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QinetiQ acquires Cyveillance

QinetiQ Group Plc, a London-based defence consultancy business, has acquired Cyveillance, a US provider of online monitoring technology, for $40 million (£26.6 million).

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Hanson Westhouse in reverse takeover

Smaller company investment bank Hanson Westhouse is coming onto AIM through the reverse takeover of Jersey-based SovGem.

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New manager for Sustainable Technology Fund

The Sustainable Technology Fund (STF), which backs UK-based cleantech ventures, has made its first investment under new management.

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Open Text is Vizible

Open Text, an Ontario-based specialist in Enterprise Content Management (ECM), has acquired Toronto-based Vizible Corporation, which focuses on digital media interface services.  

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System C Healthcare operates on Bluestar

System C Healthcare Plc, a Maidstone-based provider of specialist IT products and services to the healthcare sector, has acquired Kent-based rival Bluestar UK Group for up to £3 million. 

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TMX buys NetThruPut

TMX Group, the owner of the Canadian Stock Exchange, has acquired NetThruPut (NTP) from Enbridge and Circuit Technology Limited, a Canadian electronic platform and clearing facility for physical crude oil products, for some C$52.2 million (£29.5 million). 

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Warwick Effect Polymers in funding round

Warwick Effect Polymers (WEP), a polymer technology company, has raised £1 million from
new and existing investors including Catapult Venture Managers, Mercia Technology Seed Fund and Oxford Technology VCT. 

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Associated Engineering Services in MBO

Northampton-based Associated Engineering Services (AES) has been bought by its management in a deal led by managing director Paul Leeson, James Harman and Phil Mitchell.

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Warwick Effect Polymers in funding round

Warwick Effect Polymers (WEP), a polymer technology company, has raised £1 million from
new and existing investors including Catapult Venture Managers, Mercia Technology Seed Fund and Oxford Technology VCT. 

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Associated Engineering Services in MBO

Northampton-based Associated Engineering Services (AES) has been bought by its management in a deal led by managing director Paul Leeson, James Harman and Phil Mitchell.

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Key Capital Partners backs Sabotage BIMBO

Cambridge-based private equity firm Key Capital Partners (KCP) has invested £3.6 million in the buy-in management buy-out of fashion business Sabotage.

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Snell & Wilcox and Pro-Bel in MBO

UK technology companies Snell & Wilcox and Pro-Bel have merged in a £72 million management buy-out led by Snell & Wilcox CEO Simon Derry and FD Peter Fredericks, as well as former Pro-Bel CEO Graham Pitman, 

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Darbyshire Group acquires TPT Construction

Preston-based construction company Darbyshire Group has acquired Welsh firm TPT Construction for an undisclosed sum.

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Shackleton completes £1 million funding round 

OmPrompt, a messaging connectivity company, has secured £1 million from secondaries venture capital firm Shackleton Ventures. The investment was made from Shackleton Secondaries II Limited Partnership, its second fund.