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]

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

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]

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

Redstone has acquired Tolerant Group, the Stoke-on-Trent-based network security solutions company with 36 staff, for £3.7m. The Tolerant Group consists of Tolerant Systems Ltd, Net-Adept Limited, Net... [more]

RPS has acquired Burks Green, the Newark-based architectural firm with about 200 staff, as well as associated companies Basicshare and Martindale Holdings, for up to £21m. The deal comprises of a £9.9... [more]

Cramer Systems, the supplier of operations support systems software with offices in Bath and London, is to be acquired by Amdocs of the US for a cash consideration of £205m. Cramer produces network re... [more]

Ashtead is to acquire NationsRent, the US construction equipment rental company, for £548m.... [more]

Photo-Me International, the UK-listed photo kiosk operator, is near to finalizing its strategic review which could result in a sale, It has been reported. Photo-Me's market capitalisation stands at ... [more]

Intec Telecom Systems is to acquire EUR Systems, the US outsourced telecoms billing company, for about £7m.... [more]

Rok has acquired Kingfisher Building Company, the West Midlands-based social housing company with about 50 staff, for £4.5m. The deal comprises a £3.4m cash consideration, of which £1.1m is subject to... [more]