Third largest merger expected as AB InBev takes over rival SABMiller
The third largest merger is set to go ahead with Anheuser-Busch InBev’s takeover of rival brewer SAB Miller in a £79 billion t
View ArticleEd's Easy Diner restaurant chain acquired by 2 Sisters Food Group entrepreneur
Ed’s Easy Diner has been bought out of administration by the owner of Bernard Matthews. Ranjit Boparan, who owns the 2 Sisters Food Group, acquired the diner chain for around £7.5 million through his...
View ArticleBuyer wanted as tidal energy firm enters administration
A buyer is being sought for a tidal energy company in Wales that has gone into administration.
View ArticleBritish American Tobacco plans $47bn merger with US firm Reynolds
British American Tobacco (BAT) plans to merge with its US partner Reynolds to create the biggest tobacco firm in the world in a deal valued at $47 billion (£38 bill
View ArticleHistoric Norfolk pub on sale for £1.9m
An award-winning, Grade II-listed Georgian pub in Norfolk has been put on the market for at least £1.9 mil
View ArticleBradford control panel maker completes MBO
A Bradford-based manufacturer of control panel systems, which counts Siemens and Unilever among its partner base, has been acquired in a management buyout (MBO).
View ArticleExperian to put email marketing business up for sale
Information services group Experian is to sell its email and cross-channel marketing business, it has announced.
View ArticleMachinery rental firm Hewden ‘on brink of administration’
Hewden, the Manchester-based plant, crane and equipment hire firm, is reported to be on the verge of administration, putting more than 700 jobs at risk.
View ArticleRetailers Oasis, Warehouse and Coast 'up for sale'
Administrators for the collapsed Icelandic bank Kaupthing are eyeing a sale of a clutch of British high street retailers including Oasis, Warehouse and Coast.
View ArticleAssets of historic manufacturing firm bought from administrators
The assets of a historic manufacturing firm have been bought from administrators.
View ArticleKFC eyes UK expansion
Fast-food chain KFC is to embark on a massive UK expansion plan that would see it overtake McDonald’s presence in the coun
View ArticleFeeling peckish: Just Eat buys Hungry House for £200m
Online takeaway service Just Eat has acquired its rival Hungry House for £200 mil
View ArticleAdministrators seek buyer for holiday park operator Lifestyle Living
Administrators appointed to a collapsed holiday and residential park operator are seeking a buyer for the business.
View ArticleAssets of collapsed media firm Team Rock up for sale
Administrators appointed to collapsed rock music media firm Team Rock, which counted the magazines Classic Rock and Metal Hammer among its publishing stable, are seeking a buyer for the business.
View ArticleDong to sell 50% of offshore wind farm in £1.6bn deal
Clean energy firm Dong Energy is to sell 50 per cent of Race Bank, its giant wind farm project off the North Norfolk coast, in a deal valued at £1.6 bil
View ArticleSix former library buildings up for sale in Lancashire
Six former library buildings in Lancashire have been put up for sale as part of the county council's plans to save £146 million following government bu
View ArticleCruise firm All Leisure Holidays in administration
Cruise operator All Leisure Holidays, parent company of Swan Hellenic and Voyages of Discovery, has stopped trading and called in administrators.
View ArticleManchester's CIS Tower up for sale 'for £50m'
The iconic CIS Tower in Manchester, the former home of the Co-operative group and once the tallest building in the country, is up for sale with a reported asking price of £50 mil
View ArticleTesco acquires Budgens and Londis owner Booker for £3.7bn
UK supermarket giant Tesco is to buy food wholesaler and convenience store owner Booker Group for £3.7 billion as it steps into the restaurant and takeaway food sec
View ArticleIT firm Cloud Direct acquires comms specialist AlwaysOn
Cloud solutions firm Cloud Direct has snapped up communications specialist AlwaysOn Group (AOG) as it embarks on an “exciting time of high growth
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