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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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Sports Direct acquires 5 per cent stake in Amer Sports

Retailing giant Sports Direct has retraced its steps along the acquisition trail with the euro48.2 million (£36 million) purchase of a near 5 per cent stake in Finnish sports equipment company, Amer Sports.

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Irn-Bru maker moves into sports drinks market

The Scottish soft drinks company behind the Irn-Bru, Tizer and Orangina brands has expanded its portfolio with the acquisition of a sports drinks business.

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Electranet buy-out backed by Zeus Private Equity

The managing director of a Hampshire-based IT services specialist which supports the Ministry of Defence and the NHS has bought the shares of his co-founder in a deal worth more than £22 million.

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Sweet China in £4.3 million comeback

Chinese chocolate maker Sweet China is returning to AIM with a £4.3 million acquisition and £2.7 million placing, and says there are bigger deals to follow.

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Index launches €400 million fund

Private equity firm Index Ventures has launched a new fund with €400 million (£298 million) to invest primarily in the technology and life science sectors. The launch follows the US$1 billion (£510 million) sale of portfolio company Minerva, the developer of the MySQL open-source database, to computing giant Sun Microsystems.

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DB tracks down Laing Rail

Deutsche Bahn (DB), the German rail operator, has made inroads into the UK passenger rail market with the acquisition of Laing Rail, owner of Chiltern Railways, from Henderson Global Investors.

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Toxic soil specialist nets £1.7 million

Envirotreat, a developer of proprietary technologies for the treatment of contaminated land, has won venture capital (VC) financing to expand its business.

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Independent travel investor in PLUS float

Alpha Prospects, a company formed to back quoted or unquoted companies in the independent travel sector, has raised £732,000 through a flotation on PLUS.

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Gastropub business gets £1 million funding

Wykeham Inns, a company that owns and manages pubs and restaurants in South West England, has received an investment of £ million to support the launch of its eighth venue.

Technology

Workplace management software

The world of business software can be mind-boggling - a fact not helped by the proliferation of acronyms and jargon that mean little or nothing to the outsider.

Private equity

Buy-out failures almost certain, says Jon Moulton

Jon Moulton, the founder of private equity group Alchemy Partners, believes that the credit crunch will trigger a number of 'large leveraged buy-out failures' in the year ahead.

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Threefold return for Matrix on BBI sale

Private equity firm Matrix says it has realised a return of 3.3 times its investment in diagnostics and diabetes specialist BBI Holdings.