Mergers and acquisitions

Writtle Holdings could launch a rival takeover bid for Tangent Communications.

A Burnley trade printer has bought Hudson and Pearson’s property and plant from its administrator BDO UK in a seven-figure deal.

Former TV mogul Michael Green is backing a £6.7m bid to buy back Tangent Communications and take the struggling print PLC private.

Two of Yorkshire's longest-established printing companies have merged after Platinum Print acquired local competitor Harrogate Printing.

Event industry graphics specialist Oasis Graphic Co has acquired exhibition graphics company Mustard Solutions to strengthen its own exhibition arm.

Mimaki looks set to acquire Italian textile machine manufacturer La Meccanica Costruzione Tessili in a move that would expand its position in the textiles printing market.

Growing print management and IT solutions company Hague has acquired a smaller print management firm to increase its customer base and geographical reach.

GT4 Group, owner of Glasgow-based labels and packaging printer Gavin Watson and creative agency GT4, has entered the pressure-sensitive labels market by acquiring label manufacturer TPL Labels.

Wide-format hardware and media supplier Papergraphics has joined forces with "friendly competitor" CWE Solutions in what the two companies have called a "merger by acquisition".

All the business news, from acquisitions to liquidations, investments to divestments, from a year in the industry.