News: 2010 - written by Chris St Cartmail

Administrators for two Scottish nursing homes are looking for buyers for the businesses, as their elderly residents begin searches for new homes, after the company behind the homes went into administration. [more]

A buyer is being sought for a Manchester-based manufacturer of personalised workwear, after it was placed into administration this week. [more]

Accounting firm Vantis is exploring an option of selling one part of its operations in an effort to reduce its £50 million debt bur [more]

It is understood that an auction for car MOT business Kwik-Fit is being considered by its French private equity owners, PAI Partners, after Kwik-Fit's insurance division was placed on the market in February this [more]

The long-established organic dairy food producer Rachel’s Dairy is being put on the market by its US owner, Dean Foods, for a reported £20 [more]

130-year-old Scottish knitwear manufacturing firm Peter Scott & Co has been placed into administration, leaving 150 jobs at r [more]

Two connected Cheshire haulage and storage businesses, DJM Logistics (UK) Ltd and DJM Transport Ltd, have both entered into administration, having buckled under the strain of difficult trading conditions. [more]

Europe's biggest TV, radio and production company, RTL, is gearing up to invite bids for TV channel Five after months of speculation about its fu [more]

The company behind many famous statues in London, including two of the lions in Trafalgar Square, has been placed in to administration. [more]

Garland Call Centres has been taken into administration, after losing some "key contracts". The move has led to the loss of over 1 [more]

G&H Web Offset, the printing subsidiary of the G&H group, has entered administration after what bosses said has been an "extremely tough" two years. The company temporarily laid off all 36 staff last month, a [more]

The new coalition government is thought likely to fulfill its promise on dropping corporation tax rates. The Tories have talked of cutting the main rate by three per cent to 25 per cent, and the small company rate from 22 per cent to 20 per cent. [more]

The company behind a planned 44-storey commercial property situated in the city centre of Manchester has entered administration. Bill Dawson and Ian Brown of Deloitte were brought in to Albany Crown, which [more]

A fortified banking hub in Glasgow belonging to the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has been put up for sale. [more]

The rate of failed businesses entering administration has fallen dramatically over the course of 12 months. In the first quarter of 2010, there were a total of 783 for England and Wales, compared with 1,311 in the same period last year. [more]

Rutland Partners has announced it is selling off the nursing care provider it purchased from Bupa for £9 million in 2 [more]

Total has decided to place its Lindsey Oil Refinery on the market in response to an over-capacity issue in the industry, according to reports. [more]

The manager of Wincanton Garden Centre says her company has fallen into the administration as a result of the closure of a nearby access road. [more]

As part of RBS's continued disposal of non-core operations, it is now seeking a sale of its cash machine supplier business Hanco. An asking price has not been revealed as [more]

The Radio Times magazine could be sold as part of the BBC's plans to find a partner for the magazine division of BBC World [more]