Business Sale News - written by Caroline Clayfield

The proposed purchase by Perth-based Stagecoach of its rival FirstGroup's north Devon operations has come to the attentions of the competition authori [more]

The packaging manufacturer API Group is to undertake a formal sale process later this year. [more]

News International's base in Wapping, East London, is to be sold following a 'strategic review' of the newspaper business' [more]

Sigma Capital, the Scottish investment firm, has acquired property regeneration firm Inpartnership. [more]

Pub giant Admiral Taverns is selling off eight of its pubs in a deal worth more than £1.7 mill [more]

Insurance Australia Group (IAG) has put its UK-based motor insurance business Equity Red Star and its commercial insurance broker Barnett & Barnett on the market, as it looks to exit the country, the Mail on Sunday repor [more]

A collection of 22 pubs located across the West Midlands has come onto the market. [more]

Potential buyers for music giant EMI have been asked by Citigroup - which took control from Guy Hands earlier this year - to put in their first-round bids by early August. It is thought the sale could generate £3 bill [more]

Innovative ventilation and heating unit manufacturer Vent-Axia has been put on the market with a price tag of £200 mil [more]

Abbeycrest, the Leeds-based jewellery group set up in 1979 by Michael Lever and Peter Rosenberg, could soon be put on the market if it cannot find a way to drastically reduce its costs. [more]

Camden Council has called for a mass asset disposal of several buildings and plots of land, in an effort to pump money back into schools in the area. [more]

The London Mint Office, which sells souvenir coins, may be put on the market soon if its Norwegian owner, Samlerhuset, decides to move down the trade sale route after appointing strategic advisers. [more]

STB Holdings has put its Poundbakery business on the market in a bid to expand outwards beyond the North West of England. [more]

Garden Centre Group (GCG), once known as Wyevale, is to be put on the market next month by majority owner Lloyds Banking Group. [more]

Marketing services firm Media Square is considering its options, which could mean a sale or merger. [more]

The Craythorne golf club, located in East Staffordshire, has been placed on the market for £1.15 million. The present owner Tony Wright is looking to his retirement, 16 years after securing the family business in an MBO [more]

Women’s fashion retailer Jane Norman has been put on the block after suffering falling sales. PwC has been brought in to manage the sale on behalf of the majority owners - a consortium of about 15 banks. The firm’s management owns 20 per cent of the b [more]

As Southern Cross searches for ways to keep its head above water, its rivals are circling, attracted by the potential opportunity to take on more care homes. Southern Cross chairman Christopher Fisher is reported to have said that up to [more]

Following the administration earlier this month of failed home and DIY specialist Focus DIY, Ernst & Young were appointed to handle the disposal of the firm's property po [more]

Bedfordshire-based pub operator Charles Wells has put six pubs up for sale. [more]