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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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Oxford Instruments buys VeriCold and all today’s headlines

In today's headlines MMC Ventures has injected £2.4 million into money transfer business Small World and bathroom supplier James Theobald has undergone an MBO.

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Intempo receives £1.8 million from Hotbed

Intempo Digital, the music brand which develops digital radios, iPod docking stations and speaker systems, is set to amplify its market presence after securing £1.825 million from Hotbed, the private investor network.

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Hong Kong firm acquires Peter Black

Hong Kong consumer goods group Li & Fung is to acquire merchandise manufacturer Peter Black Group for £48.1 million in cash.

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Hong Kong firm in double acquisition

Hong Kong-based consumer group Li & Fung is to acquire PB Group for £48.1 million in a deal that will help boost the Chinese company’s presence in Europe.

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Point-of-sale specialist acquired by VC

Venture capitalist Amin Amiri Enterprises (AAE) has acquired Walkers Mcr, a Manchester-based provider of point-of-sale printed products, for £5 million. The buy-out was backed by debt provided by asset-based lender Venture Structured Finance.

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AIM newcomer buys US medical billing specialist

CBaySystems, which offers business process outsourcing services to the US healthcare industry, has acquired US-based medical billing specialist AMSplus.

Legislation and Regulation

New ‘automatic’ penalties for PAYE irregularities

Penalties for underpayment of tax and national insurance contributions from employees’ salaries are set to soar with the introduction of the new Finance Act, made law this month.

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Rutland to buy Pulse Home Products

Private equity firm Rutland Partners is to buy Pulse Home Products, a domestic goods company, in a multi-million pound cash deal.

Human Resources

War for talent in the City

Strong levels of hiring have been sustained in the City of London during the first half of 2007 and healthy amounts of recruitment activity are continuing into the summer holiday period, according to recruitment firm Morgan McKinley.

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A second dotcom bubble?

Investment in web companies in Europe has soared over the past 12 months. But Darren Harper, head of analysis and editorial at Library House, argues that fears of a second dotcom bubble are unfounded.

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Cardsave in management buy-in

Clive Kahn, the former chief executive of foreign exchange company Travelex, has bought credit card terminal supplier Cardsave in partnership with Exponent Private Equity. Kahn will now lead the acquired business.

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Consortium cashes in on Exponent’s Cardsave deal

The former chief executive of foreign exchange company Travelex is the new head of Cardsave after buying the business in partnership with a private equity firm.