B3 Cable Solutions has bought the Irish cable manufacturing business of ABB, which employs 140 staff in Co Longford, for undisclosed terms, and is now seeking acquisitions in Eastern Europe and the Fa... [more]

Electract, the Leicestershire-based electrical contractor with 150 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Charles Wells has acquired ten freehold pubs from Traditional Freehouses of East London for £9m.... [more]

DatingDirect, the Birmingham-based online dating company, is to be acquired by Meetic of France for £27m.... [more]

Aon Corporation, the US-listed insurance and risk management company, is to put its UK-based multi-manager operation up for sale.... [more]

The sale process for Dutch educational publisher Wolters Kluwer is thought to be underway after reports that sale details have been distributed to potential buyers. The company has a price tag of arou... [more]

Stephen Clark Fabrications, the sheet metal fabricator based in Scotland, has been put up for sale after the loss of two of its key clients forced the firm into administration.... [more]

Administrators at Wigan-based television retailer H Plumb and Son say they may be able to sell part of the business after the company went into liquidation. ... [more]

Evolutec, the AIM-listed biopharmaceutical company, is reportedly up for sale after the failure of one of its main products in a drugs trial.... [more]

Music Zone, one of the UK's largest music and DVD retailers, has gone into administration following a decision by its bankers, the Bank of Ireland, that it could “no longer support the business”.... [more]

Greeting Card Group, the UK's second largest retailer of cards and gifts, has entered administration, putting 2,500 jobs under threat. The company, whose brands include Cardfair and Card Warehouse, ha... [more]

US pharmaceutical company Tripos Inc. has agreed to sell its UK-based Discovery Reasearch division to Provid Pharmaceuticals Inc., a drug discovery company based in New Jersey. ... [more]

The Royal Bank of Scotland is thought to have secured a deal to sell 47 UK Marriott hotels to an Israeli property company and its partners for £1.1bn. ... [more]

Little Chef, the UK roadside restaurant chain, is considering a sale of all or part of the business in an attempt to save itself from administration.... [more]

First Choice, the UK-listed holiday company, has announced that it has acquired online hotel booking website LateRooms for up to £120m.... [more]