Whitbread, the UK-listed leisure group, is negotiating a potential sale of its 50% shareholding in Pizza Hut to Yum Brands. Analysts estimate that £100m would be a reasonable price, due to Pizza Hut's... [more]

Dairy Crest is to acquire Express Dairies, including two dairies in Liverpool and Nottingham and 77 small distribution depots, from Arla Foods for £33m.... [more]

Accuma is to expand its personal debt advice business with the acquisition of Byrom & Keeley Financial Services for £5.8m and Loan Line for £10m.... [more]

Huveaux has acquired Political Wizard, the online political monitoring company, for up to £4.9m.... [more]

ADDleisure is to acquire a 90% stake in the In Moments company, in order to expand its fitness equipment business into high street fitness centres.... [more]

Willmott Dixon is to sell its Widacre social housing division to Inspace for £65m.... [more]

SimplySwitch, the private UK price comparison website, is for sale, according to rumours.uSwitch, sold for 30 times EBITDA and it is thought that SimplySwitch could sell for a similar multiple. Simply... [more]

Randox, the privately owned UK diagnostics company, could entertain a sale or an IPO in a bid to raise cash to commercialise its innovative biochip platform, according to Peter Fitzgerald founder and ... [more]

Martin Higginson, the ex-CEO and a major shareholder in Monstermob, the listed UK mobile content company, is open to a trade sale or MBO of all or part of the company. Higginson said, however, "I don'... [more]

Johnson Service Group could receive in excess of £60m for the dry-cleaning business it is auctioning, it has been reported. The assets up for sale comprise 580 outlets and include Jeeves and Johnsons ... [more]

Premier Farnell is to sell KENT, its automotive consumables business, to Barnes Group of the US for £22m.... [more]

BBI Holdings is to acquire Qnostics, the Glasgow-based supplier of molecular quality control reagents, for an initial £0.2m.... [more]

Hyder Consulting is to acquire ACLA, the planning and landscape architecture consultancy operating in China and Singapore, for an initial £3.2m.... [more]

Big Mouth Media has hired finance house Ion Equity to advise on options which include a sale, a floatation or a recapitalisation of the company. Steve Leach and Heather Luscombe founded the company in... [more]

Media Square, the UK-listed marketing services group, could make disposals to reduce its debt level, chief executive officer Jeremy Middleton said. Media Square was comfortable with its debt level, b... [more]

Microlease, the telecoms test equipment company, has undergone a £30m management buy-out backed by private equity firm LDC.... [more]

Polimoon is to acquire Plastohm, the French industrial moulding and packaging group with a site in Washington, Tyne & Wear, for about £27m.... [more]

Graphoprint, the Flintshire-based printing company, has undergone a management buy-in for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Deloitte & Touche has sold the Fine Colour Whitham packaging business out of administration to Southern Enterprise Group, securing the future of 83 jobs.... [more]

Appian Technology has acquired Genesis UK, the developer of automatic number plate recognition systems (ANPR) and traffic management products and solutions, for an initial £1.398m. The deal is in the ... [more]