News - written by Eilis Jordan

Administrators are looking for a buyer for Richard C Hartley, an independent motor accessory and parts supplier in the North and Midlands. [more]

The Warehouse Theatre in Croydon has been placed in administration as it has struggled to cope with government cuts to arts funding. Arts Council England refused the 35-year-old theatre funding last year and Cr [more]

PR company Chime has announced in an interim management statement that it is to sell off constituents of its Bell Pottinger brand through a management buy-out. [more]

A merger is due to take place between two agricultural firms in a bid to combine experience and strength. [more]

Aldwark Manor Hotel is for sale after its owner decided to undertake a general review of its business portfolio. [more]

Long-running bike firm Raleigh has been for sale for some time, but talks now appear to be reaching a conclusion as Dutch rival company Accell is said to be in negotiations with Raleigh to take the 125-year-old business over. [more]

The White Cross Business Park in Lancaster could be sold off as part of council plans to regenerate the area, it has been reported. [more]

Blagden Packaging, a site at Trafford Park, has been sold for £5.2 million, it has been repo [more]

Property firm Segro has sold off five industrial estates in Southern England for a total of £80.2 mil [more]

A business park in Winchester, Hampshire has been sold for over £7 mill [more]

A 71-bedroom hotel has gone on sale in Kegworth, Leicestershire. [more]

Forth Ports has announced that it has sold Ocean Terminal, its flagship shopping centre in Leith. [more]

A Bradford power equipment supplier has been bought out of administration, saving over 20 jobs. [more]

Sussex-based tourism company, Pinnacle Travel, has entered administration, with the owners citing "exceptional circumstances" over the last year as the cause. The company, which is based in Haywards Heath, is now in the hands [more]

Entertainment One, the firm behind the popular Peppa Pig children’s character and the distributor of the Twilight movies, is expected to announce this week that it is considering putting itself up for sa [more]

Businesses that are covertly circling potential acquisition companies at the moment are being made aware that their interest in the target company could be revealed under new rules coming into effect in the next few weeks. [more]

The board of marketing company, Fuse8, have said that a sale of the company is one of the options they are considering, after a chain of events that led to the company's chief executive being relieved of his dut [more]

Following the collapse of the von Essen hotel chain, a buyer has been found for one of the jewels in its portfolio, Cliveden. [more]

Buyers are being sought for some of the 60 branches of furniture chain, Walmsley after it entered administration this week. The company became the latest home furnishings store to fall victim to the re [more]

CIP Property has acquired the Malmaison hotel in Aberdeen from MWB Group Holdings. [more]