Mergers and acquisitions

Tangent Communications has shelved its ambitious takeover bid for fellow AIM-listed e-marketing company TMN, as suitors thought to include Trinity Mirror lined up to buy the firm.

EskoArtwork has completed its acquisition of professional publishing software developer Gradual Software.

In Clinic this month: Paul Holohan on acquisition financing options; Mark Clews on litho versus screen printers; and Steve Collins on digital proofing technologyillustrations Ian Whadcock

Clinic topics this month: Sjaak Veeken on standardising colour; Phillippa Dempster on selling a business; and David Jutton on energy buying deals

Buckingham Colour Quest (BCQ) started with a bang literally. The blast at the Buncefield oil storage depot in Hertfordshire, to be precise, in 2005. The damage this inflicted on B2 litho and digital...

The industry is set to experience further consolidation over the next two years with increasing merger and acquisition activity, according to a new BPIF report.

Ward Knowles is anticipating a 3m sales boost following its acquisition of Preston-based forms business, Northwest Continuous.

Pindar has expanded its global footprint with the acquisition of New Zealand-based Egan Reid and revealed that it is looking at further buys, both at home and abroad.

Meanwhile, Mike Taylor has bought a controlling stake in struggling Suffolk book printer Clowes in a deal that could lead to it becoming part of the CPI group.

A finishing company focused on academic bookbinding has gone back to its family roots after being rescued from administration by its founders grandson.