Ness Motors has acquired a Renault dealership with 31 staff in Perth for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Punch Taverns is planning to sell 290 pubs to US-based private equity firm GI Partners for £570m, including 50 Two for One sites, 15 Bar Room bars and 30 branded as Q's.... [more]

Time Warner, the parent company of internet provider AOL, has released the information memorandum for the sale of AOL Europe. The memo has been distributed by Citigroup, who are advising on the sale. ... [more]

JP Corry, the Belfast-based network of 14 builders' merchants, has been acquired by Saint-Gobain of France for £75m.... [more]

Yorkshire Building Society is to acquire Abbey National's Sharesave business for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Pitchmastic PmB, the Sheffield-based supplier of structural waterproofing and anti-skid roads with 44 staff, has been acquired by Washington-based GJP Holdings.... [more]

Yule Catto has sold its Reabrook chemical products business in Derbyshire to a management buy-out for £4m, securing the future of 200 jobs. The management team at Reabrook bought the business from Har... [more]

BAA, the airports operator, has accepted a £10bn takeover bid from a consortium led by Ferrovial of Spain. Ferrovial beat off competition from a consortium led by US bank Goldman Sachs, which said it ... [more]

Robert Wiseman Dairies is to acquire the Newlands Farm fresh milk business, including dairies at Pensilva and Okehampton, from Milk Link for £5.5m. Combined, the two businesses sell 32m litres of milk... [more]

The appointment of John von Spreckelsen as the new chairman of chocolatier Thorntons has prompted speculation that the company could be put up for sale. Spreckelsen, the former Somerfield chairman, ha... [more]

Photo-Me International, the UK-based operator of photo kiosks, has conducted a strategic review of the company that could lead to a sale. JP Morgan Cazenove have been appointed as advisors. Sources re... [more]

Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), the UK-listed chemicals group, is considering a sale of its oleo-chemicals unit Uniqema. Analysts also predict that this could lead to further divestments from with... [more]

Claimar Care Group is to acquire Medgal Care, the domiciliary care provider based in Dukinfield, Cheshire, for £0.3m.... [more]

Karspace Management, the Kent-based provider of car park and traffic management services, has been acquired by Mission Capital for up to £2.6m.... [more]

Umeco is to acquire Aerodyne Advanced Composites, the South African automotive composites manufacturer with 130 staff, for an initial £1.5m.... [more]

UK Automatic Vending Supplies, the St Helens-based ingredients supplier with 35 staff, is to be acquired by Eurogran of Denmark for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Castlebeck Care Holdings, Britain's largest independent provider of specialist services for adults with learning disabilities, has been put up for sale by its owners HG Capital. HG, which has a strong... [more]

Linde, the German industrial gas company, is expected to dispose of logistics business Gist once it completes its acquisition of BOC, the listed UK industrial gas company this summer. Gist, currently ... [more]

Astraeus, the UK's 13th largest airline, has been put up for sale following two expressions of interest earlier in the year. Paul Herman, a director of Cavendish Corporate Finance, will oversee the sa... [more]

Charles Taylor Consulting has acquired Vertex Administration, the Isle of Man-based supplier of software to the international insurance and pensions industry, for undisclosed terms.... [more]