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Oxford Metrics plc senses value in £8.1m swoop

Oxford Metrics plc, a smart sensing software company, has acquired Industrial Vision Systems Ltd for...

Chinese giant swoops for Missguided brand

Chinese clothing giant Shein has acquired the intellectual property and trademarks of Missguided. ...

Ascential to divest tech businesses for £1.4bn

Events giant Ascential is to divest two of its technology businesses for a combined £1.4 billion. ...

UK FinTech acquired by US price comparison website

Youtility, a UK technology start-up that partners with banks and financial technology companies, has...

Digital consultancy sold to its employees

Award-winning technology consultancy firm Griffiths Waite has been sold to an Employee Ownership Tru...

Private equity firm takes majority stake in Leeds tech consultancy

Leeds firms Fruition IT and Fruition Consulting have secured private equity backing for further grow...

Administrators called in at virtual restaurant firm Kbox Global

Administrators have been called in to a virtual restaurant firm which raised £17 million from leadi...

TalentTech 50 firm Cloud8 acquired

Bristol’s Cloud8 has been acquired. Southampton company Benefex has snapped up the entire produ...

Activist investor snaps up NCC Group shares

An activist investor which has been vocal in the future direction of THG has invested in NCC Group. ...

Raspberry Pi ‘now ready’ for £400m IPO

Raspberry Pi plans to list in London “when the markets are ready”, according to co-founder Eben ...

ESG swoops for fellow energy tech firm Phidex

ESG has swooped to acquire a fellow energy technology company. The Lancashire-based scaleup has e...

Behind the scenes of ‘event designed for entrepreneurs’

TechBlast’s first annual FUEL Manchester event saw the founders of big-name businesses Peak, Playd...