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Morson completes second deal

Technical recruitment specialist Morson Group moved its business into new sectors and extended its geographical reach after it bought Westbury White & Nunn (WWN), which supplies staff to the telecoms, rail and natural resources industries.

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London calling for MovaMail

Jay Roberge, who heads up mobile messaging company MovaMail, which specialises in email applications for mobile phones, reveals the company has declined advances from VCs in the US, preferring to try and secure a London deal.

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Hamilton in PLUS listing

Investment vehicle Hamilton Partners has joined PLUS Markets, raising £1 million. The company is looking for acquisition targets for a reverse takeover.

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OchreSoft receives £600,000

OchreSoft Technologies, a developer of conveyancing workflow software for law firms, has received £600,000 from its existing investors. The names of the funders have not been disclosed but the consortium included private equity provider and venture capitalist YFM Group.

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Chinese chemical float for AIM

IPO followers should watch out for petrochemical and speciality chemical concern HaiKe Chemical Group, planning to raise £10 million through Hanson Westhouse.

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ReGen poised for funding

AIM-listed biotechnology business ReGen Therapeutics is poised for new funding after announcing bullish test results for its Colostrinin Alzheimer's treatment.

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Planet in $7.6 million placing

Planet Payment, the AIM-quoted international multi-currency payment processor guided by Philip Beck, has successfully lured in several savvy investors and widened its shareholder base by way of a $7.6 million private placing.

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AuPix secures £525,000

AuPix, a developer of telecommunications systems, has secured more than £500,000 to develop its business.

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Planet in $7.6 million placing

Planet Payment, the AIM-quoted international multi-currency payment processor guided by Philip Beck, has successfully lured in several savvy investors and widened its shareholder base by way of a $7.6 million private placing.

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AuPix secures £525,000

AuPix, a developer of telecommunications systems, has secured more than £500,000 to develop its business.

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Backing for Vegetarian World

Mike Firth, who has interests in a fruit products company and a sugar importer, has added an organic and vegetarian foods manufacturer and supplier to his portfolio. He now holds all the equity in Vegetarian World after buying the company for an undisclosed sum.

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Attractive figures emerge from Chrysalis

Chrysalis VCT, the trust that merged three VCTs into one, this week boasted of a ’very strong recovery’ since it became self-managed in April 2004, but admits the insubstantial £1.1 million raised before the end of the last tax year was ‘a disappointment’.

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Framlington picks Energetix

Two Framlington AIM VCTs, part of French insurance giant AXA’s asset management interests, have taken stakes of 1.39 per cent and 1.94 per cent in recently floated Energetix Group.

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Entrepreneurs thrive on independence

While financial gain may commonly be perceived as the main reason to start up an enterprise, research by YouGov shows an overwhelming 89 per cent of business owners rated independence to make their own decisions as a key benefit of running a business.