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UCL spin-out Domainex raises £1 million

Domainex, a biopharmaceutical spin-out from University College London (UCL), has raised £1 million to develop its contract research business and commercialise its drug discovery projects.

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More funding for sewage treatment venture

Eco-Solids International, a developer of technologies for treating sewage sludge, has received follow-on funding from AIM-listed investment company Low Carbon Accelerator (LCA).

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Green packaging business raises £6.1 million

Rapid Action Packaging has secured £6.1 million of equity and debt finance, mainly from AIM-listed investment company Ludgate Environmental Fund.

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All change for Ethanol Investments

Ethanol Investments plc (EI), an AIM-listed company with investments in the ethanol services market, is to make a series of acquisitions that will see changes to the corporate structure and identity of the company.

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Inchscape ups its stake in Russia

Automotive retailing giant Inchscape plc has acquired Russia’s largest car retailer in a deal worth $200 million (£100 million).

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Northwest deals up on 2007

The Northwest has shown a certain amount of resilience to the current economic slowdown by outperforming market expectations, M&A's Paul Driscol reports

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SatCom spies US satellite

A UK reseller of mobile satellite services (MSS) looks set to acquire a US satellite technology company in a move that will extend its product range to include via satellite (VSAT) broadband products.

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GSK in biopharma buy-out

Pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is set to strengthen its drug discovery capacity as it pursues the acquisition of a US developer of proprietary, molecule drugs for the treatment of Type 2 Diabetes.

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SatCom spies US satellite

A UK reseller of mobile satellite services (MSS) looks set to acquire a US satellite technology company in a move that will extend its product range to include via satellite (VSAT) broadband products.

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GSK in biopharma buy-out

Pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is set to strengthen its drug discovery capacity as it pursues the acquisition of a US developer of proprietary, molecule drugs for the treatment of Type 2 Diabetes.

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Melrose engineers new acquisition

A specialist manufacturing investor listed on the London Stock Exchange is in talks to acquire a global engineering group, also quoted on the main market, for approximately £478 million.

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The Middle East on AIM

Companies from the Middle East and North Africa have raised a total of £1.37 billion in AIM initial public offerings (IPOs), according to a report from Growth Company Investor, a sister title of GrowthBusiness.

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Hot off the press

A UK-based publisher is to come out of administration after assets belonging to its Wealth Enhancement division are assumed by Capital Ideas Financial Publishing (CIFP).

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Aurora banks on Russia

An AIM-quoted investment vehicle that invests in small- and mid-sized private companies in Russia has purchased Volzhski Universalny Bank (VUB) to increase its presence in the country’s retail financial services sector.

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