There are rumours that Time Warner, the global media group, may be tempted to put IPC, its UK magazine publishing business, up for sale amid increasing levels of interest from private equity groups. ... [more]

Barclays Bank is to sell some of its vendor finance operations in the UK and Germany to CIT Group of the US, including gross assets of £1.1bn.... [more]

Acambis has sold Berna Products, the US-based distributor of oral typhoid vaccines with 15 staff, to Crucell for £9m.... [more]

Vebnet has acquired 4th Contact, the London-based employee benefits software company with 11 staff, from Star Technology for £661m. The deal consists of a cash consideration of £319,000 with the remai... [more]

Filtronic is reportedly considering further disposals following the sale of its wireless infrastructure division. The UK-listed electronics group is in the final stages of agreeing a sale to US compan... [more]

Huntsman is to sell its Teesside-based European base chemicals and polymers division to Saudi Basic Industries Corporation by the end of the year, with the transfer of about 840 jobs.... [more]

There are rumours of a potential disposal by Invensys of its rail signaling division. Analysts following Invensys have said the rail systems division is doing very well and Invensys could profit from ... [more]

Dutch publisher Wolters Kluwer is tipped to sell off its education business, Wolters Kluwer Education, after appointing Lehman Brothers to look at strategic alternatives for the division as part of a ... [more]

Aggreko has acquired General Electric's energy rentals division for £112m, in order to expand its portable power generators business into new markets around the world.... [more]

Severn Trent is to sell Severn Trent Laboratories, its US analytical environmental testing business, to TestAmerica Holdings for £85m.... [more]

Italian ISP Tiscali has reportedly denied that it is to sell its UK operations following speculation of a possible approach from BT. Tiscali UK is estimated to be worth up to EUR 750m.... [more]

Gerald Ratner, the British entrepreneur, could reportedly sell off Ernest Jones, his high street jewellery business, if he succeeds in acquiring the British arm of Signet. Ratner has announced that he... [more]

Gresham Private Equity is reportedly to sell its majority shareholding in the Individual Restaurant Company, the UK-based restaurant group which owns the Piccolinos and Restaurant Bar & Grill chains. ... [more]

Henderson Equity Partners is to sell its magazine publishing business, Boat International, with an asking price of £30m. It has reportedly hired boutique advisory firm Longacre to advise on the sale. ... [more]

Medical Solutions is to sell its Dubai-based pathology business to Global Fund Company Bahrain, Global Investment House KSCC of Kuwait and International Healthcare Holdings for £16m.... [more]

Ilkeston Co-op Motor Group has sold a Citroen, Mazda and Seat car dealership in Lincoln to Advantage Motor Group of Mansfield, and six of the site's 90 jobs will be lost.... [more]

Henderson Infrastructure Holdco, part of fund management company Henderson Global Investors, may sell Chiltern Railways if its offer for UK construction company John Laing is accepted. Chiltern Railwa... [more]

Talisman Energy, the Canadian oil and gas company, is to sell its non-core assets in the Brae area of the UK North Sea. The assets consist of an 18% interest in the South, North, Central, West Brae an... [more]

Saga, the holidays and finance group focused on people over 50, is planning to sell its radio assets, according to reports and it could be worth £100m. The group has hired KPMG Corporate Finance to ma... [more]

MFI is planning to sell its 200 furniture stores to Merchant Equity Partners for a nominal sum, in order to focus on its Howden Joinery business.... [more]