Done deals:

• CPP Group has raised £130 million of expansion capital, led by Barclays with backing from Lloyds TSB, HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland and Allied Irish Bank.

• Brammer plc, an industrial services group, has acquired Italian company Tecnoforniture for £8.6 million in a bid to bolster its operations in Italy

• Biophan Technologies, a developer of biomedical technology, has acquired the patent portfolio of Nanoset in order to bolster its operations

• Processed food producer Meat Express has been bought in a management buy-out by newco MB Meat Express

• Oil & gas engineer Acteon has purchased Singapore's CAPE Group, a specialist provider of pipeline, foundations and piling services to the same sector

• Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures has led a €22 million (£17.5 million) second round of funding for Ubidyne, a developer of digital radio technology for the wireless industry

Deals in the pipeline:

 

• High street insurer Swinton has agreed to buy the insurance division of Secure Trust Bank plc, as part of the group’s restructuring and disposal process

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