Mergers and acquisitions

Tullis Russell Trucard and Gemini sold to PG Paper

An Inverclyde paper company has bought the Trucard and Gemini brands from the Tullis Russell administrators KPMG.

Welcoming a new firm into the fold

Take his word for it, acquiring a company can be a great way of growing your existing one. In the last decade Witherbys’ managing director James Greene has helped secure not one but two takeovers of...

Macfarlane Group makes first of its planned 2015 acquisitions

Macfarlane Group is targeting one more acquisition this year after buying Nottinghamshire-based One Packaging in a £2.75m deal.

Allen Signs acquires Double Red printing division

Vehicle livery and signmaking specialist Allen Signs has acquired the printing division of photographic agency Double Red, for an undisclosed sum.

YPP to boost turnover with flag firm buy

Large-format print company Your Print Partner (YPP) has acquired a bespoke flag producer and installed a new print machine aiming to add £500,000 to its turnover.

Presstek owner to buy Goss International

Presstek’s private equity owner American Industrial Partners (AIP) is poised to buy web offset press manufacturer Goss after securing a definitive agreement with its current owner, Shanghai Electric...

Whistl poised for MBO

The main conditions of a management buyout (MBO) of Whistl have been provisionally agreed between its managers and owner PostNL, following an review of PostNL's UK activities

CFH Docmail acquires BSS Scotmail business

CFH Docmail has acquired the assets of the Glasgow site of BSS Scotland, also trading as BSS Scotmail, for an undisclosed sum.

St Clements Press sold with FT to Japanese company

The Financial Times-owned printer St Clements Press has been sold alongside the newspaper, the FT has confirmed.

‘Identify where you are making money’

Normally a company boss cuts their teeth heading up a small business, graduating to bigger and bigger firms as they gain more experience before, perhaps one day, working for a multi-site,...