Deal of the week -- 5th October 2000

Most clued-up deal: Tarlo Lyons acted for part of the Red Sea Group and the Elscint Group on their 10 million purchase of the Sherlock Holmes Hotel in Baker Street from the Hilton Group, advised in-house and by SJ Berwin.

Most playful deal: Gouldens acted for Bits Corp, a developer and publisher of software for the major computer game consoles, on its admission to the Alternative Investment Market, which valued the company at 19 million.

Nabarro Nathanson represented Collins Stewart, the nominated adviser and broker.

Most chemical deal: Surrey firm Mundays advised the Moss retail division of Alliance UniChem in the sale of 48 NHS pharmacies located within Asda stores to Asda, advised by Eversheds.

The deal, which included the supply of healthcare products, is worth 100 million over the next two years.

Contracts were exchanged within five working days of instruction.

Most classical deal: Wragge & Co acted for UBC Media Group on its 2.1 million purchase of the Classic Gold digital radio and AM format from GWR Group, advised by Nicholson Graham & Jones.

The purchase was made through a newly formed company, 80% of which is owned by UBC and 20% by GWR.

Most leisurely deal: Lawrence Graham advised Scottish & Newcastle on the sale of eight Pontin's Family Centres for an undisclosed amount to Manor Parcs and City Manor, both member of leisure entrepreneur Trevor Hemmings' TJH Group, represented by Manchester-based Halliwell Landau.

Most productive deal: Macfarlanes acted for Hat Trick Productions and Reynolds Porter Chamberlain for the strangely named digital studio on their joint venture agreement to create interactive productions of both existing Hat Trick television programmes and original ideas of the joint venture company.

The first product is an interactive version of Have I Got News For You (www.hignfy.com).

Best administered case: The newly formed corporate recovery team at Fladgate Fielder represented Internet service provider Callnet in its successful petition to the High Court for an administration order.

Callnet sought the protection of an order to enable its business to be restructured following trading difficulties caused by its loss-making 0800 service.