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Central and East Wednesday 27 January 2021 Send a Story Subscribe Membership Advertise Contact Latest News Top Story Turnover nears £80m at construction firm Turnover has neared £80m at a Chelmsford-headquartered construction company which has been operating for more than three decades, newly filed accounts have revealed. Read More… Insider Feature Ask the expert Where does your business stand with IR35? The countdown is on until delayed IR35 rules come into effect from April 2021. Michelle Perry, senior employment tax adviser at Grant Thornton, explains why business leaders need to understand the new rules and how the updated laws will impact them. Read More… Deals The Carlyle Group buys Runescape developer A 450-strong videogame developer has been acquired by global investment firm the Carlyle Group. Read More… Connection Capital exits Carter Accommodation Investment firm Connection Capital has exited King's Lynn-headquartered Carter Accommodation Group. Read More… SPT Labtech buys California company Hertfordshire-based SPT Labtech, a designer and developer of automated instrumentation and consumables for life science applications, has acquired a business headquartered in California. Read More… Birketts advises on Time4Advice sale East of England law firm Birketts has advised on the sale of Norwich-based financial planning software provider Time4Advice to IntegraFin Holdings. Read More… US PE group moves for wealth management firm A wealth management firm with offices across the UK looks set to be acquired by a US private equity group after a deal which values the listed business at £224.5m was recommended to shareholders. Read More… Healthcare company completes first deal since acquisition A Northamptonshire-based healthcare company has made its first acquisition since joining a private equity-backed group. Read More… Insider Feature Business Matters: Seven tips for leading digital transformation if you don’t have an IT background Research has found that despite seeing the need for digital transformation, there is a lack of confidence among executives when it comes to leading digital transformation projects. Karin Simonsen from Vistage explains. Read More… Business New partner at EY Cambridge EY Cambridge has hired a new partner in consulting. Read More… Insider Feature Ask the expert: Digital in deals – where should you focus the IT work? Steve Williams, head of mergers and acquisitions at Waterstons, says in our last piece, we discussed why we think it’s important to consider technology in the dealmaking process; after all, IT can be the forgotten relative in M&A deals, lost amongst legal and financial wrangling. We think it’s more important than that, and while we’ve talked about the ‘why’, it’s now time for us to give some insight into the ‘what.’ We set out below the key things we’d recommend considering in your next deal. Read More… Property Morrisons site acquired for £30m Property investor Supermarket Income REIT has acquired a Morrisons supermarket in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, from Aberdeen Standard Investments. Read More… Bucks set for 273-home scheme Redrow Thames Valley has confirmed plans to build a 273-home scheme in Buckinghamshire. Read More… Work completes on Huntingdon industrial scheme Construction of industrial business units on the Stukeley Meadows Industrial Estate in Huntingdon has completed. Read More… Deal agreed for old university building A former University of Northampton building is to be taken on by a property management company. Read More… Manufacturing Lotus confirms Hethel investment Lotus has confirmed the prototype production of the Lotus Type 131 will begin in Norfolk later this year, marking an investment of more than £100m and the creation of 250 jobs. Read More… Forterra set to report better-than-expected results Llisted building products manufacturer Forterra has said it is set to report a full-year revenue and EBITDA ahead of its expectations. Read More… Services & Guides Corporate Finance Directory Find an adviser to help you buy, sell or invest in a business. Read More… Send a Story Subscribe Membership Advertise Contact

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