Chemring is to sell its McMurdo marine lights business to Daniament of Denmark for £2.8m, as part of a strategy to focus on countermeasures and energetics.... [more]

Barclays Bank is tipped to release sales memoranda for its leasing business within a week according to sources. Potential buyers linked to the sale are Siemens of Germany, Fortis of Belgium and Genera... [more]

The private equity group CapVest, owned by frozen seafood business Youngs Bluecrest, is tipped to form a consortium to bid for Unilever's frozen food businesses, Birds Eye and Iglo, which are up for s... [more]

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]

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]

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]

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

Alpha Strategic is to acquire Winton Advisors from Winton Capital Management of London for £0.3m.... [more]

Charterhouse Development Capital has sold Avent, the Suffolk-based baby products company, to Philips of the Netherlands for £460m. Avent, whose products include breast pumps, baby bottles, steam steri... [more]

MJ Gleeson, the listed UK construction company, has given an update on the Concrete Repairs and Engineering division. In a statement, it said that it is in advanced discussions regarding the sale of C... [more]

Amec's £680m sale of Spie, its French division, is likely to hasten the disposal of Amec's other two subsidiary businesses, it has been reported. It is believed that the nuclear and contracting divisi... [more]

Business Post Group, the UK-based mail delivery company, could dispose of its palletised delivery, known as UK Pallets, subsidiary according to some sources. UK Pallets had a turnover of £28m for the ... [more]

The BBC has been advised by a think tank to sell Radio 1 and Radio 2 to inject greater competition into Britain's radio market. The two stations are estimated to be worth at least £500m.... [more]

French private equity firm PAI Partners is looking at buyers for European retail giant Vivarte, which runs the Kookai franchise in the UK. A number of approaches were made to the firm at the start of ... [more]

Kimberly Clark, the listed Texas-based consumer and medical products group, have been tipped to dispose of their European nappy business by various sources. The business, which is marketed under the H... [more]

Holidaybreak, the UK tour operator, has revealed that it would consider a sale of its profitable camping division if a substantial offer was made. There has been interest in the business from both pri... [more]

TNT Post has acquired the JD Williams courier business from N Brown Group, which will enable it to offer a delivery service to 80% of the UK.... [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]