Mergers and acquisitions

Acquisitive Fedrigoni is back on the M&A trail and has agreed to buy a majority stake in Germany’s Poli-Tape Group.

Union the CWU plans to “use its political influence” in the debate over the possible foreign takeover of Royal Mail, while the current business secretary has asserted that the government would need to...

Foreign investor EP Corporate Group has returned to the table with a much higher offer for Royal Mail owner International Distributions Services – and the IDS board is minded to accept it.

A trio of trade finishers have stepped in to acquire the business and assets of Celloglas.

Scotland’s oldest marketing agency, Lewis Creative Consultants, has acquired fellow Edinburgh firm Tayburn in a six-figure cash and equity deal.

New owners of the Fastsigns signage and display store in Tunbridge Wells, Kent have hit the ground running.

Precision Colour Printing (PCP) has been sold to an investment firm that has further buys in its sights.

The end of one technology era and the beginning of another dominated April’s listicle, where the challenges facing some in the trade finishing sector were writ large.

Celloglas has filed a Notice of Intention to Appoint Administrators (NOI) with a buyer said to be in the wings for its business and assets.

The saga over the future ownership of the Telegraph newspaper and Spectator magazine has entered a new phase after RedBird canned its takeover deal, putting the titles up for sale again.