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YFM invests in Mantic Point

A company that sends flight information to mobile phones via SMS has received financing from venture capitalist YFM Group.

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Graphite sells Summit Medical

Summit Medical, a specialist in medical devices in the orthopaedic sector, has been acquired for £36 million by international private equity firm The Riverside Company.

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Gateway VCT absorbed by Aberdeen

Shareholders in technology-focused Gateway VCT have voted to appoint asset management firm Aberdeen as investment manager for the fund.

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Private equity firms sizing up IT opportunities

The software and IT sectors are heading for a rise in M&A activity as private equity firms look to take advantage of falling values, according to new research.

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Atlantic warms to Hamworthy acquisition

A French engineering group has boosted its operations in the UK through the acquisition of a Poole-based heating equipment manufacturer.

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G4S acquisition targets US fraudsters

A Crawley-based security specialist has added an insurance fraud mitigation and claims service to its portfolio with an acquisition in the US.

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Maelor to build on pharma platform

A UK-based hospital medicines group is to acquire Speciality European Pharma subsidiary Speciality European Pharma International AG (SEPI) of Switzerland for £9.3 million cash with a further payment of up to £5million subject to regulatory criteria and sales targets.

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Foresight completes trio of investments

Venture capital firm Foresight has invested £5 million in Yorkshire-based Land Energy, a producer of wood pellets, £6 million in AWP Environmental, a company that is looking to reduce the amount of potentially dangerous industrial waste, and £3 million in recycling specialist Lynwood.

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Maelor to build on pharma platform

A UK-based hospital medicines group is to acquire Speciality European Pharma subsidiary Speciality European Pharma International AG (SEPI) of Switzerland for £9.3 million cash with a further payment of up to £5million subject to regulatory criteria and sales targets.

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Foresight completes trio of investments

Venture capital firm Foresight has invested £5 million in Yorkshire-based Land Energy, a producer of wood pellets, £6 million in AWP Environmental, a company that is looking to reduce the amount of potentially dangerous industrial waste, and £3 million in recycling specialist Lynwood.

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Management duo buys FHB to
fuel growth

A 140-year-old Shropshire-based agricultural and groundcare equipment provider is set for growth after being bought by two of its managers.

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Close Brothers close
two deals

Merchant banker Close Brothers Group plc has acquired two niche lending businesses for £33 million.

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AIM companies ripe for acquisition

Over half of the companies listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) are valued under £20 million, making them perfect targets for acquisitive companies.

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Property group Eatonfield to buy former NHS site

A group that specialises in buying properties for redevelopment is to acquire a former hospital site in Lanarkshire.

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