Rainford EMC, the St Helens-based supplier of electromagnetic equipment, has undergone a £2.5m management buy-out backed by the Merseyside Special Investment Fund.... [more]

Allied London, the London-based property developer, has undergone a £500m management buy-out backed by Royal Bank of Scotland and Delancey. Allied London specialises in city-centre development and reg... [more]

Crerar Hotels has acquired Chevin Country Park Hotel in Otley, West Yorkshire, for about £5m, and is now interested in buying some of the Swallow hotels out of administration.... [more]

William Cook is to sell its defence engineering plant at Stanhope in County Durham to a management buy-out, with the transfer of 230 staff.... [more]

Howard Basford has bought Gateway Autos, the Manchester-based bodyshop, out of administration for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Consumer finance group Homebuy has fallen into administration despite announcing record profits only a few weeks previously. The UK company failed to secure the funding needed to continue trading from... [more]

Just Car Clinics has bought Parsons Accident Repair Centre of Hartlepool out of administration, securing the future of 26 jobs.... [more]

Hallcalm, the Hartlepool-based steel fabrication company, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms, and now plans to double the 19-strong workforce over the next three years.... [more]

Mercury Group is to sell its Navitas Hemway facilities management subsidiary to a management buy-out for £0.15m, in order to focus on its London-based commercial property agency.... [more]

Intrum Justitia, the credit management services firm, has sold its field services division to a management buy-out for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 22 staff.... [more]

Sanctuary is to sell Sanctuary Post, its London-based music services business, to a management buy-out.... [more]

Internacionale, the Glasgow-based chain of 147 Au Naturale homewares and Internacionale fashion stores, has undergone a £45m management buy-out backed by Penta Capital.The deal, which is one of Scotla... [more]

London & Edinburgh Swallow Group has sold 68 hotels and 172 pubs out of administration to Flodrive Group, securing the future of about 2,500 jobs.... [more]

Hudson Global Resources has sold its Scottish industrial division, including 16 staff in Edinburgh and Glasgow, to a management buy-out for more than £1m, as part of a strategy to focus on professiona... [more]

Certex UK has bought Global Defence Procurement out of administration, securing the future of nine jobs in Plymouth and Portsmouth.... [more]

Motherwell Bridge, the engineering group with 1,100 staff, has undergone a £15m management buy-out backed by JO Hambro Capital Management.... [more]

Wilcare Wales, the Llandow-based electric reclining chair supplier with 27 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Frontline Television, the London-based TV production company with 20 staff, is to undergo a management buy-out and will then be renamed as The Club.... [more]

Abbot (Kings Langley), the Hertfordshire-based stationery supplier with 20 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

NES Group, the Altrincham-based engineering recruitment company with 275 staff, is to undergo a £80m management buy-out backed by Graphite Capital. NES recruits contract staff for blue chip companies ... [more]