Harris, the US-based investment firm which owns a 13% shareholding in Signet, the UK-listed jewellery retailer, said that although it was pleased that Signet's bid discussions with the buyout groups ... [more]

BBA is still looking at a sale of its Fiberweb fabrics subsidiary. The UK-listed textile technology group, might still sell the division rather than float it. BBA shares have been valued at £1.34bn. ... [more]

Rank Group, the UK-listed leisure firm, might soon announce plans to sell its US vacations arm, according to rumours. Rank Group's market capitalisation stands at £1.23bn.... [more]

Unilever is to sell its Birds Eye and Iglo frozen food brands to private equity firm Permira for £1.16bn, including operations in the UK, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Portugal and the N... [more]

Rank has sold the Clermont Club casino in London to BIL International of Singapore for £31m.... [more]

TNT has sold its logistics division, which includes 7,500 staff in the UK, to US-based private equity firm Apollo Management for £1bn.... [more]

Tarmac has sold its TopPave concrete landscaping blocks business, including sites in Pocklington and Poole, to Brett Landscaping & Building Products for undisclosed terms.... [more]

BAE, the UK-listed engineering firm, may be forced to sell its naval division if it cannot secure further shipbuilding contracts from the government. The comments came from BAE chief executive Mike Tu... [more]

HBOS has put its Town Centre Restaurants business up for sale with a pricetag of £40m, reportedly hiring BDO Stoy Hayward as its advisers. The Town Centre group includes the brands Cafe Giardino and A... [more]

Peel Ports, the UK's second largest port company which owns the Mersey Docks and the Manchester ship canal, may be partially up for sale. Investment bank Rothschild has been hired to find potential bi... [more]

UK retail group AWG Property is rumoured to be reviewing the options for Shawlands, the shopping mall it acquired in July. Tesco, Asda and Waitrose are all tipped to be interested in the Glasgow devel... [more]

AEA Technology is to sell its railway consultancy and signalling operations to companies represented by Vision Capital Group for up to £58m.... [more]

Tangerine Confectionery has bought the Blackpool-based sugar confectionery division of Burton's Foods for about £10m, increasing its workforce by 180 to 630.... [more]

RWE has extended a deadline for bids for its Thames Water business. However, RWE, the listed German energy firm, has stressed that it would complete the sale of Thames Water, its UK-based water utili... [more]

Hilton Hotels Corporation is to sell its chain of 24 LivingWell health and fitness clubs to Bannatyne Fitness for about £90m.... [more]

Serco, the UK-listed support-services group may sell a number of its PFI assets. Serco has confirmed that it has held discussions with potential investors regarding the possible sale of its investment... [more]

Provalis is to sell its medical diagnostics business to Bio-Metrics UK for £1.6m, and the remaining company will be placed into members' voluntary liquidation.... [more]

Hilton Hotels, the listed California-based hotel operator, could sell some of its European hotels, according to an analyst report. According to a research report issued by JMP Securities, Hilton's man... [more]

Tomkins, the UK-listed engineering firm, could exit some commodity-based businesses in the automotive OE area, chief executive officer Jim Nicol said during 2006 interim results announcement today. H... [more]

The Mill, the UK-based post-production media group, has appointed LongAcre Partners to look into selling the business. The investment bank will consider both a float and a secondary buyout. The Mill i... [more]