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Companies from five to nine years old are the best placed to benefit from the downturn, according to accountancy firm Tenon.
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Racal Acoustics, which provides hearing protection products to the military, has been acquired by US group Esterline Technologies for £115 million.
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An Amsterdam-based text messaging infrastructure company has been acquired by one of its clients for up to €42 million (£40 million).
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Thiakis, which specialises in the treatment of obesity and diabetes, has been sold to US-based Wyeth Pharmaecuticals for up to $150 million.
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Film school graduate and former Panorama documentary maker Nick Glynne gave up a successful career in the media to open a computer shop with £3,000. He now runs IT company Easycom, which is about to hit sales of £100 million
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A private equity firm has been launched to provide finance to companies with sales of between US$20 million (£13 million) and US$200 million.
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Last year, Mitesh Soma set up discount pharmaceutical company Chemistdirect.co.uk. Since then it has become an award-winning business with a turnover of £5 million
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David Worrow, audit partner for advisory firm Baker Tilly, looks at the impact of the Bank of England’s 1.5 per cent interest rate cut
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Last year, Mitesh Soma set up discount pharmaceutical company Chemistdirect.co.uk. Since then it has become an award-winning business with a turnover of £5 million
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David Worrow, audit partner for advisory firm Baker Tilly, looks at the impact of the Bank of England’s 1.5 per cent interest rate cut
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Healthcare IT business Ascribe Plc has been bought by its management for £33.3 million. The deal, which will see the company leave AIM early next year and return to management hands, was backed by ECI and Yorkshire Bank’s Corporate & Structured Finance team.
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AXA Private Equity has acquired a major shareholding in Benelux food ingredients group Sfinc from Belgian buy-out house Gimv.
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More than two-thirds of SMEs believe that banks are failing them, according to a poll conducted by SmallBusiness.co.uk
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Denmark's AP Moller-Maersk Group has sold its 50 per cent stake in airline Martinair, an operator of charter flights and freight services, to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines after regulators gave the nod to the sale.
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