Cawood, a provider of analytical services to businesses in the food and environment sectors, agreed to acquire Innovative Environmental Services, a contract research organisation. Financial terms were not disclosed. "This acquisition is another important step towards our vision of becoming the global partner of choice for value-added analytical testing, monitoring, research and insight. With the recent addition of i2L research and now IES alongside our existing Mambo-Tox business, our research business unit is able to meet a wider proportion of our customers’ needs for regulatory studies and contract research," Simon Parrington, Cawood CEO.