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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.

News

Special report: cash shells

There are 49 cash shells – businesses with money but no trading operations – listed in London on both AIM and PLUS. And they’ve got close to £80 million to spend.

Human Resources

A growth story: activ8 intelligence

An executive hire often relies on the raw talent of the recruitment agent or HR specialist to get the right result. One management team that believes it has the answers to the HR enigma is the board of activ8 intelligence, a recruitment technology business that has developed a hi-tech approach to finding staff.

News

PalindromX secures £100,000

PalindromX, the developer of a patented technology that facilitates more accurate diagnosis by improving the performance of conventional blood tests, has secured a six-figure investment to continue its proof of concept work.

News

DiamondTech joins AIM

DiamondTech, a laser-based mining technology specialist, has been valued at £22 million after its shares were listed on AIM.

News

Management buys Ovington Boats

The three-strong management team of a designer and builder of Olympic-class sailing dinghies has bought the business after securing the backing of NEL Fund Managers.

News

S Walsh buys WA Hills

S Walsh & Sons, a civil engineering and environmental contractor, has bought WA Hills, a Colchester-based construction company with 75 staff.

News

Datacentre provider snapped up by US group

IXEurope, which operates 14 datacentres in four European countries, has been bought by US-based datacentre group Equinix.

Technology

Technology tailored to fit

‘Life On Demand’ is a term that epitomises the way our personal and business lives are heading. Today, companies make millions giving people the products and services to do any number of things on demand.

News

Bollywood fund stars on AIM

A new fund established by Bollywood insiders and media figures to invest in the Indian film industry has raised an eight-figure sum on AIM.

Entrepreneurs

What I’m reading now

Great Brand Stories: Innocent: Building a brand from nothing but fruit, by John Simmons (published by Cyan Books) - reviewed by Richard Warmsley, head of internet on the move, T-Mobile UK

Private equity

Tax the big PE deals

The executive chairman of NVM Private Equity, Michael Denny, sets out his solution to the vexed question of how to tax private equity.

Opinion

Beating the Blockbuster effect

Dying businesses are interesting to watch. Remember the video chain, Blockbuster? Those punchy ads on TV where a singer would cry, 'Oh what a difference, Blockbuster video.'