UK publisher Trinity Mirror could dispose of just its Scottish newspapers. A Numis analyst has said it would not be easy to divide the north-of-the-border titles from the rest but said such a sale cou... [more]

Investors in Prudential, the listed insurance giant, are pushing for the disposal of the UK assets according to reports. According to a person familiar with the matter, several major shareholders are ... [more]

The Royal Bank of Scotland is considering selling its majority stake in the Cannons gym chain according to reports. UK-based Cannons could fetch up to £400m, the report said, noting that RBS had been ... [more]

Frost Cars has acquired the City Vauxhall car dealership in Chichester from City Motor Holdings for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Stephen James has acquired three BMW and two Mini car dealerships in the South East from the Whitehouse Group for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Willmott Dixon is to sell its Widacre social housing division to Inspace for £65m.... [more]

Premier Farnell is to sell KENT, its automotive consumables business, to Barnes Group of the US for £22m.... [more]

Deloitte & Touche has sold the Fine Colour Whitham packaging business out of administration to Southern Enterprise Group, securing the future of 83 jobs.... [more]

Misys is to sell Apollo, its French asset management business, to Atos Euronext Market Solutions for £1.6m.... [more]

Trinity Mirror is to sell its Inside Communications magazines and exhibitions business to Ocean Media for £41m.... [more]

Terra Firma is to sell the waste disposal business of Waste Recycling Group to FCC of Spain for £1.4bn. The acquisition is the largest ever made by FCC ( Fomento de Construcciones & Contratas) and wil... [more]

Sea Containers, the US-listed shipping firm, is working on a sale of its GNER UK railway business. The business could be worth £200m. Cash from a sale would be put towards paying down debt. Sources sa... [more]

Biro, the private Austrian manufacturer of steel/glass, bridge and stage components, has put up its UK-based subsidiaries for sale. UK subsidiaries consist of one company in Scotland and one in Englan... [more]

Audus Noble has sold its PVC jars and cap moulds operation out of administration to Northumbria Blow Mouldings.... [more]

Bobst has sold Apollo, its Bedfordshire-based packaging machinery business with 15 staff, to a new company called Apollo Sheeters.... [more]

Pan Fish, the listed Norwegian fishing company, rejects speculation that its merger with private Dutch fish-farmer, Marine Harvest, could be stopped by UK competition authorities wish to investigate t... [more]

Commerzbank, the German-listed bank, has hired JPMorgan Cazenove to advise on its listing of UK-based asset management division Jupiter. Commerzbank said that it is considering all possible options wh... [more]

Misys, the listed UK-based computer software developer, will be broken up and sold in parts once taken over by new owners, sources close to Misys believe. Misys is made up of three business units: Mi... [more]

MyTravel is to acquire Encore Cruises, the Canadian cruise holidays company, from First Choice for £1.8m.... [more]

PGI Group is to sell Chillington, its Walsall-based wheelbarrow manufacturing division, to Bescot Construction Tools for £0.8m.... [more]