Finalists for the Solent SME Growth 100 have been announced. These local businesses have been highlighted for their recent significant growth and the role they play in driving success within the South ...

Reading-based brickwork and scaffolding business Lee Marley Brickwork has received an eight-figure funding package from HSBC UK. It will strengthen the firm's funds for day-to-day operations but also ...

Engineering firm Sowga Ltd, which has bases in Bristol, Birmingham and West Sussex, has been sold to facilities management firm Pareto Group, which is backed by Swiss investment giant Pictet. The move ...

West Sussex-headquartered Focus Group has acquired Cheshire-based Prism - a managed service provider specialising in SMEs. The latter was formed in 2001 and has built organically into a team of 50 ...

Futuremost Group is a manufacturer and installer of bespoke aluminium and PVCu window units based in Portsmouth. The business now sits alongside other brands in the Elliots portfolio, including ...

Private markets investor Three Hills has made an investment in Operam Education Group (Operam). The latter specialises in the acquisition and growth of education recruitment agencies and provides ...

YFM Equity Partners is backing the management buyout (MBO) of Omne, a specialist foodservice marketing agency that works with some of the world’s largest food and beverage brands. Headquartered in ...

All content produced by The Business Magazine’s expert journalists will now be featured in Insider’s market-leading business magazines and on the Insider Media website. This means even more in-depth ...

Moore Kingston Smith LLP, a multi-disciplinary advisory, tax and audit firm, has welcomed Shipleys LLP to its team. The merger expands the firm’s media team with Shipleys’ specialism in film, TV and ...

Bunzl plc, the product giant, has acquired Arrow County Holdings Limited, headquartered in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Arrow has more than 45 years' experience in supplying products to the cleaning and ...

Cabinet members at Slough Borough Council this week approved a new so-called SPZ for the whole of the Slough trading estate. The specialised ten-year planning permission is intended to support ...

Founded in 1993, Airsports Insurance Bureau is an independent broker based in Hampshire. It employs 18 insurance experts and serves around 15,000 niche and high-net-worth clients. The business has now ...