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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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Campden completes buyout

Fast growing magazine producer Campden Publishing has concluded a £6 million management buyout backed by Matrix Private Equity Partners and Beringea, both of which run VCTs.

Entrepreneurs

An IncrediBull story

Few entrepreneurs can claim to have secured their first client before even establishing a business, yet that was the rather enviable position in which doctor-turned-TV presenter David Bull found himself some five years ago.

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Thorntons buyout sours

Christopher Burnett is to step down as chairman of chocolatier Thorntons, after his plans to take the business private via an £87 million management buyout were scrapped on the grounds of price.

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Simons leads Cagney to market

Paul Simons, the former chairman and chief executive of famed advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather’s UK operations, is hoping to raise £2.1 million for marketing services group Cagney.

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Baird locks up Paddock

Private equity firm Granville Baird has invested £8.9 million in the management buyout of Paddock Holdings, a West Midlands-based designer and manufacturer of multi-point door locks.

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£4m for Eleksen

A host of venture capital backers - led by MTI Partners, 3i and Hotbed - have invested an additional £4 million in Pinewood Studios-based Eleksen, a smart fabric developer whose products can be used to control mobile phones, MP3 players and other electronic devices.

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Viking boards Inflexion

Viking Moorings – the designer of mooring systems to the North Sea offshore oil and gas industry – has completed a £22 million management buyout with the backing of Inflexion Private Equity.

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Johnson plans property float

Entrepreneurial property developer Christopher Johnson, whose previous venture Honeygrove was bought by Oakdene Homes in 2004 for £9.5 million, is lining up an AIM comeback through Kent-based Chequer Homes.

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Bargain Booze lures ECI Partners

Bargain Booze, the UK's second largest specialist off-licence chain with around 560 franchisee-run stores throughout the UK, has been acquired by private equity group ECI Partners for £63.5 million.

Human Resources

SMEs get help with skills gap

A shortage of skilled workers is predicted to cause headaches for UK small and medium-sized businesses, according to research from the Department for Education & Skills. However, help could be at hand from the academic world.

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ISIS plans new AIM fund

ISIS Equity Partners is looking to raise up to £20 million for a new Baronsmead- branded venture capital trust, which will focus its efforts on backing AIM listed businesses and will launch in February.

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Amteus marks Morris return

Jeffrey Morris and Michael Abrahams – formerly chief executive and chairman of once loss-making telematics business Minorplanet Systems – are poised to return to AIM next week, at the helm of communications hopeful Amteus.