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]

CVS has acquired Michael Gourley, the Manchester-based chain of six veterinary surgeries, taking its total number of branches to 140.... [more]

Braemar Shipping Services has acquired Steege Kingston Partnership, the provider of loss adjusting services to the energy, marine and power sectors with 62 staff in London, Singapore, Canada, Mexico a... [more]

Rotary Group, the Newtownabbey-based building services firm with 2,000 staff in eight countries, is to merge with Hastie Group of Australia to create a combined group with 6,000 staff and annual reven... [more]

Contract Foods, the Redditch-based provider of food manufacturing services with 120 staff, has been acquired by Huegli Holding of Switzerland for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Watson Fuels has acquired a fuel depot previously operated by CPL Petroleum in Diss, taking its nationwide chain to 31.... [more]

Interframe, the Paignton-based window manufacturer with 144 staff, has been bought out of administration by Solar Windows of Caerphilly for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Powerleague has bought five indoor football centres in Manchester, Blackburn, Wigan, Derby and North Shields from JJB Sports for £17m.... [more]

Getty Images, the world's largest photograph bank, has been sold to Hellman & Friedman, a private equity firm, for $2.4bn (£1.2bn). It was previously noted by the Business Sale Report in January that ... [more]