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Next Big Thing: Contactless cash cards

For coins and notes, it could be the beginning of the end. This autumn high-street banks will issue credit and debit cards with a new contactless payment facility, allowing cardholders to pay for items under £10 by simply swiping the cards over a reader.

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Heritage House raises £2.8 million

Foresight Venture Partners has completed a £2.8 million management buy-in of Heritage House, a newly formed media company focused on the heritage sector, including stately homes, castles, gardens, museums, galleries and other historical institutions.

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Management take control of plastics firm

Maynard & Harris Plastics, a plastic packaging supplier, has been bought by its management for undisclosed terms.

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Sage buys French software company

Management software specialist The Sage Group plc has enhanced its product offering after buying a majority shareholding in a French company.

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Pure Telecom buys NewTel Communications and all today’s headlines

In today's headlines Glisten has bought Dormen Foods for euro3 million and Concateno looks to bag Cozart for £64 million.

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Story time for Mission Marketing

The Mission Marketing Group (TTM), a communications and advertising company, has expanded its expertise after buying direct and digital marketing specialist Story UK. The deal could be worth £13.5 million if all performance targets are achieved.

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Polaris makes Skamol investment

Polaris Private Equity, which invests in mature small and medium-sized businesses in Denmark and Sweden, has bought Skamol, which develops, manufactures and markets thermal insulating materials for heat-intensive and passive fire protection industries.

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Immune Targeting secures £3.5 million

A company that develops synthetic vaccines for mutating viruses has recruited a new team of scientists and re-located to dedicated premises after completing a seven-figure investment round.

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Polaris makes Skamol investment

Polaris Private Equity, which invests in mature small and medium-sized businesses in Denmark and Sweden, has bought Skamol, which develops, manufactures and markets thermal insulating materials for heat-intensive and passive fire protection industries.

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Immune Targeting secures £3.5 million

A company that develops synthetic vaccines for mutating viruses has recruited a new team of scientists and re-located to dedicated premises after completing a seven-figure investment round.

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Indian film producer joins AIM

A producer and distributor of Indian films has raised tens of millions of pounds following an IPO on AIM.

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Homebuy saved by management duo

A provider of electrical products and household goods has been bought by two of its directors in a £22 million deal that has saved the business from insolvency.

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Mediasurface buys Immediacy

Mediasurface, an AIM-listed developer and distributor of content management software, has bought rival firm Immediacy in a deal that could be worth as much as £5.6 million.

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Maxima completes Centric takeover

Maxima Holdings plc, an IT systems and managed services company, has bought Centric Networks, which provides managed services for infrastructure software to a range of mid-market companies.