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SMEs could be deferring £7.7bn

Cash-strapped small businesses are losing out on the chance to defer a potential £7.7 billion of tax payments, claims the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT).

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Warwick Effect Polymers gets £1m

Warwick Effect Polymers (WEP) has raised a further £1 million of investment from new and existing venture capitalists and private investors.

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 SRM acquires InfoSec

SRM, a Newcastle-based provider of operational risk management services, has acquired InfoSec Associates, a local information assurance specialist. The details of the deal were undisclosed.

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Beazley acquires First State Management Group

Lloyd's insurer Beazley has acquired First State Management Group, a Boston-based underwriting manager specialising in commercial property insurance, from the Hartford Financial Services Group. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. 

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First Derivatives snaps up Hologram

First Derivatives Plc, a provider of capital markets technology based in Newry, Northern Ireland, has acquired Lepton Solutions Pty (trading as Hologram), an Adelaide-based technology company, for up to A$2.2 million (£1.05 million). 

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Diural bags £250,000

Early-stage drug company Diural has secured more than £250,000 of co-investment from Finance Wales, Fusion IP and the Viking Fund.

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FW Thorpe lights up Solite Europe

FW Thorpe Plc, a Redditch-based manufacturer of lighting equipment, has acquired Manchester-based rival Solite Europe. The terms of the deal remain undisclosed. For more deals click here.

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Western Digital acquires SiliconSystems

Western Digital, a California-based specialist in hard drive storage, has acquired SiliconSystems, a supplier of solid state drives, for $65 million (£45.5 million) in cash. SiliconSystems will now trade as WD Solid-State Storage. 

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FW Thorpe lights up Solite Europe

FW Thorpe Plc, a Redditch-based manufacturer of lighting equipment, has acquired Manchester-based rival Solite Europe. The terms of the deal remain undisclosed. For more deals click here.

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Western Digital acquires SiliconSystems

Western Digital, a California-based specialist in hard drive storage, has acquired SiliconSystems, a supplier of solid state drives, for $65 million (£45.5 million) in cash. SiliconSystems will now trade as WD Solid-State Storage. 

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ReSearch Pharma acquires Paramax 

ReSearch Pharmaceutical Services (RPS), a Delaware-based provider of clinical solutions to the bio-pharmaceutical industry, has acquired medical research organisation Paramax International for $1 million (£700,000) in cash.

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Ocampo acquires MTS

Dorset-based manufacturer of defence and aerospace systems Cobham Plc has sold M/A-COM Technology Solutions (MTS), its US commercial business division, to John Ocampo, the owner of private equity fund GaAs Labs, for up to $90 million (£65 million). 

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Takeover targets

With more than 70 per cent of AIM ventures valued at £20 million or less, dealmakers don't have to look far to find value for money on the London Stock Exchange's junior market.

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Wyeth division buys Thiakis 

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth, has acquired private equity-backed Thiakis, a privately held biotechnology company based in the UK, for an initial payment of $30 million (£20 million).

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