Centaur Media, the publisher of The Lawyer and Mortgage Strategy, is set to implement a review of the business which may result in an MBO. ... [more]

British banking group HSBC is mulling a sale of its train-leasing division, HSBC Rail. HSBC is under increasing pressure to offload noncore assets in order to generate cash, after huge write-downs res... [more]

The chief executive of Standard Life, Sandy Crombie, has suggested that the insurer may sell off its underperforming banking business, which has been experiencing liquidity problems as a result of the... [more]

Asda, the Wal-Mart owned UK supermarket chain, is seeking a buyer for Gazeley, its global property development business, in a deal worth £400m.Gazeley is one of the biggest industrial property develop... [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]

HSBC has decided to sell a large part of its French retail banking business, the move would mirror demands by a rebel investor that it reduce its presence in countries where it has little chance of ga... [more]

The debt collection and finance group, London Scottish Bank (LSB), may sell its invoice finance business, in order to repair its capital base after breaching regulatory rules last year. NM Rothschild ... [more]

UK-based mortgage broker John Charcol is thought to be up for sale with a £50m asking price. ... [more]