Cope Allman Plastic Packaging is to acquire Jaycare, the North Tyneside-based packaging manufacturer with 200 staff, out of administration.... [more]

Portman Travel has acquired Fleet Street Travel, the business travel management company with offices in Chertsey, London, Knutsford, Newcastle, Ireland and the Netherlands, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Peel Ports has sold Roadferry Holdings, the Leyland-based haulage firm with annual turnover of £48m, to DSV Road Holdings of Denmark for undisclosed terms.... [more]

BSS Group has acquired Birchwood Products, the Nottingham-based building products supplier, for up to £22m.... [more]

Pickfords, the Enfield-based removals and storage company, has been sold by Sirva to Team Relocations for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Barclays is to acquire Expobank, the Russian retail and commercial bank with 32 branches, for £373m.... [more]

The UK’s biggest property group, Land Securities, started an auction for its Trillium outsourcing business recently. The business could sell for up to £1.5bn. The property group has had many approache... [more]

Pub and restaurant operator, Mitchells & Butlers, is currently preparing for an auction. The business could sell for £2.5bn. Private equity bidders for the West Midlands-based owner of O’Neills and A... [more]

ABC Learning, the Australian educational group, may be forced to sell its Busy Bees and Leapfrog nursery chains. The two chains combined operate 133 nurseries in the UK, 11 of which are in London. ABC... [more]

Rentokil Initial, the services group, received its second profits warning in the space of two months, sending its shares down by more than a fifth. In December last year, the company announced that it... [more]

Concentric, the Birmingham-based engine pump manufacturer with 300 staff, is to be acquired by Haldex of Sweden for undisclosed terms.... [more]

North Yorkshire Timber has acquired Tom Swan, the North Shields-based builders' merchant with 12 staff.... [more]

Simpson Bros, the York-based car salvage firm with 55 staff, has been acquired by Copart of the US for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Foray Motor Group of Salisbury has acquired a Ford car dealership in Poole, taking its total chain to seven.... [more]

BP have suggested that its alternative energy division could be placed on the market for £3.5bn, in order to take advantage of rising values in the renewable sector. ... [more]

The New Connaught Rooms, one of London's most prestigious connference venues is rumoured to have been quietly put on the market by Choice Hotels. Based in Great Queen Streeet in Covent Garden, The New... [more]

Organix Brands, the Dorset-based baby food manufacturer, is expected to be acquired by Hero Group of Switzerland.... [more]

Designcapital has acquired Artelano, the French designer furniture manufacturer, for £1.2m, and plans to open an Artelano shop in London.... [more]

High street womens clothing chain, Select, was put into administration last week after experiencing low trading levels. The action has saved roughly 1,000 jobs in the company.Administrators, UHY Hacke... [more]

BAA, the airport company, could possibly be forced to put one of its airports on the market as Ferrovial, its Spanish owner, admitted that it will be another three to four months before it can finish ... [more]