Wednesday 14th May 2008

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Deal Round-up (14.05.2008)

Digital communications company Mighty Mouse has acquired website design and build agency Bluhalo, and oil and gas company Ramco has purchased Eagle HC.

Done deals:

Ramco, an Aberdeen-based oil and gas exploration company, has acquired Eagle HC for up to £2.3 million in shares, in a bid to increase its operations in the North Sea

smartFOCUS Group plc, a provider of multi channel marketing software, has bought ASTECH InterMedia, a US-based data-driven marketing services company for the newsmedia industry, for £1.6 million

Marine safety equipment supplier Cosalt plc has sold its non-core school uniform and children’s clothing subsidiary Banner to IDP for £4.5 million. Cosalt has also acquired offshore oil and gas distribution and servicing company SAHS for £265,000

Winstonmead plc has purchased fellow Kent-based Acorn Business Supplies to create a combined office supplies company (Source: Channel Info)

Cable communications company Stream Communications Network & Media has announced the acquisition of a new broadband network in Suwalki, Poland, for £1.6 million (Source: Computer Business Review)

Digital communications company Mighty Mouse Digital has acquired website design and build agency Bluhalo

Book publisher Random House has acquired the craft, photography and reference publisher Watson-Guptill Publications from Nielsen Business Media (Source: Book Trade)

Arc Fund Management has acquired Manchester-based financial advisory firm Throgmorton Financial Services for £1.6 million (Source: IFA Online)

Print management and marketing services firm US-based InnerWorkings Partnership has bought Etrinsic in order to expand its operations into the UK (Source: The Birmingham Post)

Early-stage investor Longbow Capital has led a £2.8 million series C round of funding in CyDen, a Swansea-based medical devices company (Source: Real Deals)

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