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Small Cap News: Synchronica, Stanley Gibbons, Fusion IP, Planet Payment, Advanced Computer Software

4th Sep 2010, 5:01 pm Small Cap News: Synchronica, Stanley Gibbons, Fusion IP, Planet Payment, Advanced Computer Software

Small caps performed strongly this week with the FTSE AIM 100 and FTSE AIM All-Share indexes surging 3.3%.

Synchronica (LON:SYNC) believes that the proposed iseemedia (TSX-V:IEE) acquisition will position the company as a market leader for next-generation mobile messaging.

Retailer of stamps and other collectibles Stanley Gibbons (LON:SGI) has bought the business and certain assets of specialist stamp dealer Nigel Haworth, formerly M & N Haworth, for £0.3 million.

University IP commercialisation company Fusion IP (LON:FIP) has said that its Sheffield-based biotechnology company Absynth Biologics has signed a licensing and collaboration agreement with MorphoSys AG.

Researchers will now have free online access to AIM listed Cyprotex PLC's (LON:CRX) database of the ADME and pharmacokinetic properties of marketed drugs, the company announced today. Cyprotex provides data about potential new drugs and specialises in the preclinical ADME assessment of drug candidates.

Daniel Stewart & Company (DS&C) said that Mastercard’s acquisition of Datacash has made payment and card services business Planet Payment (LON:PPT) look cheap relative to its peers.

Advanced Computer Software (LON:ASW) announced today it has signed a five-year contract worth up to £5.2 million with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). The company will manage and host the organisation’s IT infrastructure across two different data centres.

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