The home textiles 230-store chain, Rosebys, has gone on to the market after going into administration due to financial difficulties.Howard Smith, Richard Fleming and Mark Firmin from KPMG Restructurin... [more]

Bradford & Bingley is to be nationalised with the government acquiring its £50bn mortgages and loans, while its £20bn savings business and branches will be acquired by Santander of Spain.... [more]

Spice has acquired Mono Services, the Eccles-based housing maintenance firm with 123 staff, from Mavinwood for £0.5m.... [more]

Cobra Holdings has acquired Opal Mortgage Life & Pensions, the London-based independent financial adviser, for up to £0.5m.... [more]

Norton & Townsend, the London-based network of bespoke tailors, has been bought out of administration by Salts of Saltaire for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Centrica has acquired Solar Technologies Group, the solar energy installation contractor, for £2.8m.... [more]

It has been confirmed by the Government that Bradford & Bingley (B&B) bank will be nationalised. The government is to manage the bank's £50bn in mortgages and loans. Spain's biggest lender, will pay £... [more]

Amcor Flexibles has sold their Thetford-based barrier film plant, AF Camvac, to manufacturing investment specialist, Gil Investments.Camvac has annual sales of £20m and 114 staff. Camvac was acquired ... [more]

Essex-based furniture importer and supplier, Willis Gambier, has gone into administration, with the potential loss of 130 jobs.The furniture supplier to Marks & Spencer, Laura Ashley and John Lewis ha... [more]

Bloomsbury Publishing is going to buy Oxford International Publishers, the Oxford-based independent academic publishing company trading as Berg with 15 employees, for £2m.... [more]

French energy group EDF are to put four sites, for building new reactors, on the market after the £12.5bn purchase of British Energy.The sites, which are likely to be put up for sale, include Dungenes... [more]

FXOnline, the Japanese foreign exchange trading firm with 45 employees, is going to sell an 87% stake in the business to IG Group, for £112m.... [more]

St Ives is to dispose of its Dutch music and multimedia business to management in a deal worth £2.1m.... [more]

Folder Media has bought Fun Radio, the children's broadcaster, for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

Griffiths & Armour is to sell its financial services division to Charles Stanley. 35 Liverpool-based employees will be transferred.... [more]

TRO, the events agency with 150 staff in Norwich and Wymondham, has been bought by CPM Group for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

AESSEAL is to transfer production of some mechanical seals from India to Rotherham following the acquisition of Standard Seals of India. AESSEAL has also purchased US-based Mechanical Seal & Service ... [more]

Archbold Logistics has bought Direct Pallet Services, the Nuneaton-based transport firm with 52 employees and 30 vehicles.... [more]

Ultima Networks has purchased JCS for £300k, in order to expand its Cognito legal software division.... [more]

France-based RIBER has bought Oxford Instruments' Molecular Beam Epitaxy service and support business for £300k.... [more]