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US company Meridian Bioscience has acquired Bioline for £14.9 million.
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Now is the time to secure the right funding package to grow your business, as deal activity starts to pick up.
Media mogul Richard Desmond has acquired loss-making Channel Five for £104 million.
IDOX is to acquire Computershare Electoral Management Services for £4.4 million.
Billion-pound companies are still trading at a premium to their faster-growing counterparts, according to research from DC Advisory Partners.
Waste-to-energy business Monsal has secured up to £14 million from investment firm FourWinds Capital Management.
Graphite Capital has acquired the recruitment company Teaching Personnel in a £45 million deal.
Digital Barriers has acquired a division of Overtis Group for £3.2 million.
M&A activity is predicted to rise in the coming year as credit improves.
A software provider to the asset management sector has raised £7.5 million from Augmentum Capital and Revere Capital Advisors.
European renewable energy company 9REN has secured €80 million (£68 million) for five solar power projects.
A provider of supply teachers to schools has undergone a management buy-out (MBO) for £45 million backed by Graphite Capital.
