In today’s deal headlines Mattoli Woods plc has acquired the JB Group for up to £2.6 million and Academy Learning has expanded its digital capability with the purchase of Site Visibility for an undisclosed sum.

In today’s deal headlines Mattoli Woods plc has acquired the JB Group for up to £2.6 million and Academy Learning has expanded its digital capability with the purchase of Site Visibility for an undisclosed sum

Done deals:

• Intertek Group plc has bought CML Biotech, testing laboratory and consulting business for the oil and gas industry and holdco to the Commercial Microbiology Group, for £8 million
  
  
• Leicester-based pensions consultancy Mattoli Woods plc has acquired John Bradley Financial Services and North Star, together the JB Group, for up to £2.6 million

• Hochschild Mining plc has acquired a 20 per cent stake in Toronto-listed gold company Lake Shore Gold Corp for C$64.4 million (£32.9 million) cash in order to capture exposure to high-grade gold resources

• Bilfinger Berger Industrial Services announces the double acquisition of Hydro Production Partner and Hydro Production Services for a combined total of NOK800 million (£76.7 million)

• Academy Learning, the parent company of Academy Internet, has bought Shoreham-based search marketing agency Site Visibility in a bid to become one of the UK’s leading digital agencies

• Tel Aviv-listed Delek Energy Systems has strengthened its oil and gas exploration and production operations in the US with the acquisition of Elk Resources Inc, a privately-held exploration and production company in Denver

Deals in the pipeline:

• Medical Solutions plc is set to expand its product offering with the proposed acquisition of Autogen Bioclear UK for up to £6 million cash