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CYBER security company Shear water st aged a mini recovery as it announced a deal to acquire assets from rival Secarma for £7.4m.

The new units will focus on testing how attackers can exploit businesses’ online operations, analysing and monitoring threats, and deliberately hacking systems to find weaknesses.

Chairman David Williams said Shearwater had seen rising demand for these particular types of services. Shares rose 14.6 pc, or 0.2p, to 1.57p.