Betgenius, the market-leading provider of technological and data-driven solutions to the sports betting industry, has announced a strategic review of the company that is likely to lead to a sale.... [more]

Positive Lifestyles, the south Wales specialist care home venture for people with learning difficulties, has been acquired by Sovereign Capital for an undisclosed sum.... [more]

AAC Capital Partners has put Fresh-Pak, a large supplier of fillings for the ready-made sandwich market, up for sale. Fresh-Pak is Europe's leading egg mayonnaise manufacturer and has sales of approxi... [more]

Anglo-Dutch publishing group Reed Elsevier has not managed to sell its devence conference businesses by the year end as hoped.... [more]

International Marketing & Sales Group Limited, the emerging markets focused sales & marketing company, has announced an agreement to acquire Shared Value Limited, the London-based capital markets comm... [more]

According to reports, US and UK banks are thought to be considering selling off parts of their businesses, ranging from branches to whole units, in recognition of crunch times ahead. Citigroup and HSB... [more]

Alfred McAlpine plc has announced that it has completed the sale of its Welsh Slate business, one of the world’s foremost producers of roofing and architectural slate. The unit, which operates from fo... [more]

Eastman Chemical Company has announced it has entered into definitive agreements with Indorama to sell its PET facility and related businesses in the United Kingdom, and its PET and PTA facilities and... [more]

The boards of Eden Bidco and Emap have announced that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash acquisition to be made by Eden Bidco of the entire issued and to be issued share ca... [more]

Administrators called in to a Newport steel plant are trying to find a buyer in the new year. The Alphasteel site, which went into administrative receivership on 21st, employs more than 400. The compa... [more]

Filtronic plc has announced a definitive agreement for the sale of all of the share capital of Filtronic Compound Semiconductors Limited to RF Micro Devices Inc for £12.5m cash.  The transaction is ex... [more]

Eckoh Plc, the British speech software firm, has said that it is in takeover talks after receiving offers for the business from more than one party. Eckoh is currently valued at £14.7m.... [more]

Equitable Life has decided to put itself up for sale after receiving takeover approaches, according to reports. The insurance mutual, which sensationally collapsed in 2000, was once worth £26bn. Today... [more]

Glen Group plc has announced that it has entered into a conditional agreement relating to the sale of the business and assets of its wholly owned subsidiaries, Eclectic Group Limited and I G Software ... [more]

Bank of England officials have said that Northern Rock's assets could be broken up and sold separately to other companies if the government takes control of the mortgage lender. The government is stil... [more]

According to reports UK-listed pharmaceutical company William Ransom & Son is considering selling its contract manufacturing unit. The company reported a fall in half-year profits for the period endin... [more]

Abbot Group, the Aberdeen-based oilfield services company, is to be acquired by private equity firm First Reserve Corp for £906m.... [more]

Mission Marketing Group has acquired RLA Group, the marketing agency with 60 staff in Bournemouth, Belfast and Edinburgh, for an initial £9.5m.... [more]

Pace Micro Technology is to acquire the set-top box and connectivity solutions business of Royal Philips Electronics for £68m, with the transfer of 335 staff mainly based in France.... [more]

Cobham is to acquire Lansdale, the US-based electronic warfare technology business with 400 staff, from BAe Systems for £120m.... [more]