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Investing in the right office environment

For Nicholas Green and his printed.com business, setting up an enjoyable and motivating office space was one of the top priorities.

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Businesses urged to bid for share of Employer Ownership Pilot funds

A second tranche of funding has been freed up as part of the Employer Ownership Pilot to allow businesses to create training programmes.

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Google North West partner Ph.Creative secures £500,000 growth funding package

A marketing agency located in Liverpool has ambitions to double in size following the backing of The North West Fund for Venture Capital.

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Rate drop for Capital For Enterprise on fresh Enterprise Capital Funds

Capital For Enterprise is reducing the rate charged on its commitment to new Enterprise Capital Funds from 4.5 per cent to 3 per cent.

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Top-up investment for Tyres on the Drive as it targets new depots

Tyres on the Drive is planning to expand its operations into Yorkshire by using the £640,000 it has secured from Enterprise Ventures and MMC Ventures.

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Listed firms choosing to return rather than raise capital

Businesses in the UK are shunning stock market fundraisings in favour of share buy-back schemes, accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young says.

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Crowdcube inks FSA authorisation as it looks to build on UK crowdfunding surge

Equity-based crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has secured authorisation from the Financial Services Authority following a process which lasted more than a year.

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Roman Abramovich flexes his investment muscles with £70 million Truphone deal

Chelsea Football Club owner and Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has ploughed £70 million into UK-based mobile telecoms business Truphone.

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Crowdcube inks FSA authorisation as it looks to build on UK crowdfunding surge

Equity-based crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has secured authorisation from the Financial Services Authority following a process which lasted more than a year.

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Roman Abramovich flexes his investment muscles with £70 million Truphone deal

Chelsea Football Club owner and Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has ploughed £70 million into UK-based mobile telecoms business Truphone.

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American software firm targets February AIM admission

Online customer acquisition business Digital Globe Services has outlined plans to join the Alternative Investment Market in the first quarter of 2013.

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Business Growth Fund backs youngest company to date through telecoms deal

The bank-backed Business Growth Fund has made its second telecoms investment through a backing of Bullitt Group.

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HgCapital unloads wind farm developer RidgeWind to Blue Energy

A £250 million cleantech acquisition has seen private equity firm HgCapital dispose of its wind portfolio.

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Entrepreneurial brothers secure venture backing for freight security product

The Venture Capital arm of The North West Fund has dipped into its pockets and injected £500,000 into Loksys Solutions.