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• DS Smith weighs up Monmouth sale 28th May, 2012

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  DS Smith is weighing up whether to sell its Monmouth site as a condition of the European Commission's approval of its £1.4bn acquisition of SCA Group's packaging business....
• Infrastructure plan includes new ways to pay 23rd May, 2012

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  The Welsh Government has unveiled a £15bn infrastructure investment plan which it says will boost the economy and create jobs using innovative funding methods.
• Viridis swoops for Plastics Sorting assets 23rd May, 2012

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  The assets of Blackwood-based Plastics Sorting have been acquired by Viridis Plastics UK in a deal supported by the Welsh Government.
• Colas on track with Pullman Rail deal 22nd May, 2012

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  Cardiff engineering company Pullman Rail has been bought by Colas Rail, a £110m-turnover rail infrastructure services provider. Colas Rail, part of the French multinational...
• Dr Organic pair buy back Optima 16th May, 2012

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  Beauty product entrepreneurs Fred Whitcomb and Steve Quinn have bought back the Optima Consumer Health business which they sold in 2005. It will join their Swansea-based company...
• Morgan's Redrow stake to top 40 per cent 15th May, 2012

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  Steve Morgan's stake in Redrow, the housbuilding company he is chairs, is set to rise to 40.4 per cent after just over a quarter of an £80m share offer was taken up.
• Investor feeds growth at Cambrian Pet Foods 14th May, 2012

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  Cambrian Pet Foods of Carmarthenshire has raised cash from a US private investor in a bid to become the UK’s top specialist pet food firm.
• Save Britain Money buys Veraco 14th May, 2012

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  Save Britain Money, the Swansea price comparison and advice company, has acquired Cardiff-based telesales company Veraco, previously Comms Direct.
• Evans skin firm swoops for troubled rival 14th May, 2012

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  A skin clinic chain, registered in Newport and with Welsh life sciences sector leader Sir Chris Evans on its board, has acquired a rival operator out of administration.
• Crowd funder aims to set up in Wales 9th May, 2012

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  Frank Holmes, the Cardiff-based corporate financier, is working to bring a crowd funding investment business to Wales.
• US investor buys Nucleus 4th May, 2012

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  Nucleus Healthcare, the private hospital venture based near Newport, has been acquired by US investment group Palm Ventures.
• Creo welcomed to Wales with £3m investment 4th May, 2012

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  Creo Medical, a surgical technology company which was based near Bath, has moved to Chepstow and raised £3m from investors.
• Huws Gray scores deals hat-trick 4th May, 2012

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  Anglesey-based building materials company Huws Gray has bought three businesses as part of its acquisition campaign.
• Turkey maker Cranberry is gobbled up 2nd May, 2012

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  Cranberry Foods, the turkey meat producer with a factory in Abergavenny, has been acquired by Northamptonshire food group Faccenda.
• US group buys United Plastics 30th Apr, 2012

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  United Plastics Group, a company with a factory in Mountain Ash, South Wales, has been acquired by fellow US group MedPlast.
• Cash for food and farming companies 30th Apr, 2012

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  The Welsh Government has put up £4m to help agriculture, food and forestry businesses become more competitive.
• Chevler appoints to acquire 25th Apr, 2012

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  Chevler, the South Wales maker of baking cases and muffin wraps, has recruited a corporate finance specialist with a view to making fresh acquisitions.
• Parker Hannifin buys Olaer 25th Apr, 2012

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  Olaer Group, the Deeside-based hydraulic and water systems engineering company, has been acquired by manufacturing group Parker Hannifin.
• Redrow aims to raise £80m in share offer 24th Apr, 2012

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  North Wales-based housebuilder Redrow is looking to raise nearly £80m through a share offering.
• GDF Suez set for International Power takeover 16th Apr, 2012

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  France's GDF Suez is set to secure full control of Dinorwig Power Station co-owner International Power.