Bluetooth settings for BT Arc Mouse lost on restart since upgrade

Upgraded OSX last night and on restart my Bluetooth BT Arc Touch mouse is not working.
I remove the mouse from the bluetooth settings and, resetting the mouse, it then finds the device and I pair the mouse again.
It works!
Then when I shutdown my MacBook Pro, next time I switch on the mouse does not work again. Its showing as "Not Connected" in the bluetooth settings.
Very, very frustrating.
Have downloaded latest Arc Touch mouse drivers but no fix.
Any ideas?

PS.
In menu bar, bluetooth icon states "Bluetooth: Not Available".
Bluetooth is switched on.
The mouse is blinking red and green which means "Device is discoverable (trying to connect to the transceiver)."

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