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15:13, 6 MAY 2025
North Wales chocolatier expands with new factory
Deals
Richard Holt has secured finance to expand from the Development Bank of Wales and Bathgate Business Finance
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Tewkesbury cyber company merges with Australian firm to form £60m mega business
Gloucestershire
PentenAmio's tech is actively deployed in classified environments by more than 20 national security and defence organisations
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Newcastle tech firm Ceto raises $4.8m to drive forward platform and create new jobs
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Founder Tony Hildrew says the funding positions Ceto to deliver technology that sets a new standard for maritime operations
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Wiltshire agriculture consultancy acquired by major South West business
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The company will continue to operate from its Compton Bassett base following the takeover
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Acuity Law acted on £60m of deals in the dental sector in Q1 of this year
Consultancies
The corporate healthcare team at Acuity Law completed deals in the dental sector with a combined value of around £60m in the first quarter of this year.
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Pub giant Heineken º£½ÇÊÓÆµ to pump £2.2m into upgrading and reopening North East pubs
Food and Drink
The regional investment is part of an overall cash pot of £40m being spent on a quarter of the company's estate
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The Welsh Government's £50m life sciences fund cost the taxpayer millions
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CEO of the Development Bank of Wales, Giles Thorley, blamed external factors for the performance of the fund that made losses of nearly £30m
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Newcastle's Black & White Engineering snaps up Ireland's Homan O’Brien
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The Tyneside firm said the deal opens the door for exciting new opportunities in the region and further international projects
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Engineering and business services firm McCann and Partners acquired in MBO deal
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The deal was part funded by the Development Bank of Wales
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Underfloor heating firm UFHN acquired by Finnish group
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20-year-old Dorset firm joins group with big North East operations
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North East deals of the week: key contracts, investments and acquisitions
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Companies featuring in this week's round-up include Artech Lighting, Synergi, Shield Therapeutics, Atelerix, Ibex Innovations and PervasID
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Tata subsidiary º£½ÇÊÓÆµSE exceeding targets on support to firms following ending of heavy steelmaking in Port Talbot
Banking & Finance
Its ongoing support programme has invested £3m since being launched last yeaer
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Welsh stone quarry looking to expand on new funding boost
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Gwrhyd Quarry has been acquired by the Walton family
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BCRS Business Loans ramping up lending activities to Welsh SMEs
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It manages the small business debt element of the British Business Bank's £130m Wales Investment Fund
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North East IT provider Synergi snapped up by DC Thomson subsidiary Brightsolid
Creative & Digital
Synergi's co-founder Peter Joynson said the firm had been approached by suitors before
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Durham lighting firm Artech snaps up Yorkshire business Powerlite Fitzgerald
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The acquisition will help to boost both firms' market share while creating skilled jobs
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Shield Therapeutics signs licence deal with Vital-Net to break into Japan
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The Gateshead pharmaceutical firm has received an initial payment of $665,000 as part of the exclusive licence agreement
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Admiral agrees to sell US business to private equity firm
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New York-based J . C. Flowers & Co has agreed to acquire the US car insurer, Elephant, from the Cardiff headquartered FTSE 100 group
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Opinion: One year of Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II – the start of something bigger
Professional Services
Louise Chapman, investment director and NPIF II Fund Principal at Praetura Ventures, on the success of the Northern growth fund
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Biotech business Atelerix signs distribution deal to expand into China
Deals
The firm has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with MineBio, a leading Chinese supply chain and logistics organisation
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Plans for one of the biggest battery storage projects in the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ backed by Cardiff Capital Region
Cardiff Capital Region
Simec Atlantis Energy has secured a £8.5m loan from the city region for the first of three battery storage facilities at its Uskmouth Sustainable Energy Park.
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Gear4Music buys £2.4m of stock and assets from collapsed rival Gak.co.uk
Retail & High Street
The Yorkshire musical instrument seller says it has no plans to use the Gak trading name
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Cardiff fintech start up Burbank in partnership with global payments tech firm Transactility
Technology
Cardiff-based fintech start-up Burbank has been boosted with a strategic partnership with global payments technology provider Transactility.
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Durham tech firm PervasID seals £200,000 investment to accelerate US growth plans
Deals
The investment from Maven Cognition marks another milestone in its global growth strategy.
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