Troubled Tyneside shipbuilder Swan Hunter may be sold by its owner Jaap Kroese to prevent bankrupcy. The company, which is 146 years old and built both the Mauritania and the Carpathia, was rescued fr... [more]

Thomas Group, the UK leisure group, has been put up for sale after a number of approaches from interested parties. The family business, run by father and son Jimmy and Simon Thomas, owns a number of b... [more]

Linde, the German industrial gas company, is planning to sell its current UK industrial gas operations as a result of its acquisition of BOC, the listed UK industrial gas company. The takeover of BOC ... [more]

The UK-listed property services group Bizspace is expected to name Highcross, the Berkshire-based property fund manager, as the preferred bidder for the company. Bizspace has a market value of £70m.... [more]

Pentagon Protection, the supplier of specialist window films, has sold its GlassTech automotive division to management for a nominal sum.... [more]

DCC has acquired a 50% stake in William Tracey Group, the Glasgow-based recycling and waste management company with 255 staff, for £16m.... [more]

Viridor Waste Management has acquired Wyvern Waste Services, the landfill, power generation and recycling business, from Somerset County Council for £25m.... [more]

Maxima has acquired QED Business Systems, the Slough-based IT services company with 26 staff, for up to £4.8m.... [more]

United Business Media has sold Industrial Equipment Market and The Trader to Metropolis International for £9m, Trade-It to Friday-Ad for £4m and The Knowledge and Benn's Media to Wilmington for £1.6m.... [more]

T Jolly Services, the Lancashire-based building contractor with 140 staff, has merged with Norman Peplow Electrical, the Preston-based company with 19 staff.... [more]

Tarmac Minerals & Materials, the Stoke-on-Trent-based company with 70 staff, has been acquired by Prince Minerals of the US for about £4m.... [more]

Equator Group, the Aim-listed film library, is to acquire HandMade Holdings, the film production company, in a £15m reverse takeover.... [more]

Speedy Hire has acquired LCH Generators, the generator hire company with 196 staff at depots in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Wigan, Coventry, London and Portsmouth, for £55m. All 196 employees of recently sold ... [more]

Virgin Group has sold its V2 music publishing business to Morgan Stanley for undisclosed terms, in order to clear the way for the launch of a new music TV channel.... [more]

Tiso has acquired Alpine Bikes, the Scottish bicycle retailer with 50 staff at three stores and two concessions.... [more]

Universe Group, the UK-based retail and information company is to dispose of its currency division as part of a strategy to concentrate on its HTEC electronic transaction business. The currency divisi... [more]

Alliance Medical, the UK medical services group is reportedly very close to a sale, which is estimated to fetch up to EUR 728m.... [more]

CH4 Energy, the North Sea oil and gas company, is reportedly for sale. The company is owned by the UK venture capitalists 3i Group PLC, who are thought to have hired Jefferies, the US investment bank,... [more]

GlynWebb, the chain of 27 DIY stores with 650 staff, has been acquired by private equity fund Endless for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Garden Isle, the Wisbech-based frozen foods manufacturer with 130 staff, has been acquired by LambWeston Meijer for undisclosed terms.... [more]