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New CEO, chairman for Securstore

An online back-up and recovery business with data centres in the UK and Iceland has gained a new CEO and non-executive chairman.

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Kirkman & Jourdain’s £3m MBO

Kirkman & Jourdain has been bought by its management in a deal worth £3 million. Chartered quantity surveyors Mark Downey and Paul Adams, together with contracts manager Phil Haywood acquired the building contractors and shopfitters firm.

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Mi-Pay’s £1.8m funding

Mi-Pay, a provider of mobile payment services, has received a £1.8 million boost from venture capital trust investor Close Ventures.

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Pro-Cure’s White Rose funding

York University spinout Pro-Cure Therapeutics has received a further £150,000 from the White Rose Technology Seedcorn Fund to develop therapies for prostate cancer – the second most common cause of cancer death among males.

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Malaysians circle AIM

Malaysian company Pure Circle, a producer of natural sweeteners, has joined AIM, raising $50 million (£24 million) to fund its growth plans in China and Kenya, and to repay existing loans.

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Exponent buys handbag company

Exponent Private Equity has acquired ladies handbag brand Radley in a secondary buy-out from Phoenix Equity Partners.

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Dutch firm buys Richard Sheffield

Dutch cutlery company Amefa has bought knife manufacturer Richard Sheffield from its administrator. The Sheffield company went out of business just five months after it took out loans to relocate to Handsworth, Sheffield.

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Sirdar sold to management for £3m

Sirdar Spinning, a hand knitting yarn specialist, has been bought by its management for £3 million. Managing director Russell Morris and finance director Ian Stead acquired Sirdar Spinning from stock market-listed Sirdar.

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Dutch firm buys Richard Sheffield

Dutch cutlery company Amefa has bought knife manufacturer Richard Sheffield from its administrator. The Sheffield company went out of business just five months after it took out loans to relocate to Handsworth, Sheffield.

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Sirdar sold to management for £3m

Sirdar Spinning, a hand knitting yarn specialist, has been bought by its management for £3 million. Managing director Russell Morris and finance director Ian Stead acquired Sirdar Spinning from stock market-listed Sirdar.

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Employee benefit due diligence

Witold Sawin of accountancy firm Sawin & Edwards explains how more relevant due diligence is crucial

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Let the drilling begin

Deal-making fever is taking longer than expected to reach the junior end of the mining market. But it's only a matter of time before the long-awaited consolidation gains momentum.

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Aegis in iProspect bolt-on

Aegis Group plc, a marketing communications group based in London and listed on the City’s main market, has built on its 2004 purchase of iProspect with the acquisition of rmsar.car, a search engine marketing specialist in Germany.

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Vital statistics

When competition is brutal and confidence falters, due diligence can be key to the outcome of a deal, Mark Dunne reports

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