Done deals:

• Ramco, an Aberdeen-based oil & 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

• Cable communications company Stream Communications Network & Media has announced the acquisition of a new broadband network in Suwalki, Poland, for £1.6 million

• 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

• Arc Fund Management has acquired Manchester-based IFA Throgmorton Financial Services for £1.6 million

• Print management and marketing services firm US-based InnerWorkings Partnership has bought Etrinsic in order to expand its operations into the UK

• Early-stage investor Longbow Capital has led a £2.8 million series C round of funding in CyDen, a Swansea-based medical devices company

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