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3Sixty Restaurants gears up for a sale

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 | BUSINESS SALE
Luke Johnson is readying to put 3Sixty Restaurants on the market, less than a month after the sale of restaurant chain Giraffe to Tesco, the Sunday Times reported. It is anticipated that a deal may value 3Sixty at over £8 mi... continue reading

Little Chef business for sale

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 | BUSINESS SALE
The Little Chef roadside restaurant business has been put up for sale after being rescued from administration six years ago. RCapital, who specialise in turning around distressed businesses, bought the firm in 2007. The group wor... continue reading

Buyer sought for BHW (Components) in administration

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 | BUSINESS SALE
Aerospace components manufacturer BHW (Components) has entered administration with the administrators now seeking a buyer. Philip Duffy and Stephen Clancy of Duff & Phelps in Manchester have been brought in to manage the adminis... continue reading

Marshalls to sell quarries to Breedon Aggregates

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 | BUSINESS SALE
Marshalls has confirmed that it has plans to sell four of its quarries to Breedon Aggregates England. The deal is expected to be completed early next month and the profits from the sale are due to be invested to reduce the firm&#... continue reading

FirstGroup sells off bus depots

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 | BUSINESS SALE
FirstGroup has sold off a total of eight bus depots as part of its efforts to generate £100 million in disposals. All of the depots were based in London and were sold to two different bus operating companies. London firm Me... continue reading

Reed Elsevier acquires Mendeley

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 | BUSINESS SALE
The owner of the LexisNexis database, Reed Elsevier, has acquired Mendeley Ltd, a cloud-based social network. The publishing group is set to pay £45 million for the network. Mendeley is designed specifically for academics a... continue reading

Business sale mooted for David Lloyd

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 | BUSINESS SALE
Gym company David Lloyd could be sold to the US owner of the Belfry golf resort, KSL Capital Partners. Blackstone, a US investment house, is also considering submitting a bid for David Lloyd, while other bidders are thought to be... continue reading

Egg business Noble Foods hoists £400m price tag

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 | BUSINESS SALE
The owners of Noble Foods are considering a £400 million sale of the UK’s largest egg producer business. Farmers Peter Dean and Michael Kent, the joint owners of the Tring, Hertfordshire-based business, are poised to ... continue reading

Hilco rescues HMV

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 | BUSINESS SALE
Hilco and HMV have confirmed a deal that will see the restructuring expert take ownership of 141 of the retailer's outlets. The deal, which was rumoured to be under discussion on Thursday night, was confirmed yesterday (Frid... continue reading

Hilco to rescue part of HMV brand

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 | BUSINESS SALE
Restructuring experts Hilco are set to throw HMV a lifeline in the form of a £50 million deal that could save 2,500 jobs. Reports from Sky News revealed that the deal will see HMV emerge from administration. Hilco, which al... continue reading

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