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Osborne: £40 billion discount loan scheme for SMEs

A £40 billion National Loan Guarantee Scheme will be launched within months to provide cheaper government-backed loans to cash-strapped SMEs, the Chancellor George Osborne has announced.

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Dunedin private equity trust moves to lower mid-market

The Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust, which is managed by private equity house Dunedin, has announced a change in its investment strategy after shareholders voted to refocus the London main market-listed fund to the lower mid-market.

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EIS fund launched for West End investors

A new fund has been launched to enable individual investors to back West End musicals.

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Lyceum continues IT sector interest

Private equity firm Lyceum Capital has taken the total amount spent on IT industry investment this year to more than £100 million with the acquisition of Clearswift.

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Experian makes risk buy

Dublin-based credit information business Experian has acquired 192business for an undisclosed amount.

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Japan wakes up to European M&A

The volume of outbound Japanese transactions has increased yearly by 20 per cent, with the past year posting record values, new research finds.

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Sapiens secures €10 million for Parkinson’s treatment

Charitable foundation The Wellcome Trust has led a €10 million (£8.6 million) funding round for the Dutch medical device company Sapiens which is researching a treatment for Parkinson's disease.

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Ingenious targets £20 million for new EIS fund

Ingenious Ventures, the venture capital arm of fund manager Ingenious, has launched a new Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) fund that will invest in growth companies across the creative and media industries in the UK.

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Sapiens secures €10 million for Parkinson’s treatment

Charitable foundation The Wellcome Trust has led a €10 million (£8.6 million) funding round for the Dutch medical device company Sapiens which is researching a treatment for Parkinson's disease.

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Ingenious targets £20 million for new EIS fund

Ingenious Ventures, the venture capital arm of fund manager Ingenious, has launched a new Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) fund that will invest in growth companies across the creative and media industries in the UK.

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Brasserie Bar consumes eight Chez Gerard sites

Hospitality group Brasserie Bar Co has begun an aggressive expansion strategy on the back of a £20 million cash injection from Core Capital with the acquisition of eight sites from rival chain Chez Gerard.

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Envestors secures £450,000 eReceipts funding

eReceipts, a provider of software for financial and electronic receipt management, has closed a £450,000 equity fundraising round through business angel network Envestors.

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Daily deals drive for Time Out

UK publisher Time Out has taken another step in its digital drive by acquiring the Keynoir daily offers business.

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US deal for FFastFill

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider FFastFill has moved to boost its US business by acquiring WTD Consulting in a deal that could cost the company up to £7.7 million.

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