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Moneysupermarket.com, the comparison site operator, will pay £20m in a special dividend to shareholders after racking up a 300 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to £12.5m in the first half of 2011. The Flintshire company said today that revenues grew by 28 per cent to £91.7m compared to a year earlier, driven in part by sponsorship of Britain's Got Talent. READ MORE...
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FD Systems, the software and online commerce company based near Pontypridd, has been acquired by K3 Business Technology Group in a deal worth up to £4m. Read More...
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All2gethr Industries, a film and TV production group based in Cardiff, has raised funds from a group of business angels led by Graham Handley through the Xénos network. Read More...
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Castleoak, the Cardiff-based care home builder, has set up a £50m-plus care home fund with investment company Bridges Ventures. The Healthcare Property Fund will start with £32m from institutional and private investors and £18m from bank debt funding. Read More...
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Orchard Street Investment Managers has bought Cardiff Bay Retail Park from Invista Real Estate Management and Schroders for £54.5m. Read More...
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Revolymer, a company which has developed a chewing gum that can be removed from clothes and pavements, has leased a site at Deeside Industrial Estate from Flintshire Council. Read More...
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Venture Wales, the business support agency, has won a contract with Monmouthshire Council to boost the area's economic performance and local company fortunes. Read More...
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PhotonStar LED, the lighting technology company, has turned a profit at its formerly loss-making Enfis business after closing its Swansea facility. Read More...
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Glamorgan Cricket has appointed committee member and City lawyer Barry O'Brien as interim chairman after former chairman Paul Russell has stepped down due to ill health. The club plans to announce a permanent successor at a later date. Read More...
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