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Compliance deal for IDOX

Software and services business IDOX has acquired UK-based Interactive Dialogues and Interactive Dialogues NV in a deal worth €2.2 million (£1.9. million).

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Oxford Instruments seeks US expansion

Oxford Instruments, a provider of high technology tools and systems for industry and research, eyes greater growth in the US after acquiring Platinum Medical Imaging for an initial $18 million (£11.2 million).

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Lloyds backs Encon buy-out from Wolseley UK

Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance has backed the management buy-out of Encon Group from its parent company, Wolseley UK, committing a £35 million line of credit for the company.

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Masabi secures $4 million from m8 Capital

Mobile technology investor m8 Capital has led a $4 million (£2.5 million) Series B funding round for Masabi, the developer of mobile phone ticketing technology.

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MedicX Healthfund makes three acquisitions

UK healthcare property investment fund MedicX Healthfund has acquired the freehold interests of two purpose built care homes in Coupar Angus and Dundee and a third in Bangor, Northern Ireland.

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kwittken + company acquires London’s Epoch PR

Kwittken + company worldwide (KCO) has acquired Epoch PR, a London-based multi-specialist corporate communications PR agency.

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Oiling the wheels of behavioural change

Keith Brown, chief executive of mobile payments service Paythru, declares that his company is ‘not out to change the world’. Instead, he aims to alter consumer behaviour by ‘oiling the wheels’ of change.

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Double-dip recession ’50 per cent likely’

The chances of the UK falling back into recession are 50 per cent, regardless of the outcome of the euro crisis, according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.

Alternative Finance for Business

Seeking out a technology grant

Innovation requires investment, but it can be difficult to find funding providers. One option is the Technology Strategy Board, which provides grants that aim to provide a boost to the right tech companies.

Growth Planning

Four trends that drive eBay’s M&A strategy

Fredrik Ahlberg, head of expansion at eBay, reveals there are four current trends in commerce that underpin the online shopping giant’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) strategy. These are: mobile, local, social and digital.

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Publicis grows in China with Wangfan purchase

International communications company Publicis Groupe has wholly acquired Shanghai-based Wangfan for an undisclosed sum as part of a strategy to double in size in the Chinese market.

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Quindell Portfolio acquires Maine Finance

Brand extension business Quindell Portfolio has announced the acquisition of online financial services broking company Maine Finance for £2.1 million.