Zest Group has acquired Greensleeves Records, the independent record label and reggae music publisher.... [more]

TV producer and publisher Ten Alps has acquired McMillan-Scott, the business-to-business publisher with 250 staff in London, Macclesfield and Manchester, for up to £12m. McMillan-Scott is a specialist... [more]

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Hot on the heels of Terry Smith's announcement that he is to split Collins Stuart Tullett in two, Bridgewell is moving swiftly towards a summer flotation. US investment banks are circling around smal... [more]

Royal London, the UK's second largest mutual life insurer, is reported to be conducting due dilligence on Equitable Life's £7bn annuities business. Other interested parties are believed to be the UK l... [more]

US doughnut maker Krispy Kreme has put its UK division up for sale, less than three years after launching the product in Britain. Manchester-based corporate finance boutique Ford Campbell will handle ... [more]

Silverscreen, the DVD retailer owned by Apax Partners, entered administration last week. Entertainment-retail group Music Zone and Texas-based Hilco are reported to be interested, along with around 14... [more]

Uk-listed IT group Misys has reportedly been approached by an Australian software company and a US software company about the sale of its risk assessment technology division Risk Vision, which could s... [more]

ITV, the UK listed TV company, has unanimously rejected an offer of 130p-per-share from the private equity consortium led by Greg Dyke. It is believed that it may now have to sell non-core assets qui... [more]