Forster Dean, the law firm with 104 staff at 13 offices in Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Merseyside and Lancashire, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

JD Krouse Engineering, the Oxfordshire-based manufacturer of precision parts for the nuclear, satellite and aerospace industries, has been acquired by a new management partnership, securing the future... [more]

Professional Packaging Services, the Guiseley-based packaging design company with 17 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by McInnes Corporate Finance.... [more]

LongAcre Partners, the London-based corporate finance house with 35 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Commerzbank is planning to sell Jupiter Asset Management to a management buy-out backed by TA Associates for £740m.... [more]

Penny Plain, the chain of ten clothing stores with 130 staff, has been bought out of administration by a group of Tyneside-based businessmen.... [more]

MSD has sold its crane hire business to a management buy-out for undisclosed terms, including 35 staff at sites in Darlington and Gateshead.... [more]

ICM Computer Group, the operator of 11 business continuity centres, has agreed terms for a £86m management buy-out.... [more]

Adare Group has sold its Prontaprint and KallKwik chains of 320 design and print centres to a management buy-out backed by Boundary Capital for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Irish Continental, the shipping, transport and leisure group, announced today that it has agreed the terms for a management buyout that values the business at around €471m. ... [more]

Highland Airways, the Inverness-based airline with 70 staff and eight aircraft, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Encore Washington, the envelope manufacturer with 280 staff in Hertburn and York, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Nature's Way Marketing, the Chichester-based fresh food wholesaler, has been bought out of administration by a joint venture between Hilliard Bros and Premier Fruits, securing the future of 50 jobs.... [more]

Venture Business Forms, the printing company with 28 staff in Leicester, Ilkeston and Newcastle under Lyme, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

Patientline is to sell its Dutch hospital communications business to a management team for £8.6m, in order to focus on the UK.... [more]

Johnson Service has sold JHS North, its Manchester-based catering equipment hire subsidiary with 25 staff, to a management buy-out, and the business will be renamed CHS Catering Equipment & Furniture ... [more]