The sale of Eggborough Power Station is to begin this week with investment bank Greenhill contacting potential suitors. The Yorkshire plant, owned by Brithish Energy, is expected to attract interest f... [more]

Charterhouse has acquired Intelligent Print Solutions, the Kent-based print management company, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

AT Communications is to acquire Britannia Telecom, the Bolton-based voice and data reseller, for £3.8m.... [more]

SMC Group is to acquire Charter Partnership, the architecture firm with 120 staff at offices in London, Bedford, Bournemouth and Ipswich, for an initial £3.6m. Aim-listed SMC will also hand over a fur... [more]

CareTech has acquired Lonsdale Midlands, the provider of learning disability care services with 28 sites, for £15m.... [more]

Talks between Ickworth Hotel and country house chain Von Essen Hotels have been terminated, leaving Ickworth available to other interested parties. Ickworth Hotel, which is owned by Luxury Family Hote... [more]

Northern Foods, the UK-listed food company, has confirmed that it will dispose of non-core assets and has indicated that it hopes to fetch £200m from the sale. The company named NFT distribution and S... [more]

Field & Lawn Marquees has acquired The Marquee Company of Northampton for £1m, and is now looking to double in size by 2011.... [more]

Cinque Ports has acquired South Devon Parks, the operator of caravan parks in Paignton and Dawlish, for £10m.... [more]

Peak Group, the Aberdeen-based oilfield services company, is to be acquired by Ability Group of Norway for about £26m.... [more]

UK furniture group MFI is to auction off its 200 retail premises in an effort to revive its fortunes. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein will handle the sale. Retail operations for the group have been per... [more]

Telent, the telecom support services company with 2,000 staff at sites in Coventry, Chorley and Basildon, has accepted a £346m takeover offer from Fortress Investment Group of the US. Telent, which is... [more]

United Co-operatives has acquired P Williams, the chain of 56 pharmacy branches with 600 staff in the North West and East Midlands, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Mayborn, the supplier of baby products, is to be acquired by Jake Acquisitions, a 3i subsidiary, for £116m. Mayborn, whose brands include Tommee Tippee, is to pay 500p a share in cash. Shares in Maybo... [more]

The UK-listed medical diagnostics company Ferraris is to sell off its respiratory and cardiac units in order to pay off debts. If these fail to sell then the company will have to look at other disposa... [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]

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]

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]