Cable and Wireless, the UK-listed cable telecoms group is considering a sale as one of a number of options for its internet service provider Bulldog. Other options are said to include a joint venture,... [more]

Old Orleans, the restaurant chain put up for sale by Punch Taverns, has reportedly attracted interest from the privately-owned restaurant group Paramount. Punch is tipped to make £25m to £30m from the... [more]

Exeter & Devon Airport is expected to distribute an information memorandum on 1st of June to prospective buyers. The airport, which is currently owned by Devon City Council, has attracted around 60 in... [more]

Acal, the UK-listed electronics group, has stated that it is open to offers for Vertec, its UK-based medical instruments business. The company has recently reached agreement for the sale of its refrid... [more]

All3Media, the global production and distribution company owned by Bridgpont, may be sold to a larger buyout firm or listed on the market. A sale would enable Bridgepont to exit All3Media with some ta... [more]

Holidaybreak, the UK-listed travel operator, has confirmed that its camping division is up for sale, with a price tag of between £100m and £150m. ... [more]

Northern Foods is understood to have been in talks with several financial advisers regarding the sale of some of its bakery businesses. The company, which manufactures supermarket branded goods includ... [more]

Azzuri Communications, one of Britain's fastest growing telecoms companies, may opt for a sale rather than going ahead with its planned flotation of the business. A final decision is expected to be ma... [more]

One of London's top tourist spots, Covent Garden Market, is rumoured to be up for sale for around £350m. Investment firm Joiner Cummings have been hired to manage the sale and are expected to be conta... [more]

ADL is to acquire the Solutions 40-bed nursing home in Leeds for £2.3m, taking its total chain of care homes to 12.... [more]

Acal is to sell its air conditioning and refrigeration business to Parker Hannifin International for an initial £8m, including sites in the UK, France, Germany and the US.... [more]

Associated British Ports has sold its AMPORTS business in the US to an affiliate of Lincolnshire Equity Fund for £57m.... [more]

Bloomsbury Publishing has acquired Methuen Drama for £2.3m, in order to expand its A&C Black subsidiary.... [more]

Newcastle Building Society is to acquire Universal, its smaller local rival with 130 staff, and four Universal branches are expected to close.... [more]

Bertelsmann, the global media and entertainment company, is to sell its music publishing business BMG Music Publishing. The sale will help Bertelsmann raise finance for its $5.7bn buyback of a one qua... [more]

Augean has acquired Credential Hazardous Waste, the hazardous waste collection and transfer company with sites in Hinckley and Worcester, for £8.1m.... [more]

Capita Symonds has acquired Ruddle Wilkinson, the firm of architects with offices in Peterborough and London, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

DCS Group, the Warwickshire-based software company, is to be acquired by Reynolds & Reynolds of the US for £11m. DCS' subsidiary, DCS Automotive, provides software and information technology services ... [more]

IPT is to acquire Directinet, the French online marketing company, for £22m, funded by a £11m share placing.... [more]

Invensys has sold its building management systems operations in the US and Asia to Schneider Electric of France for £157m.... [more]