ILX Group is to acquire The Corporate Training Group, the London-based financial training company with 16 staff, for an initial £7m. The consideration will be satisfied by £5m in cash and the remainde... [more]

Fitness First has acquired three LivingWell health clubs in Australia from Hilton Hotels Corporation for about £10m, and HHC is now looking to sell its 25 UK clubs.... [more]

Rank is to sell its DVD replication and media distribution operations in West Sussex and Enfield to Sony for £5.9m.... [more]

Brambles has sold Cleanaway UK, its waste disposal business with 7,500 staff and two recycling facilities in Greenwich and Rainham, to Veolia Environnement of France for £595m. Veolia operates extensi... [more]

Shanks has acquired Smink Beheer, the Dutch waste management company with 170 staff, for £59m.... [more]

Spacelabs Healthcare is to acquire Del Mar Reynolds Medical, the cardiac monitoring business, from Ferraris Group for £14m. A further £5m is payable subject to Del Mar hitting agreed targets for the n... [more]

Seymour Pierce, the UK broker, is set to hire Lexicon Partners to advise on a sale. Speculation about a sale has increased recently, with rumours that Seymour has been approached by a potential buyer... [more]

The Sierra Leone Diamond Company (SLDC), the UK listed gems miner, could be sold off. SLDC is said to have been approached by Audley Capital, the investment fund, which is offering £2.75 a share. Au... [more]

Bulldog, the UK ISP owned by listed Cable & Wireless, is said to be up for sale. NM Rothschild has been mandated to sell off Bulldog and has requested manifestations of interest from potential bidders... [more]