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Merger creates major grain business

Two farmer-owned operations have combined to create a major new grain marketing and input supply business. Grainfarmers and Centaur Grain have merged to form Openfield, which will handle around a fifth of the UK grain market and become one the largest supplier of seed and fertiliser in the UK.

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First Derivatives expands into the US

Irish financial technology company First Derivatives, has bought US-based technology marketing company Marketing Resources Partners, in a deal which could be worth up to £11.1 million.

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Game is up for Take Two acquisition

EA, a computer games business, has officially ended takeover talks with Rockstar owners Take-Two Interactive. The two American games publishers had been in discussions over a possible takeover of Take-Two by EA, after the latter had agreed to drop a $2 billion (£1 million) hostile takeover bid.

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UK M&A down but not out

UK M&A has refused to give in, despite a slowdown in the first half of 2008, according to a study by PKF Accountants.

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Nationwide becomes a self-preservation society

The Nationwide merger with the Derbyshire and Cheshire building societies comes as the credit crunch and sub-prime crisis puts further pressure on small building societies, according to experts. There is industry prediction that the merger may lead to a speeding up of the long predicted consolidation in the sector.

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SMEs avoid the bank manager

Almost half (49 per cent) of business owners and directors have not seen their bank manager for a year or more, while nearly a quarter (23 per cent) can't remember the last time they met.

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Playing in the big leagues

Find out how Fivium work with bigger customers, clients and partners.

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Accor checks in to acquisition

Accor, a French hotels group, has increased its stake in Poland's Orbis Group from 45.48 per cent to 50.01 per cent for euro35 million (£28 million). The move is part of Accor's hotel development strategy in central Europe.

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Playing in the big leagues

Find out how Fivium work with bigger customers, clients and partners.

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Accor checks in to acquisition

Accor, a French hotels group, has increased its stake in Poland's Orbis Group from 45.48 per cent to 50.01 per cent for euro35 million (£28 million). The move is part of Accor's hotel development strategy in central Europe.

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Hexagon makes US move

An executive search company that also provides senior interim managers is to increase the international reach of one of its subsidiaries after agreeing to buy a US company.

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CADS launches on PLUS Markets

Captive Audience Display Solutions (CADS), an out-of-home digital media network that delivers news, entertainment and advertising to viewers on petrol station forecourts in Ireland, has launched on PLUS Markets.

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1Spatial spies expansion with ComSine deal

1Spatial, a spatial data management services provider, has acquired ComSine, a specialist in IT consultancy and development for the telecommunications industry, for an undisclosed sum.

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Diamond deal for De Beers

AIM-listed miner Petra Diamonds has acquired a 75 per cent stake in Tanzania's Williamson diamond mine from Chevlot Holdings, a unit of De Beers, for US$10 million (£5.7 million).

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