Working Partners Holdings and Beast Quest, sister companies which have published more than 1,000 children's fiction titles, have been sold to the founders of Bagpuss rights holder Coolabi.
Political intelligence and training business Dods has agreed to buy the business and certain assets of the DeHavilland Political Intelligence division of Emap Limited.
Trinity Mirror, which publishes British newspaper titles including the Daily Mirror and People, has purchased Communicator Corp as it looks to build its digital marketing business.