Done Deals

• Meat supplier Underwood Meat has bought butchery business Northern Catering. The terms of the firm’s second acquisition this month have not been disclosed
• Pension regulator Butler & Tanner has bought colour printing firm Media & Print Investments for an undisclosed sum, saving 500 jobs
• Celtic has expanded its Irish betting chain with the purchase of Ubet of Limerick for €2.5 million (£1.7 million)
• Inflexion Private Equity has re-financed blended cheese producer llchester Cheese by providing £5 million of debt and working capital
• The Bank of Scotland Corporate has invested an undisclosed amount in property services provider Apollo

Deals in the pipeline

• Sports club operator Premier Sports Holdings plans to launch an IPO on AIM later this month, raising an undisclosed amount
• Betting group Ladbrokes is to start a share buy-back programme valued at £150 million