Trinity Mirror, the UK-listed newspaper group, is selling its exhibitions and magazines business for £45m+. KPMG has been appointed as advisor to the sale of the non-core assets, according to sources.... [more]

ITV, the London-listed broadcaster, could sell its cinema unit, Carlton Screen Advertising, the Daily Mail reported without citing sources. The unit could fetch up to £80m but "no formal approaches" f... [more]

The smart health clubs company Esporta is in talks to sell its freehold property assets for more than £300m. It is understood that the group has received a number of unsolicited approaches about a po... [more]

UK hotel group Travelodge has reportedly received several initial offers from potential bidders, including buyout group BC Partners who may be prepared to offer up to £750m. US private equity group St... [more]

VI Group is to acquire Plastics & Computer International, the Italian plastics software consultancy, for £0.6m.... [more]

Real Affinity is to acquire Conferaccom, the Swindon-based events management company that trades as Venues Unlimited and has 85 staff, for up to £2m.... [more]

Atkins, the engineering consultancy and professional services group, has acquired programme management consultancy Mantix Group,for a cash consideration of £8.7m. Atkins' existing management consultan... [more]

Zetar is to acquire Humdinger, the Hull-based dried fruit supplier whose clients include Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons, for up to £13m. The deal consists of an initial £10m, with a further £3... [more]

Communications Direct has acquired Quay Contact, the Manchester-based mobile phone reseller with almost 100 staff, creating an enlarged group with the capacity for more than 700 operators at four site... [more]

European Colour, the Stockport-based pigments supplier, is to be acquired by a newly-formed company called Pochteca for £2.6m. Pochteca is a specially forned takeover vehicle created by European Colou... [more]

Custom Fleet, the Carlisle-based car leasing company with 60 staff, is to be acquired by GE Commercial Finance of the US, prompting speculation that it could be combined with the Manchester site of GE... [more]

Experian is to acquire Eiger Systems, the Rugby-based provider of bank account validation and payment processing systems with 80 staff.... [more]

The Doyle family, owners of Irish leisure company Jurys Doyle Hotel Group are reportedly to sell the Jurys Inn chain just eight months after their successful takeover of the group. Jurys Inn consists ... [more]

O2 is to acquire Be, the broadband internet provider, for £50m, as part of a strategy to integrate mobile phone and internet technology.... [more]

Exwold Technology, the Hartlepool-based agrochemicals company with 65 staff, has undergone a management buy-out, and has also announced the acquisition of Woking-based Crack Processing.... [more]

Charles Taylor Consulting has acquired MGI Loss Adjusters of Canada for up to £2.2m.... [more]

Lavendon has acquired AMP Access, the supplier of powered access machines with 57 staff at four depots in the south-west, for £3m.... [more]

Wolseley has spent a further £89m on seven acquisitions, including Ivybridge Building Supplies of Devon and a number of US-based distributors of plumbing and heating products.... [more]

Sykes Group has acquired Bennetts Typewriter & Office Supplies to create a combined Nottingham-based office products business with more than 70 staff.... [more]

Trainline, the online rail tickets supplier with 91 staff in Edinburgh and London and a further 600 staff at outsourced call centres, is to be sold to Exponent Private Equity for £163m.... [more]