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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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Amino builds business
with AssetHouse

 Amino Technologies plc, a broadband network software and systems group, has acquired struggling AssetHouse Technologies, a software business with BT as its main client.

News

Adventis buys technology marketing firm Second2

A marketing services, media buyer and advertising agency in London has added a technology marketing business to its operations following a multi-million pound deal.

News

Phoenix sells annuity provider to Cinven

European private equity firm Cinven has agreed to acquire Partnership Assurance, a provider of annuities and long-term care plans, for around €200 million (£159 million).

Growth Planning

Expanding into Brazil

Brazil is the world's fifth most populous country, with a growing middle class, a stable government and world-class companies looking for foreign partners. Toby Danby meets British entrepreneurs operating in Latin America's largest economy.

Alternative Finance for Business

Bank lending in the credit crunch

Despite talk that lending terms are tightening and cash is harder to come by, banks insist that their doors are as open as ever to growing companies. Nick Britton talks to banks, financial advisers and accountants to find out what’s really going on.

Technology

Getting away from it all

There comes a point when you need to switch off from the world of work and have a little “me time”. Three owner-managers reveal how they kick back and relax.

News

Ready to strike

COBRA chief executive Steve Burrows tells M&A why acquiring a company is only one part of the deal, writes Morag Dickson

Entrepreneurs

Rising star James Murray Wells of Glassesdirect.co.uk

James Murray Wells started online spectacles retailer Glassesdirect.co.uk with the last £1,000 of his student loan. With the help of VCs he is now aiming to turn it into a £1 billion company.

Entrepreneurs

Book review – The Balancing Act: Work-life solutions for busy people

The Balancing Act: Work-life solutions for busy people, by Fiona Parashar - reviewed by Kerry Glazer, chief executive, AAR Group.

Entrepreneurs

Economic insight: 2008 budget

As the storm of protest against chancellor Alistair Darling’s changes to capital gains tax dies down, Mike Truman, editor of Taxation Magazine, looks at the implications for growing companies.

News

Business intelligence maps

Google and Information Builders have released the first so-called business intelligence “mash-up”, a mix and match software giving users a visual representation of sales figures and stock movements in different geographies via an interactive Google Map.

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PLUS activity soars

PLUS Markets has enjoyed a strong opening five months of the year by recording a 44 per cent increase in IPO and fundraising activity on its exchange on the same period in 2007.