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Pro-Cure’s White Rose funding

York University spinout Pro-Cure Therapeutics has received a further £150,000 from the White Rose Technology Seedcorn Fund to develop therapies for prostate cancer – the second most common cause of cancer death among males.

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Malaysians circle AIM

Malaysian company Pure Circle, a producer of natural sweeteners, has joined AIM, raising $50 million (£24 million) to fund its growth plans in China and Kenya, and to repay existing loans.

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Exponent buys handbag company

Exponent Private Equity has acquired ladies handbag brand Radley in a secondary buy-out from Phoenix Equity Partners.

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Dutch firm buys Richard Sheffield

Dutch cutlery company Amefa has bought knife manufacturer Richard Sheffield from its administrator. The Sheffield company went out of business just five months after it took out loans to relocate to Handsworth, Sheffield.

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Sirdar sold to management for £3m

Sirdar Spinning, a hand knitting yarn specialist, has been bought by its management for £3 million. Managing director Russell Morris and finance director Ian Stead acquired Sirdar Spinning from stock market-listed Sirdar.

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Employee benefit due diligence

Witold Sawin of accountancy firm Sawin & Edwards explains how more relevant due diligence is crucial

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Let the drilling begin

Deal-making fever is taking longer than expected to reach the junior end of the mining market. But it's only a matter of time before the long-awaited consolidation gains momentum.

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Aegis in iProspect bolt-on

Aegis Group plc, a marketing communications group based in London and listed on the City’s main market, has built on its 2004 purchase of iProspect with the acquisition of rmsar.car, a search engine marketing specialist in Germany.

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Let the drilling begin

Deal-making fever is taking longer than expected to reach the junior end of the mining market. But it's only a matter of time before the long-awaited consolidation gains momentum.

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Aegis in iProspect bolt-on

Aegis Group plc, a marketing communications group based in London and listed on the City’s main market, has built on its 2004 purchase of iProspect with the acquisition of rmsar.car, a search engine marketing specialist in Germany.

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Vital statistics

When competition is brutal and confidence falters, due diligence can be key to the outcome of a deal, Mark Dunne reports

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Management snaps up Paintbox

Car painting company Paintbox has undergone a management buy-out from its North American parent. Read on for more deal headlines.

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OpSec secures German purchase

OpSec Security Group plc, a supplier of anti-counterfeiting technologies and services, has acquired Munich-based provider of online brand protection and monitoring services Partners 4 Management (P4M), for up to €10.2 million (£8 million).

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Capula’s £6 million re-financing

A provider of IT automation systems that controls several of the UK’s coal-fired power stations has completed a multi-million pound re-financing.