Business Sale News in the Medical And Educational sector

One of the UK's largest providers of work-based apprenticeships and National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) could be placed on the market for between £25m [more]

LGC, the forensic science group that assists in police murder investigations and carries out paternity, food, drug and medical testing in the UK, has been put up for sale. [more]

Anglo-French private equity house Duke Street is understood to be sounding out potential buyers of a £50 million stake in [more]

Leading British methadone producer Martindale Pharmaceuticals has been put on the block by its US parent company Cardinal Health. [more]

Holidaybreak has plans to raise £31m from shareholders through a rights issue in order to expand PGL, its outdoor education busi [more]

Findel, the troubled home shopping and educational supplies group, has put its healthcare goods business up for sale to help reduce debt by £100m by 20 [more]

Learndirect, the internet-based training business founded by the state-backed University for Industry, may be privatised as government ministers examine its options. [more]

There are fears that if the local authorities cannot pay larger fees or if the government does not help the sector find capital, the credit crunch may force the closure of care homes. [more]

Doson Limited, a family-run care home group, has purchased three care homes from County Durham-based Autumn Care Group for £5 [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 of de [more]

ABC Learning Centres Limited has announced that an agreement had been reached for the sale of Busy Bees Childcare Vouchers Limited (BBCV), its UK voucher business, for £90m to Computershare Limited. The sale is expected to be completed 1 September [more]

The livingstone brothers, two of the UK's biggest property investors, have put a £400m portfolio of care homes on the market in what could be one of the biggest property deals of [more]

Four Seasons, the troubled nursing-home chain worth £1.3bn, is to be rescued by The Royal Bank of Scotland as the chain's owner, the Qatar Investment Authority, abandoned salv [more]

Classical music publisher, Boosey & Hawkes, was sold recently by its private equity owners, HgCapital, for £126m to Imag [more]

Bowmark Capital, the private equity group, has put its Education & Adventure Travel Group business on the market for a potential sale price of at least &pou [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. [more]

CeNeS, the pharmaceuticals developer, is in discussions which could lead to a sale of the UK company. [more]

Whatman, the DNA diagnostic specialist has confirmed that it has received a number of bid approaches after a report suggested four US private groups were interested in buying it. [more]

Positive Lifestyles, the south Wales specialist care home venture for people with learning difficulties, has been acquired by Sovereign Capital for an undisclosed sum. [more]

Olympus Corp, the Japanese medical equipment and digital camera maker, has announced that it has launched a £935m bid for Gyrus Group Plc, the British medical devices f [more]