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The Latest Breaking News from Mercia

Management buy-out completes at Hull tech firm The One Point as continued strong growth forecast

Demand for managed outsourced IT services is leading expansion plans at Bridgehead Business Park

Birmingham Post

Exeter tech firm Distil.ai to create jobs after raising £1.1m

The Devon firm has developed a software platform which is designed to help businesses understand their customers’ behaviour and identify buying signals

Birmingham Post

Denby Catering Equipment has new leader after MBO sees founder retire

Richard Garfitt joined when he was just 19 and is now driving the business forward

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Software firm secures £2.25m investment deal

OneUp Sales will use the capital to develop its platform which aims to help businesses manage and motivate sales teams

Birmingham Post

Double deal see Black Country industrial estate fully let

Mercia Real Estate signs two lease deals following refurbishment programme

Birmingham Post

Debt lender raises a further £30m following a record year

Finance provider Frontier Development Capital is based in Birmingham and has offices in Bristol and Manchester

Birmingham Post

Newcastle technology firm Melius Cyber boosted by £500,000 investment

The business has won a second round of funding from the North East Venture Fund

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North East deals of the week: key acquisitions, contracts and investments

Companies in this week's round-up include hedgehog lab, Cognassist, ART Health Solutions, Calibrate Group and Foresight Group

Birmingham Post

North East sports scientists raise £1m to develop wellbeing app

Around 10 jobs will be created by ART Health Solutions after it secured the funding

Birmingham Post

The 12 latest high-profile deals from across the North West

BusinessLive has rounded up some of the latest top deals you should not miss

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The latest equity deals and investment news in Wales

Deals include fundraising for Creo Medical, Coincover and CanSense with fund managers invited to bid for the British Business Bank's new £130m fund for Wales.

Birmingham Post

Middlesbrough games developer SockMonkey Studios acquired by Canadian company

SockMonkey was founded 10 years ago by Teesside University graduates Darren Cuthbert and Bob Makin

Birmingham Post

Sheffield school criticised for saying job applicants must be ‘wedded’ to role

Advertisement for assistant headteacher said candidates must be ‘on alert from 7am through until 6pm’

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Glasgow spin-out raises £9.7 million for early-stage cancer test

Life sciences firm can now focus on building its pipeline of organ-specific tests

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How two friends went from helping Glastonbury sell tickets to securing multi-million pound pay day

The company has worked with the likes of Pets at Home, LDC and Nisa

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Hull tech firm raises £575,000 to deliver software to help meet post-Grenfell building rules

Bimsense secures significant further round of equity investment from new neighbour

Birmingham Post

Powerhouse fund manager opens office in Hull to build on £10m Humber commitments

Mercia delivers Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund support

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Exeter tech company that helps firms recruit more diversely secures £1.75m

Role Mapper said the money would help it grow its business across the UK and the US

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People on the move: key North East appointments and promotions of the week

Companies announcing new roles this week include RMT, Essity, Onyx Health and RG Corporate Finance

Birmingham Post

Newcastle tech recruitment firm Haystack appoints former Google executive

Gosforth based Haystack has announced the appointment after securing £500,000 in its latest fundraise

Birmingham Post

Water treatment firm I-Phyc secures £2.3m in new funding

Company has developed a wastewater treatment system to remove contaminants which it hopes will clean up rivers and other waterways

Birmingham Post

Recruitment tech firm Haystack to break into US market following £500,000 investment

The Newcastle firm has now tapped into £1.5m of funding to help drive its tech recruitment platform

Birmingham Post

Durham firm Plexus Innovation gets backing to expand into new markets

The company has secured £480,000 in new investment

Birmingham Post

Tyneside cybersecurity firm Melius to expand platform following £350,000 funding

New jobs will be created at the Newcastle firm following the North East Venture Fund deal

Birmingham Post

North East deals of the week: key contracts, investments and acquisitions

The regional round-up of deals this week includes Bazaar Group, Notify Technology, Brownlee Cale and Stelrad

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