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Nick was the Managing Editor for growthbusiness.co.uk when it was owned by Vitesse Media, before moving on to become Head of Investment Group and Editor at What Investment and thence to Head of Intermediary Communications at The Association of Investment Companies (AIC).

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Cambridge Broadband gets $7.5m

Cambridge Broadband Networks, a privately held provider of intelligent point-to-multipoint microwave backhaul services, has secured $7.5 million.

Alternative Finance for Business

ABL funding lines

The current credit climate has ensured that organisations are increasingly less likely to turn back to senior debt-heavy funding to finance transactions

Banking

Q&A – Raising funds and financing the deal

Sarah Drake of Thomas Eggar LLP answers your questions on the challenges of raising funds in a downturn.

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Foresight invests in football firm

Asset manager Foresight Group has invested £3.25 million in a company that provides indoor pitches for five-a-side football game Futsal.

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Red-D-Arc expands beyond US

Red-D-Arc, a venture offering rental welding, positioning and related services through more than 40 service centres in the US, Canada and Mexico, has expanded eastwards, acquiring A&N Plant in the UK and A&N Europe in the Netherlands.

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Nord backs Belgian biomass project

US renewable energy company Intrinergy and European waste management specialist Shanks Group Plc are to build a biomass plant in Belgium after winning the support of a German bank.

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Quantum Specials in MBO

Quantum Specials, a supplier of bespoke medicines to the pharmaceutical industry, has been bought by its management in a deal worth £32.5 million.

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GMT completes Redext refinancing

European private equity group GMT Communication Partners has refinanced the senior debt facilities of its portfolio company Redext in a €26.5 million deal.

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Demi-millionaires on the rise

The number of people in the UK with investable assets of at least £500,000 is set to increase 64 per cent by 2016, according to research.

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Flu vaccine specialist raises more from investors

Immune Targeting Systems (ITS), a company developing synthetic vaccines for mutating viruses such as influenza, has secured follow-on funding.

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Foresight invests in indoor football company

Asset manager Foresight Group has invested £3.25 million in a company that provides indoor pitches for "small-sided" football game Futsal.

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Dual fundraising for Enterprise Ventures

Two portfolio companies of Enterprise Ventures (EV), which invests in early-stage businesses in the English regions, have secured a total of £5.6 million.