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FFastFill builds trading services

Software as a service (SaaS) business FFastFill, which is listed on AIM, has bought the software assets known as Spread Intelligence.

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Bagel bakery buy-in for YFM Equity Partners

YFM Equity Partners has backed the management buy-in (MBI) of bagel bakery and retail business Bagel Nash as the company pursues an expansion strategy.

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First acquisition for PowerHouse following reverse takeover

Cleantech business PowerHouse Energy is to acquire the 70 per cent of shares in Pyromex Holding that it did not already own, marking its first purchase as a listed company.

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Anthemis and business angels back FinanceAcar

Online car marketplace FinanceAcar has closed a venture funding round led by private equity firm Anthemis Group and several angel investors.

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Object of desire: Eton Raptor

The Eton Raptor is a gadget for the budding explorer who wants to carry something more technologically advanced than a Swiss army knife.

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Turnarounds and restructuring – Reach for a lifeline

Struggling business can often be turned around and made stronger than before. However, many directors leave it too late to admit that their firms are failing.

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Leading the way: M&A Awards 2011

With the very best of the UK M&A world assembled at the Millennium Mayfair hotel in London's Grosvenor Square, the M&A Awards 2011 afforded the opportunity to take stock of what was another difficult but prosperous year for many.

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Epi-V fund receives backing from LDC

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has committed £50 million to the second fund of oil and gas services investor Epi-V, taking the total amount raised to £110 million.

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Leading the way: M&A Awards 2011

With the very best of the UK M&A world assembled at the Millennium Mayfair hotel in London's Grosvenor Square, the M&A Awards 2011 afforded the opportunity to take stock of what was another difficult but prosperous year for many.

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Epi-V fund receives backing from LDC

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has committed £50 million to the second fund of oil and gas services investor Epi-V, taking the total amount raised to £110 million.

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‘On track’ for Project Merlin, HSBC reports

HSBC has declared that it is 'on track' to meet its Project Merlin small business lending targets, despite reporting a lower demand for credit.

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Globalpark CRM acquisition for QuestBack

Norway-based QuestBack has acquired, and intends to merge with, customer relationship management (CRM) business Globalpark.

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Fears VC in technology sector ‘land grab’

A growing sense of optimism in technology investing across the US and Europe may be leading investors to ‘drop all notion of capital efficiency in exchange for sheer land grab’, warns venture capital firm Go4Venture.

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Sucker Punch acquired by Sony

Entertainment giant Sony has made a purchase through its subsidiary Sony Computer Entertainment for a computer game developer.