It has been reported that a sale of Resolution Life, the closed life assurance consolidator, could prompt its rival Pearl Group, controlled by Hugh Osmond, to consider a sale. Pearl's embedded value h... [more]

West Coast Energy, the renewable energy provider based in Wales and Scotland, is tipped to sell off a number of its UK wind projects following the sale of the Darracott wind farm to Iberdola, the Span... [more]

There have been reports that Rentokil Initial, the UK-listed business services company, is considering a number of disposals amid declining pre-tax profits. Swedish security fim Securitas and British ... [more]

Media Square has sold Karen Earl Sponsorship, the London-based sports sponsorship consultancy, to The Engine Group for £3.5m. KES provides strategic consultancy through to sponsorship activation and o... [more]

Tenon Recovery has sold 123 of the Three Cooks bakery outlets out of administration to Cooks the Bakery, while 37 sites have been closed.... [more]

Cineworld, the UK cinema chain majority owned by private equity group Blackstone, is considering a sale or flotation. The company is reportedly holding talks with rival cinema chains Odeon and Vue abo... [more]

Deutsche Telekom is reportedly under pressure to sell its T-Mobile operations in the US after Laxey Partners, the UK hedge fund bought a significant stake in the company. Laxey director Colin Kingsnor... [more]

National Australia Bank has stressed that its UK operations are not for sale as it announced results for the 2006 financial year showing a 17 per cent rise in profits despite a 46 per cent increase in... [more]

ICI, the UK-listed chemicals group, is rumoured to be considering a sale of its Quest operations. Quest, which is based in Holland, manufactures flavours and fragrances for home products and foods and... [more]

The Northern Irish construction company Lagan Group is tipped to dispose of its asphalt and quarrying division. Quarrying accounts for around 25% of the group's revenues and was Lagan's original busin... [more]

Severn Trent has sold Severn Trent Property, including 500 acres of development land in distribution hubs across the Midlands, to Prologis Development for £72m.... [more]

Balls Brothers has acquired the Lewis & Clarke chain of seven gastro pubs in London for undisclosed terms.... [more]

British Airways is to sell its BA Connect regional airline operations in Manchester and Birmingham to Flybe for undisclosed terms, with the loss of a couple of hundred jobs"."... [more]

Jarvis is to sell its Prismo road markings business to Ennis Paint of the US for £9.5m.... [more]

Cognetas may have appointed Close Brothers to proceed with an auction of its Capital Safety business, the UK-based safety equipment manufacturer. Investment banks have started looking to provide debt ... [more]

James Fisher Defence has agreed a deal with the Defence Sales Agency to acquire the assets of the UK submarine rescue service for undisclosed terms, in order to provide rescue services to other countr... [more]

Kroll, the New-York based risk consultancy, has announced its intention to sell Kroll Security International, its UK-based subsidiary which provides security services in Iraq and Afghanistan. ... [more]

The CEO of UK-listed electronics group Filtronic has announced that the group would be open to offers for its defence electronic and compound semi conductor businesses. The units are Filtronic's only ... [more]

Dominion, the US energy producer, has announced it is to put the majority of its oil and natural gas production assets up for sale.... [more]

Just Car Clinics has bought two car accident repair businesses from the Ilkeston Consumer Co-operative Society for £0.2m, including sites in Ilkeston and Grantham.... [more]