The innovative site that symbiotically combined recruitment with social media has now reached a milestone of mainstream usage, with users in 139 countries. Approximately 9% of the 100,000 are based in the UK.

Centaur Media group has announced the purchase of leading digital marketing site Econsultancy to the London Stock Exchange for an initial consideration of £12m, subject to shareholder approval on 9 July.

UK-based price comparison website Moneysupermarket (and Chrysalis' client) has agreed to the conditional purchase of MoneySavingExpert, a finincial advice site, for £87m ($113m).

Steve Coogan's pseudo-fictional character Alan Partidge is making a comeback, according to reports.

• Stella Artois' parent AB InBev is adding a pear variant to its "Cidre" brand