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New advisory hires for government’s business bank includes BGF chief executive Stephen Welton

A month after appointing former chief executive for the Bank of Scotland Peter Burt to chair an advisory board for the new business bank, the government has announced a number of further appointments.

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Final quarter yields upturn in TMT and retail buy-outs

The lower mid-market is boosting the amount of deals closed in the UK's private equity market, new figures show.

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European venture capital market in ‘much ruder health’ than widely believed, says BVCA

The British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association has revealed what it believes to be three 'myths' in the European venture capital market.

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Isles of Scilly Steamship Company joins Asset Match trading platform

Asset Match, a platform for trading shares in private companies which recently acquired Sharemark, has added the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company to its members.

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Merson Signs secures slice of Scottish Loan Fund to boost capacity

Maven Capital Partners has joined forces with the Scottish Loan Fund to back Merson Signs through a two-part transaction.

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Slowest year-on-year retail value and volume growth since 1998

Retail figures for goods bought during the last month of 2012 grew by 0.3 per cent over the same period in 2011, but fell over the month before.

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Made in Chelsea star Amber Atherton nets second round funding for My Flash Trash venture

Entrepreneur Amber Atherton has attracted investment from two US angel investors for her My Flash Trash company.

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LDC leads another funding round into cloud services firm OnApp

Private equity firm LDC has strayed from its traditional buy-out activity by leading a Series B venture funding into OnApp.

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Made in Chelsea star Amber Atherton nets second round funding for My Flash Trash venture

Entrepreneur Amber Atherton has attracted investment from two US angel investors for her My Flash Trash company.

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LDC leads another funding round into cloud services firm OnApp

Private equity firm LDC has strayed from its traditional buy-out activity by leading a Series B venture funding into OnApp.

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Business Growth Fund makes fifth IT investment as Celaton gets backing

Software company Celaton has become the latest company to be backed by the Business Growth Fund.

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Fourth round of Regional Growth Fund frees up £350 million to bid for

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has called on businesses to put forward 'high quality' bids for a slice of the latest Regional Growth Fund allocation.

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First institutional funding round for Smarter Grid Solutions

Scottish Equity Partners and Scottish Enterprise are coming together to provide £3 million of investment capital to Smarter Grid Solutions.

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Corporate divestments not being properly planned, says Ernst & Young

Almost half of businesses making divestments list a need for quick cash as the major motivation behind conducting the process, new research shows.

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