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Central and East Wednesday 24 November 2021

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TOP STORY Recruitment group bags £20m funding package A Watford-based recruitment group specialising in aerospace, construction, education, healthcare and technology has secured a £20m funding package from Tosca Debt Capital. Read More

INSIDER FEATURE Ask the expert: Why being cyber secure is essential Director of The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre, (ECRC) detective superintendent Paul Lopez, discusses what form these cyber threats take and what measures businesses and individuals can take to protect themselves from such attacks. Read More

DEALS Successful fundraising at digital mental healthcare firm A Cambridge-based digital mental healthcare specialist has completed a £39m Series B round of investment to develop clinical software treatments built on the world's largest mental health treatment data set. Read More Long-established nut supplier snapped up A nut sourcing and processing business which can trace its roots back to the 1940s has been acquired by Zertus UK. A team from law firm Freeths advised on the acquisition. Read More Central & East Dealmakers Awards 2021 - image gallery Images from the Insider Central & East Dealmakers Awards 2021 - which honoured the region's corporate finance firms, banks, funders, private equity houses and individuals who have excelled in dealmaking - have been published online. Read More Piper invests £33m in pet accessories brand An Oxford-based pet accessories brand has secured a £33m minority stake investment from private equity firm Piper. Read More Northamptonshire software firm snapped up A Northamptonshire-headquartered management software provider has been acquired by Agilico. Read More

PROPERTY AstraZeneca unveils £1bn R&D hub AstraZeneca has formally unveiled The Discovery Centre in Cambridge – a state-of-the-art research and development (R&D) facility, which is designed to the world's highest environmental standards and accommodating more than 2,200 research scientists. HRH The Prince of Wales attended the unveiling. Read More Simon Hegele doubles floorspace with Didcot Quarter move Supply chain service provider Simon Hegele Logistics and Service is doubling its floor space in Oxfordshire with a move to Didcot Quarter. Read More Logicor acquires major Daventry warehouse Logistics giant Logicor has acquired a 951,000 sq ft warehouse in Daventry from a joint venture company managed and co-owned by Oxenwood Real Estate. Read More

BUSINESS Strong period of profitable growth at Knights The chief executive of listed law firm Knights has hailed "another strong period of profitable growth" for the first half of the firm's 2022 financial year. Read More IBMG expands with Abingdon opening IBMG's plumbing and heating division has opened its latest Grant & Stone plumbers' merchant and bathroom showroom in Abingdon. Read More Former M&S boss appointed Asda chairman The former boss of Marks & Spencer has been named as the new chairman of Asda. Read More

MANUFACTURING Interim revenue climbs at IG Design despite supply chain challenges Interim revenue has climbed at IG Design Group despite the gift packaging and greeting cards manufacturer facing supply chain challenges. Lower operating margins led to reduced adjusted pre-tax profits at the listed business. Read More

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