News in the Services sector - written by Rob Moore

United Utilities Contract Solutions, provider of metering, waste treatment and connections for utility companies, has attracted plenty of interest after being placed on the market for £ [more]

The board of the Port of Dover is looking to put the organisation on the market to raise up to £400m of private capital in order to fund future expan [more]

French energy firm EDF plans to invite first-round bids for its UK electricity distribution network in mid-January next year, with binding bids due in by the end of the first quarter of 2010. [more]

Deutsche Telekom has entered talks with Vodafone, Spain's Telefonica and France Telecom about selling T-Mobil [more]

SIAS Building Services, a mechanical and electrical contractor, has been placed into administration, and has made 136 workers redundant. [more]

British Airways has appointed investment advisors Reynolds Partners to manage the sale of its recently launched upmarket OpenSkies transatlantic airline. [more]

Mica UK Ltd, a Stafford-based hardware buying and marketing group has gone into administration after a problematic expansion strategy, followed by the economic downturn. [more]

Vasanta, the UK's largest office supplies business, is at risk of being placed into administration unless it can negotiate new funding, after being hit by the withdrawal of credit insurance to main suppl [more]

Deutsche Bank is to be hired by EDF to manage the sale of the UK's most expansive electricity distribution network. Bidders will be sought out in the su [more]

Shortly after selling a 20% stake in British Energy to Centrica in a £2.3bn deal, EDF is prepared to sell further st [more]

Coventry Airport has been placed on the market after losing its only passenger airline Thomsonfly late last year. [more]

Deutsche Telekom, the owner of T-Mobile UK, is to decide whether to sell the underperforming UK business. [more]

Visteon UK Ltd, the UK division of American firm Visteon Corporation has gone into administration. KPMG has been appointed to handle the administration. [more]