transactions

Trade and Consumer Sector: Selected Transactions (Alphabetical Order)

Bertoli Mitchell clients in bold:

Absolute Press sold to Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Archbishops' Council of the Church of England publishing agreement with Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd to publish liturgy, key reference titles and other resources for the Church

Aurum Press Ltd sold to Quarto Group Inc.

Batsford Plc and Brassey Inc bought by Chrysalis Plc

Black Amber Books Ltd sold to Arcadia Books Ltd

Blackwell Wissenschaft Verlag's German consumer publishing sold to Kosmos GmbH

Book Marketing Ltd sold to Publishing News Ltd

Cassell Plc's Gollancz children's publishing sold to Penguin Books Ltd

Children's Non-Fiction Publishing of Anova (formerly Chrysalis) Books Group Ltd to Alligator Books Ltd

The C W Daniel Company Ltd sold to The Random House Group Ltd

Fountain Press Ltd sold to Newpro (UK) Ltd

The Guiton Group plc's Sutton Publishing Ltd sold to Haynes Plc

Hambledon & London Ltd sold to The Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Fontana Press History (English and European) series sold to Blackwell Publishers Ltd

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Business publishing sold to Profile Books Ltd

Hudsons Guide and associated assets (Norman Hudson & Company) sold to Heritage House Media Ltd

How To Books Ltd sold to Oxford Publishing Ventures Ltd

Jarrold & Sons Ltd publishing interests (including Pitkin Unichrome) sold to NPI Media Group Ltd

Jarrold Contract Publishing sold to Heritage House Media Ltd

Little, Brown (UK) Ltd Optima (Health publishing) imprint to Random House (UK) Ltd

Pathfinder and Short Walks walking guides sold by The History Press Ltd to Crimson Publishing Ltd

Pica Press Ltd sold to A & C Black Ltd

Phillimore & Company Ltd sold to NPI Media Group Ltd

Plymbridge Distributors Ltd sold to Harry Midgley and other private investors

Ramboro Ltd and Salamander Books Ltd sold to Chrysalis plc

Shire Publications Ltd sold to Osprey Publishing Ltd

Spellmount Ltd sold to Nonsuch International Publishing Ltd

Tempus Publishing Group Ltd sold to Richard Joseph Family Trusts

Teubner Edition GmbH (Germany) sold to Grafe & Unzer GmbH

The Good Book Guide sold to The English Book Service

VisitBritain (VB) publishing partnership with Heritage House Media Ltd in respect of the VB consumer books and directories programmes

VisitBritain (VB) publishing partnership with The Chelsea Magazine Company Ltd relating to VB's official magazine, In Britain

Websters International Publishers Ltd wine publishing portfolio (including Oz Clarke's books and digital assets) acquired by Anova Books Group Ltd

The Windrush Press Ltd sold to The Orion Publishing Group Ltd

VisitBritain enters into publishing partnership with Metropolis International Group Ltd relating to Accommodation Know-how online information service and associated business-to-business publications

Britain Magazine sold by VisitBritain to The Chelsea Magazine Company

Weidenfeld & Nicolson's Law in Context publishing sold to Butterworths

Wiley (UK) Ltd Legal Looseleaf publishing sold to Jordan Publishing Ltd

Willan Publishing Ltd sold Informa UK Ltd, trading as Taylor & Francis, a subsidiary of Informa Plc