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WPP adds Rockfish to Digital division

Global media communications business WPP has made a US purchase with a deal for Rockfish through its investment arm WPP Digital.

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Continental Farmers Group admission to AIM

Eastern Europe-focused farming business Continental Farmers Group (CFG) has raised £14.8 million and admitted shares to trading on AIM and ESM. Niraj Patel headed the team at Saffery Champness, reporting accountant for the admission.

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Autonomy’s Mike Lynch set for £568 million payday

Mike Lynch, the founder of one of the UK’s most successful technology companies, Autonomy, is set for a £568 million payday after Hewlett-Packard agreed to acquire the business for £7.1 billion.

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Autonomy acquired by Hewlett-Packard

IT giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) has acquired Autonomy, a UK-based provider of information management software and services, in the second big-ticket technology M&A deal of the week.

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UK buy for newly formed IgnitionOne

IgnitionOne, which provides digital marketing technology, has made a UK acquisition with the purchase of advert space vendors AdJug.

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MITIE acquires five of its start-ups for £14.6 million

Outsourcing company MITIE has agreed to acquire the remaining shareholdings of four start-up businesses, and the majority of a fifth, which had been backed by the outsourcing company’s shared-equity model.

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Deloitte questions Enterprise Zones as new sites named

Professional services firm Deloitte has attacked the government’s rollout of Enterprise Zones across the UK, saying it is ‘difficult to imagine’ that the initiative will meet current ‘economic and job creation goals’.

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Acquistion for Smiths Group division

John Crane, a division of global technology business Smiths Group, has acquired the business and assets of Turbo Components and Engineering (TCE).
Round-up of today's M&A deals

Alternative Finance for Business

SME finance: There must be another way…

Project Merlin has proved to be less than magical for SME finance. So what other options are available to businesses?

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In-tune networking: John Dunne

Despite the terrible state of the Irish economy, Intune Networks, co-founded by John Dunne, continues to be a global leader in its field. Dunne reveals to GB how he attracted VC investment while having a complex technology.

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Fostering Solutions acquires Pathway Care from ISIS

ISIS Equity Partners has sold foster care agency Pathway Care to Fostering Solutions, part of the Acorn Care and Education Group, for an undisclosed sum.

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KC backs £600,000 fund for North East

Broadband and telephony services provider KC has backed a £600,000 investment fund for digital and technology sector businesses and entrepreneurs in Hull and East Yorkshire.

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