

She said: "I have loved the last 13 years of owning a marketing agency and am so proud of its achievements, the amazing work the team have produced and there is nothing like the buzz that you get when you help businesses achieve and surpass their objectives. The company was founded 13 years ago by Janna Caley and is to retain its offices and branding.

Knutsford-based Boxed Red Marketing has been bought by The Unusual Group, a collection agencies including Digital Ethos. The cash-and-shares deal was approved by shareholders in May.ĪstraZeneca - which has developed the Covid-19 jab together with Oxford University - said the move will diversify the group, adding to its fast-growing cancer treatment business. Inc & CoĬoronavirus vaccine maker AstraZeneca's £27.5bn ($39bn) deal to buy an American drug company has now completed, a week after it was cleared by the UK's competition watchdog.ĪstraZeneca, which has a major base in Macclesfield, Cheshire, agreed to buy Alexion in Boston for £123 ($175) a share in December, marking the drug giant's biggest ever acquisition and a move to boost its expertise in immunology and rare diseases. The firm said the acquisition of Walsall-based Offshore Stainless Supplies Ltd was facilitated through new debt facilities financed by banking group Close Brothers. The Blackburn-headquartered firm is one of the UK's biggest steel stockholders and processors with offices in the North West, North East and Midlands, with customers in the nuclear, architectural, oil and gas industries. North West-based Steel Dynamics has acquired a West Midlands firm to create a combined business with revenues of over £35m and more than 100 employees. Have you followed our BusinessLive North West LinkedIn page yet? Click here for the latest updates, stories and analysis from across the region. Houlihan Lokey is a global investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring, and valuation. Under the terms of the deal, which has been unanimously approved by both boards, Houlihan Lokey's tender offer will start on August 4 and will seek to acquire all outstanding shares of GCA. GCA has entered into a definitive agreement which will see Houlihan Lokey table a tender offer to acquire the company for a total cash purchase price of approximately ¥65bn, or approximately £428m. The global arm of Manchester-headquartered advisory firm GCA Altium is to be acquired by investment bank Houlihan Lokey, it has been announced. Phil Adams, CEO of GCA Altium (Image: Paul Adams)
