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APS Group is a major supplier of fresh produce to UK multiple retailers including Tesco and Iceland.  Its activities are as follows:

• Sourcing of fresh produce from UK and overseas
• UK growing of premium tomato...
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FAMILY-owned ice cream maker Fredericks Dairies has been sold for £49m to R&R Ice Cream, the pan-European group.

Skelmersdale-based Fredericks, which makes ice creams and lollies for major food brands including Cadbury, Del Monte and Britvic, and was the sole...

Technology firm Acal has agreed to sell a Warrington-based division to its management team.

Acal Supply Chain's UK parts business, formerly known as ServiceSource Europe, employs around 100 staff at its base in Appleton.

It supplies new and refurbished...

MANCHESTER-based corporate finance boutique Rickitt Mitchell has promoted Neil Mitchell to director.

Mr Mitchell, joined the Deansgate-based firm eight years ago as a corporate finance executive and later moved up to become an associate director.

He has advised on...

Corporate finance advisory practice Rickitt Mitchell has bolstered its pipeline of international transactions after becoming the UK representative of a global network of dealmakers.

Rickitt Mitchell's membership of M&A Europe - which despite its name has...

Fit-out and refurbishment firm Claremont Group Interiors today announced the disposal of its Viewpoint division to its management team.

Viewpoint, established in 1995, provides audio-visual, multi-media and communications services to corporate, education and public...

Metal detection equipment manufacturer Lock Inspection Systems has been bought by US company Illinois Tool Works (ITW) in a deal aimed at expanding its international operations.
 
Oldham-based Lock has been acquired by the UK subsidiary of ITW for an undisclosed...

Word reaches Corporate Raider of a sporting DVD with a difference that has been doing the rounds at Manchester Corporate Finance firm, Rickitt Mitchell.

The DVD is a recording of this year's Christie Dream Team Cup match, played at Old Trafford between NCC Group...

Wireless energy firm WEMS International has sold a majority stake to private equity investors WHEB Partners and Hermes GPE (through the Hermes GPE Environmental Innovation Funds) as it looks to fuel growth both at home and abroad. The deal valued the business at...