However, before you break out the comfy slippers and start counting down the days to your summer hols, it seems that the print industry has picked up the drama baton and is running with it: what with the news coming from the US that Xerox is in talks to buy the world’s largest print group – RR Donnelley.

Who’d have thunk it?

Of course, the talks, assuming they really are happening, could come to nothing – and even if they did end in a deal, then the biggest impact will most likely be felt in the US.

Equally, the details, in fact any information at all, are pretty scant at the moment – seeing as neither company is willing to comment on the speculation.

So, at this stage, it’s not even clear if we’re talking about the entire Donnelley business, or just part or parts of it.

But if it were to happen and Xerox and RR Donnelley’s UK BPO businesses were to join forces as a result, then could most definitely have an interesting impact on this side of the Atlantic.

But closer to home and with both feet firmly planted in reality, we’re not doing too badly on the M&A front in Blighty right now, as detailed in the following pages.

Sure they might not have anywhere near the scale of the mega-merger above, but they prove that deals are still being done, money is being made, opportunities are being seized and a little bit of uncertainty hasn’t stopped the industry from focusing on business as usual.