Done deals:

 

• Merchant Bank Close Brothers Group plc has acquired two niche lending businesses, Commercial Acceptance Group and Amber Credit, for some £33 million

• US company SolidWorks has acquired Priware, adding electronic computer aided design (CAD) to its existing mechanical CAD software operation
  (Source: Engineeringtalk)

• Dutch electronics giant Philips has bought Irish healthcare IT firm, Tomcat Systems
  (Source: The Irish News)

Deals in the pipeline:

 

• Online commerce and media company Canadian-based Live Current Media is set to buy Irish-based software developer Auctomatic for some €3 million (£2.4 million)
  (Source: RTE Business)

• Dublin-based media group Saor Communications has agreed a multi-million euro merger with international media group OMD, the new company will be named McConnells
  (Source: independent.ie)

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