Done Deals

• Premier Foods has completed the sale of Martine Spécialités SAS and Le Pain Croustillant for £44 million. The sale of Sofrapain SAS, its remaining speciality bakery business in France, has been agreed and completion is expected during the second quarter of 2009.

• Ensembli, a Sheffield-based news service provider, has received further funding from private equity investor Enterprise Ventures, taking the total investment in the company to £850,000.

• Exosect, a supplier of intelligent pest management services, has secured further funding from European venture capitalists Oxford Capital Partners, WHEB Ventures and the Entrepreneurs Fund. Exosect has secured over £5 million in the last two years.
  

• Veterinary services provider CVS has acquired Beechwood Veterinary Hospital, a small animal surgery based in Doncaster in a move that will complement the company’s existing practices in the Yorkshire area. The financial terms of the deal have not been revealed.

• Axis-Shield Plc, an international in vitro diagnostics (IVD) company, has acquired the German distribution rights for its point-of-care (PoC) IVD products from Progen Biotechnik GmbH for 1.2 million in cash. Read more

• Capita Group Plc, a business process outsourcing (BPO) and professional support services provider, has acquired Hero Insurance Services from insurance and investment group LV= (formerly Liverpool Victoria) for £15 million. Read more

• Accounting software giant Iris has acquired reseller ATW Information Technology Systems for an undisclosed sum. Read more
  

Deals in the Pipeline

• Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, a global risk and reinsurance specialist, has agreed to acquire John B Collins Associates, Inc., the seventh-largest reinsurance intermediary in the world. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

• Veris Plc, a provider of support services, has agreed to dispose of its moving and storage division to Capstar for 74,304 (£65,900).