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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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Midasplayer touches Apex for £23m

Online games outfit Midasplayer.com has turned some of its equity to gold, after leading private equity investment group Apax Partners came in for a €34 million minority stake (around £23 million).

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Global Brands goes for £3.5m

Global Brands, the exclusive master franchisee for Domino’s Pizza in Switzerland Luxemburg and Liechtenstein, is looking to raise up to £3.5 million ahead of an AIM flotation in September.

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Octopus launches twin trusts

Octopus Asset Management, the operator of four venture capital trusts – namely, Eclipse 1 and 2, BioScience and Phoenix VCT – has revealed it is seeking to raise up to £60 million through a new twin investment vehicle.

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ApaTech’s Noble ambition

ApaTech, an orthopaedic implants company spun out from the University of London’s Queen Mary College, has secured a £2 million finance facility from Noble Venture Finance.

Entrepreneurs

JPMH finds its niche

In just three years Phil Harvey and his fellow founding directors have grown media, design and advertising agency JPMH from start-up into a business generating £2 million of turnover each year.

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Vimio to take AIM

Broker John East has raised £5.5 million at 100p a share for Vimio – a Swedish university spin-out with an eye on the mobile data market – ahead of its £25.5 million AIM flotation next week.

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Boss quits as Scott Tod loss mounts

Nick Tod is resigning from the helm of card vending machine group Scott Tod, which expects to report a full-year loss of up to £1.1 million.

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Penta gobbles up EAT

Sandwich and coffee bar operator EAT has completed a £39 million management buyout from 3i, with the aid of Glasgow-based private equity group Penta Capital.

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NBGI warms to Superglass

NBGI Private Equity, the mid-market investment group that backs businesses operating in the traditional economies, has supported the £40 million MBO of Stirling-based insulation manufacturer Superglass.

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Ample Gains heads for London

Ample Gains Investment, which runs China's Shandong International Institute of Translation, hopes to float on London's OFEX private share market this autumn.

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China phone group in £4m AIM move

EBT Mobile China, which supplies mobile phones in the Shanghai area, plans to join AIM through a reverse takeover of cash shell The Trading Exchange.

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Racal secures ECI backing

Mid-market buyout specialist ECI Partners has completed its second investment in as many months, supporting Harrow-based Racal Acoustics’ £52 million MBO from US private equity group JF Lehman & Co.