British group COMPASS has announced of the sale of its subsidiary SSP (turnover 1.804 billion euro for fiscal year to September 2005) for 1.822 billion pounds sterling to the Australian bank MACQUARIE and the private equity company EQT PARTNERS of Sweden. SSP is a world leader in travel catering, operating in 26 countries, including Britain, France and the United States. MACQUARIE has bought the motorway services outlets, and EQT the remainder of SSP activities.