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News - written by Rob Moore
The new coalition government has announced that its first budget will be presented on 22nd June. The main focus of the budget is likely to be how the government will set about reducing the current deficit that is threatening to derail the economy. [more]
Buyers are being sought for healthcare business Care Principles, one year after its owner Barclays wrote down its £200 million investment i [more]
The Financial Services Authority has approved a merger bid for the Chesham and Skipton Building Societies. [more]
Blue Hackle Group, a company that provides security staff in the most dangerous places in the world, is understood to be up for sale for around £40 mil [more]
Targetfollow, the Norwich-based property developer and owner, is looking to offload part of its property portfolio, including London's landmark Centre Point t [more]
Several potential buyers are circling the well-known Drapers Garden office building in central London with German fund manager Deka at the forefront. [more]
A commercial printing company allegedly involved in one of the UK's biggest DVD counterfeiting rings has gone into administrat [more]
Spice, the utility support services business, is on the verge of selling its telecoms operations in a management buyout for £32.8 mil [more]
Scottish IT services firm Adventi has fallen into administration with the loss of 22 of its 44 staff. [more]
John West Tuna, the UK's major tinned fish brand, has been placed on the market with a price tag of &p [more]
Smartphone manufacturer Palm has been put up for sale after its latest products, the Palm Pre and the Pixi, returned mediocre sales figures. [more]
Major independent city food stores in Brighton are under threat after parent company, Taj Mahal Natural Food Ltd, fell into administration. [more]
A strategic review of operations has been launched at UK bourse, Plus Markets Group Plc. [more]
Scottish airline Highland Airways has handed over the running of the business to PricewaterhouseCoopers, having entered administration.
Most of the firm's 100 employees will lose their jobs, while operations [more]
Camelot, the National Lottery operator, has been bought out by Canadian pension fund Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OT [more]
Rail maintenance contractor Jarvis is set to enter administration following a dive in rail and plant hire volumes, effectively putting 2,000 jobs at risk. [more]
Lloyds Banking Group has announced it is planning to sell off large commercial property assets. [more]
Bowmark Capital has provided financial back-up for the management buy-out and expansion of property management agency chain Leaders Limited. [more]
Admiral Taverns is to sell 150 freehold pubs, it has been confirmed. [more]
Jamba, the mobile content business behind the annoying Crazy Frog ringtone, could be placed on the market. [more]
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