By Laura McGuire Pawnbroker H&T has snapped up a fellow broker firm in Essex for £11.3m, as the business continues to profit from cash-strapped Brits amid an economic squeeze. This morning, the UK’s biggest pawnbroker revealed the details of its acquisition of Maxcroft, a longstanding pawnbroking business based in Essex alongside £25m of additional financing to support growth. H&T said the main asset being acquired from Maxcroft is its pawnbroking pledge book, amounting to £6.1m at the time of acquisition. The mean value of the acquired pledge loans is £4,063, which is larger than that of H&T’…