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Garlock seals another deal

Sealing company Garlock has acquired PTM, a rubber and plastics company for an undisclosed sum. Click here for more deals.

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IT Solutions and Acutec merge

Coventry-based IT Solutions has merged with Coleshill-based rival Acutec. The details of the deal were not disclosed. For more deals click here.

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Foresight backs ICA buy-out

Document management company ICA Group has undergone a management buy-out (MBO) backed by funds from venture capitalist Foresight.

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Bargain hunting in the Thames Valley

The feeble pound has brought UK technology companies into the sights of overseas buyers with money to spend. Andrew MacLeod reports

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AIM company takes Staines IT firm 

Innovise, an AIM-traded provider of workforce management software and managed IT services, has acquired Staines-based IT services firm Infrasolve, in a cash-and-shares deal worth £6.6 million.

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Security company joins SectorGuard’s legions

Waltham Cross-based security company SectorGuard Plc has acquired Legion Group Plc, a parking services and security company, for a nominal fee.

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Comply Serve nets expansion funds

Birmingham-based Comply Serve, a developer of web-based project compliance management systems, has secured £800,000 from venture capitalists Catapult Venture Managers and Midven, as well as from private investors. 

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Agg Jones Search receives funds

Welsh recruitment firm Agg Jones Search and Selection has received ₤475,000 from the Welsh Assembly Government and HSBC to extend its geographical coverage.

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Comply Serve nets expansion funds

Birmingham-based Comply Serve, a developer of web-based project compliance management systems, has secured £800,000 from venture capitalists Catapult Venture Managers and Midven, as well as from private investors. 

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Agg Jones Search receives funds

Welsh recruitment firm Agg Jones Search and Selection has received ₤475,000 from the Welsh Assembly Government and HSBC to extend its geographical coverage.

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Headhunter nets expansion funds

Recruitment firm Agg Jones Search and Selection has received ₤475,000 from the Welsh Assembly Government for regional expansion.

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Nor Energy UK in a valiant oil and gas deal

Woking-based Valiant Petroleum Plc has agreed to acquire Nor Energy UK, a unit of Norwegian company Nor Energy AS, for up to £3.6 million.

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Sidell Gibson acquires Crouch Butler Savage

London-based Sidell Gibson Architects has acquired Birmingham architectural practice Crouch Butler Savage for an undisclosed sum. Click here for more deals.

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Assessing business ideas

John Mullins, an associate professor at London Business School, asks how you distinguish between a superficially attractive idea and a real beauty.