The financial backers of XL Leisure Group are reportedly considering their financial options for the company. The specifics of the current funding arrangements provided by Barclays and Straumur of Ice... [more]

Bodycote, the engineering group, has sold its testing business to private equity group Clayton, Dubilier and Rice for £417m. The specialist thermal engineer, which provides heat-treated metals to airc... [more]

Nestor Healthcare, the private sector healthcare provider, is looking for a buyer for all or part of its group of social care and primary care businesses. The sale will help pay off over £60 million o... [more]

Bodycote is to sell its Testing Strategic Business Unit to Clayton Dubilier & Rice for £417m. The sale is to inlude 130 laboratories in over 25 countries worldwide, in order to focus on thermal proces... [more]

Charisma Colourprint, the Sheffield-based commercial printing firm, has been bought out of administration by Progressive Print Solutions of Leeds. 34 of the 50 jobs have been secured.... [more]

LV, formerly known as Liverpool Victoria, is going to buy Highway Insurance Group for £150m.... [more]

Proventec has bought a 60% stake in Frank, the German manufacturer of hygienic products and high pressure washers with 25 employees.... [more]

United Business Media has purchased Pyramid Research, the telecoms market research company with 50 employees in the US, London and Hong Kong, for £4m.... [more]

Melrose has bought the Canadian and Welsh operations of Fishercast Global Corporation, the manufacturer of high-precision zinc and magnesium components, with the aim of expanding its Dynacast division... [more]

Knowles Surfacing, the Ellesmere Port-based road surfacing company with 32 employees, has undergone a management buy-in for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Countrywide Residential Lettings has purchased Specialist Lettings Management, the chain of nine letting agencies in Blackpool, Bolton, Brighouse, Doncaster, Hull, Lincoln, Southport, Stockton and Sun... [more]

Triton Group has bought VisualSoft, the Aberdeen-based subsea services firm with nine employees.... [more]

Les Engineering, the Grimsby-based project management and fabrication company with 700 employees, has been acquired by Jacobs Engineering Group of the US for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

Alcontrol, the UK-based laboratory testing services group, may go on the market.Owner Candover, a buyout group, has been discussing strategic options for the business with investment bank Credit Suiss... [more]

Sareum Holdings has sold some of the assets of its Sareum drug discovery service subsidiary to Galapagos of the Netherlands for £600k. Five staff have been transfered to BioFocus DPI in Saffron Walden... [more]

Kelan Circuits has bought the assets of MI Watson, the Leicestershire-based supplier of electric motor components, for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

Hill & Smith is going to buy Creative Pultrusions, the US manufacturer of glass-reinforced plastic products, in a deal worth £10m.... [more]

Imperial Energy, the oil exploration firm, is to be acquired by ONGC of India for £1.4bn.... [more]

Guiton Group has sold Channel Island Newsagents, the Jersey-based chain of 12 convenience stores, to Channel Island Wholesale Group for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

Estate agent Foxtons and BC Partners, its private equity owner, have appointed NM Rothschild to carry out a review of the business, according to reports.Options being considered for the estate agent i... [more]