Cinven to acquire Guardian Financial Services in £275m deal

Dutch life insurance and pensions company Aegon has agreed to sell its Lytham St Annes-based Guardian Financial Services business to private equity firm Cinven in a deal worth £275m.   READ MORE...

CC clears Co-op and Thomas Cook travel merger

The Competition Commission (CC) has this morning formally cleared the travel joint venture between The Co-operative Group, the Midlands Co operative and Thomas Cook.   Read More...

Beneast sold to NYSE-listed training provider

Blackpool-headquartered Beneast Training, which provides apprenticeship and foundation learning programs to more than 2,000 people, has been bought by General Physics Corporation, a business listed on the New York Stock Exchange.   Read More...

Riot-hit businesses offered six month loans

NatWest and the Royal Bank of Scotland have pledged to provide interest loans of up to £25,000 to small business customers in the North West affected by last week's riots.   Read More...

Spectris set to buy Omega Engineering

US-owned Omega Engineering, which has its UK headquarters in Manchester, is set to change hands in a deal worth $475m (£290m).   Read More...

Grimwood and Dix closes with 100 job losses

Tameside electrical engineer and contractor Grimwood and Dix has ceased trading with more than 100 job losses after administrators were called in.   Read More...

North-south divide 'widening' in Labour market - CIPD

A "stark" and widening north-south divide has emerged with more northern businesses shedding jobs than their southern counterparts, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has reported.   Read More...

Deadline approaching for Morgan Awards

Businesses, entrepreneurs, charities and social enterprises from Merseyside and west Cheshire have less than three weeks to get their entries in for the Morgan Foundation Entrepreneur Awards 2011.   Read More...

Green light for Carlisle affordable housing

Planners in Carlisle have given the go-ahead for a scheme to build 850 houses on land adjacent to the Kingmoor Business Park, located to the north west of the city.   Read More...

PPS Commercials takes 60,000 sq ft in Bury

Commercial vehicle parts company PPS Commercials has taken a 60,000 sq ft industrial site in Bury.   Read More...

M&S plans Cheetham Hill return

Fifty jobs are to be created in Cheetham Hill after Marks & Spencer confirmed plans to open a Simply Food store at Manchester Fort Retail Park.   Read More...

Valera eyes £10m turnover after funding boost

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