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Thu, 08 Dec 2011: Wiggle, the Portsmouth-based online cycle retailer, has been acquired by private equity firm Bridgepoint for £180m....
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Wed, 07 Dec 2011: Singularity, the Londonderry-based software technology firm with 215 staff, has been acquired by Kofax of the US for £30m....
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Wed, 07 Dec 2011: FootprintMatters2U has acquired IT Asset Disposal, the Port Talbot-based electronics recycling firm with 14 staff, for undisclosed terms....
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Wed, 07 Dec 2011: Mitie has acquired a majority stake in Direct Enquiries, the access and disability consultancy, for up to £8.3m....
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Wed, 07 Dec 2011: Chorion is selling its Mr Men and Little Miss brands to Sanrio, as part of the Japanese company's plans to set up a UK subsidiary to expand its c...
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Tue, 06 Dec 2011: Coolabi, the London-based children's TV production company, has undergone a £4.9m management buy-out backed by Edge Performance VCT....
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Tue, 06 Dec 2011: Cumbrian Seafoods has been bought out of administration by Lion Capital, the owner of Young's Seafood, securing 570 jobs in County Durham, Cumbri...
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Tue, 06 Dec 2011: RK Harrison Group has acquired Mercury West Associates, the Hatfield-based sports car insurance specialist, for undisclosed terms....
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Tue, 06 Dec 2011: The Innovation Group has acquired Claims Services, the Australian provider of outsourced motor and property claims management services with 110 staff,...
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Tue, 06 Dec 2011: Jacuzzi UK has sold its ceramic bathrooms factory in Newcastle-under-Lyme to a management team operating as Silverdale Bathrooms, securing 50 jobs....
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Tue, 06 Dec 2011: Knights of Old is to merge with Northampton-based Mainland Group to create a combined transport group with 400 staff and 200 trucks....
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Tue, 06 Dec 2011: Mazars has acquired the Gloucester-based volume personal insolvency business of PwC, with the transfer of 27 staff....
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Tue, 06 Dec 2011: PricewaterhouseCoopers has sold Target Financial Management out of administration to a new London-based company called Million Plus Financial Planning...
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Tue, 06 Dec 2011: Northside Graphics has bought the printing assets of Belfast-based Bradbury Graphics out of administration for undisclosed terms....
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Tue, 06 Dec 2011: R&R Ice Cream has acquired Durigon Gelato, the German ice cream manufacturer with 70 staff, for undisclosed terms....
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Tue, 06 Dec 2011: Mecom is to sell its Edda Media business in Norway to A-pressen for £190m....
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Thu, 01 Dec 2011: Clarksons has acquired EnShip, the Aberdeen-based shipping agency and marine logistics firm with gross assets of £3m....
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Thu, 01 Dec 2011: Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings is to acquire Synergy Insurance Services, the managing general agent for insurance carriers....
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Thu, 01 Dec 2011: Yule Catto has sold Uquifa, the manufacturer of pharmaceutical ingredients with 390 staff in Spain and Mexico, to Vivimed Labs for £35m....
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Thu, 01 Dec 2011: Rotork has acquired Prokits, the Mansfield-based manufacturer of valve adaptor kits with gross assets of £0.6m....
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