Halma, a safety, health and environmental technology group, agreed to acquire a 70% stake in FireMate Software, a Brisbane, Australia-based company which provides cloud-based fire protection maintenance software to fire contractors, for A$18.2m. "FireMate's software solutions are highly complementary to those currently offered by our Infrastructure Safety sector's fire businesses and further strengthen our capabilities in connected and integrated fire systems internationally," Andrew Williams, Halma Group Chief Executive.