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Thurcroft-based Massarella Catering has received £5 million from GE Commercial Finance’s Business Finance unit. The development capital will be used to open new sites and refurbish existing facilities.

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A Yorkshire-based financial adviser that includes arranging sharia-compliant pensions among its services has been bought by four of its managers.

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IPCOS, a provider of automation and optimisation services to the refining and petrochemical markets, has acquired a majority stake in Aptitude, a delivery company for the Advanced Process Control (APC) services in the same sector. The terms of the deal were undisclosed.

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Print companies Impress Digital and local rival Eaton Press Print Solutions have merged for an undisclosed sum to create the Icon Print Group, a supplier of digital and litho print with a combined turnover of almost £2 million.

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Jan Frayne has bought out the CG Rees group of metals supplier companies of Gabalfa, Cardiff, from founder and managing director Colin Rees, who is retiring from the business. The £1.3 million deal, which will see the company re-named Fromstock, has been supported with an Assembly Investment Grant and a £650,000 loan from Finance Wales.

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Trowers & Hamlins has advised pet care business Bob Martin (UK) on the acquisition of the pet and animal healthcare business of Seven Seas, in a deal that will strengthen Bob Martin’s position in the UK.