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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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Synchronica’s clever £500,000 buy

Synchronica, a mobile synchronisation and device management company, has acquired the intellectual property (IP) and contracts of GoodServer for £500,000

News

Barclays Ventures backs Howorth BIMBO

Barclays Ventures has backed the buy-in management buy-out (BIMBO) of Howorth Airtech.

News

ISIS exits Boldon James for £20 million

ISIS Equity Partners (ISIS) has sold software specialist Boldon James to QinetiQ for £20 million. The deal will be settled for an initial cash consideration of £15.7 million, with a further £4.3 million payable depending on performance targets.

News

Ascribe gets £1.3 million sting in its tail

Ascribe, a provider of IT services to the health sector, has bought Scorpio Information Systems for £1.31 million.

Entrepreneurs

Wish I’d known…Tony Moloney

A year after Tony Moloney started Anthony Alan Foods, the company won the UK license to manufacture cakes under the Weight Watchers brand. In its first four years it achieved organic growth of 7,600 per cent to £20.6 million, winning numerous awards along the way.

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WeatherBill closes $12.5 million fundraising

WeatherBill, an online service that allows businesses to protect revenue and control costs in the event of bad weather, has closed a $12.5 million (£6.1 million) Series A round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Index Ventures.

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Spiritel completes deal number four

Telecom services group Spiritel has completed its fourth acquisition in 12 months after acquiring voice and data systems supplier tdotcom in a deal that could be worth up to £260,000. London-based tdotcom will be integrated into Spiritel’s existing business.

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Rutland completes £51.5 million deal

Private equity firm Rutland Partners has bought Pulse Home Products, a leading UK supplier of branded domestic appliances, for £51.5 million from consumer goods group Alba plc.

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Experian buys marketing analytics specialist

Global information company Experian has bought The pH Group, a business-to-business marketing analytics specialist.

News

Someone to look after me

Consolidation is accelerating among health and domiciliary care services providers as the sector matures and investors and entrepreneurs see increasing opportunities to make some serious cash. Report by Daniel Parton.

Venture Capital Funding

Wolfe’s bid a howling success

Richard Wolfe took on a hostile takeover bid and his company's independent directors to complete a management buy-out. M&A reports.

Alternative Finance for Business

Debt poses no problems

Two-thirds of companies (66 per cent) with an annual turnover of at least £10 million believe they are adequately geared or even under-geared.