UK franchise for the Kookai fashion brand out of administration to a joint venture of Amery Capital and Kookai SA, securing the future of about 400 jobs at almost 40 stores.... [more]

Rightmove is planning a flotation in the spring, which could value the online property business at up to £300m.... [more]

HPJ UK has been bought out of administration by its founding family, securing the future of 465 jobs at 73 jewellery stores.... [more]

Rexam is to acquire FangXin's beauty packaging business in China for £42m.... [more]