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Leslie was made Editor for Growth Company Investor magazine in 2000, then headed up the launch of Business XL magazine, and then became Editorial Director in 2007 for the online and print publication portfolio of Vitesse Media (until 2012). Among the titles of this group were: What Investment, Information Age, Growth Company Investor, Growthbusiness.co.uk, and smallbusiness.co.uk.

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Hotbed lures City veteran

Christopher Holdsworth Hunt, the former boss of AIM-focused stockbroking firm KBC Peel Hunt, has joined the board of high net worth individual investment club Hotbed, as a non-executive director.

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AIM Flotation plan for Davenham

Davenham Group, an asset-based lender to small and medium-sized companies, hopes to raise £27.5 million by floating on AIM in the near future, with the aid of broker Panmure Gordon.

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Aiming for high growth – Entrepreneurship Survey

Less than ten per cent of early-stage entrepreneurs expect their businesses to be employing 20 or more individuals within five years, according to a new worldwide survey from research collective the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor.

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Derry reels in Loch Fyne

Fish restaurants chain Loch Fyne has agreed to a management buyout led by chief executive Mark Derry. The deal, which values the concern at £21.8 million, has been backed by Hutton Collins Mezzanine Partners.

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Metals trader hits AIM

Leading London metal trader Wogen, which specialises in trading metals that do not have tradable contracts on exchanges, will join AIM on Monday after raising £20 million at 122p a share.

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Murray 4 takes AIM

Murray 4 VCT, the only trust in this series still managed by Aberdeen Murray Johnstone Private Equity, is increasing its AIM investment activities.

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Bangladeshi firm joins AIM

AIM welcomed its first Bangladeshi company this morning, when shares in generic drug manufacturer Beximco Pharmaceuticals started trading at a 5p premium to the 60p placing price.

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Graphite to build Avery

Graphite Capital has pledged an initial £9 million of equity to Avery Healthcare, a group eager to establish itself as a mid-sized player in the UK’s nursing and dementia care homes market.

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Phoqus AIMs to deliver

Phoqus, a Kent-based company specialising in novel drug coating technologies, is looking to raise between £10-12 million with the aid of broker Code Securities, ahead of an AIM float in early November.

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Brooks quits Sovereign

Sovereign Capital managing partner Peter Brooks has resigned from the lower mid-market private equity firm to pursue other interests after almost seven years with the group.

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Estdale heads to Hollywood

At first glance, Mark Estdale seems every inch the reluctant entrepreneur, after all Outsource Media – the voice production venture he established over ten years ago – was originally conceived as a lifestyle business.

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Sweet Nectar for ProVen

Beringea, which manages the two ProVen VCTs, has managed to more than double its money on an investment in community pub owner Nectar Taverns, following the company's sale to Lincoln Capital.