As we move further into 2006, these are changeable times for the deal market with the current flurry of merger activity being played out in the headline grabbing sphere that is the FTSE 100.  Yet there is a note of caution with the news that the economy is slowing and the future is slightly less certain.

To a tenacious team such as Cobbetts, this can only be seen as a challenge, and the firm's growth and record level of new instructions both in value and numerical terms, is our optimistic response to this uncertain climate.

With this in mind this edition of Dealer covers a broad range of deal related topics.  From the industry focused decision of one of our clients to use an AIM listing to open up the potential to grow their business, to the intricacies of dealing with the 'hot topic' of the pension aspects of an acquisition.  What the topics covered have in common is their direct reflection of the plethora of diverse deals that Cobbetts is currently involved in.

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