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Marc was editor of GrowthBusiness from 2006 to 2010. He specialised in writing about entrepreneurs, private equity and venture capital, mid-market M&A, small caps and high-growth businesses.

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Economic insight: trouble ahead

Diana Choyleva, an economist at Lombard Street Research, says that developing economic trends bode ill for the beleaguered UK economy.

Entrepreneurs

Good Month: Majestic Wine

The UK has a reputation for excessive drinking and it’s easy to see why. While we stoically cut down on clothes and electrical appliances over Christmas, reducing our intake of booze was generally deemed a step too far.

Entrepreneurs

Bad Month: Société Générale

It’s been a rough few months for banks, with dodgy debts laid bare and share prices tumbling. For France’s second-largest bank, Société Générale, fraud was added to these woes as arbitrage trader Jerome Kerviel was implicated in events that have led to €4.9 billion (£3.7 billion) of losses, not to mention further falls in the bank’s share price and an incalculable loss of reputation.

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Double-digit returns emerge from Chrysalis

Chrysalis VCT, which invests primarily in unquoted companies, generated double-digit returns for its investors in the year to October.

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Engineering business raises £67 million on AIM

Kentz, an engineering and construction group, has raised £66.7 million through an initial public offering (IPO) on AIM.

Alternative Finance for Business

Gearing your innovative business through investment

You may have an innovative business, but making it a global player is likely to need some serious cash.

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Second time around for Verna’s management

Verna Group, a Bolton-based infection control services provider to hospitals and care homes, has been bought by its management for the second time in less than three years.

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Gyro raises £50 million from mystery US investor

Business-to-business marketing agency Gyro International has secured an investment worth more than £50 million from a US-based private equity firm.

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Powerhouse

Renewable Energy Holdings CEO Mike Proffitt on his supercharged expansion plans

Venture Capital Funding

Private equity in 2008

M&A’s Mark Dunne reports on how private equity lost its spark at the end of 2007 and why its problems will continue this year

Venture Capital Funding

Moulton funds addiction treatment centre

How serial dealmaker Jon Moulton reached the point of no return with his £12 million investment in Winthrop Hall, by M&A’s Mark Dunne.

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VCTs launched to profit from credit crunch

Investment banking group Shore Capital is launching two 'credit crunch VCTs' which will target investment opportunities thrown up by tighter borrowing conditions.