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Winners at the QCA

Gordon Banham, chief executive officer of energy support services specialist Hargreaves Services, has won the title of Entrepreneur of the Year in the 2010 Quoted Company Awards.

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AMEC buys Currie & Brown

Acquisitive UK engineering company AMEC has bought Australian project services consultancy Currie & Brown for AU$36.4 million (£20.2 million) in cash.

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Mycitydeal.co.uk receives €4 million

Discount restaurant and local activities website mycitydeal.co.uk has received €4 million (£3.5 million) from early-stage investors. 

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Vindon buys Westech

Vindon Scientific, a manufacturer of specialist storage facilities, has acquired US distributor Westech Instruments for up to £180,000. 

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No fanfare for end of recession

Entrepreneurs and economists have responded coolly to an official growth estimate of 0.1 per cent for the fourth quarter of last year.

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Foreign ownership of UK shares at all-time high

The rest of the world has a bigger share in the UK stockmarket than ever before, according to official statistics.

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Adam Stafford: lessons learned

Five years ago Adam Stafford’s web design agency Fresh Egg was on the brink of bankruptcy. Now the business has sales of over £2 million and Dragons’ Den star James Caan recently joined as chairman.

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Land Energy secures investment from Finance Wales

Wood pellet production business Land Energy has secured funding of £350,000 from the investment arm of the Welsh Assembly.

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Adam Stafford: lessons learned

Five years ago Adam Stafford’s web design agency Fresh Egg was on the brink of bankruptcy. Now the business has sales of over £2 million and Dragons’ Den star James Caan recently joined as chairman.

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Land Energy secures investment from Finance Wales

Wood pellet production business Land Energy has secured funding of £350,000 from the investment arm of the Welsh Assembly.

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CB Imports in MBO

Importer and distributor of artificial flowers CB Imports has completed a £12 million management buy-out (MBO) backed by Matrix Private Equity Partners.

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Angel funding for collectables website

Martingale, the operator of the Toy Collector website, has completed a fundraising round from angel investors to close an agreed acquisition.

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Mimecast secures £13 million

Email management company Mimecast has received £13 million in a Series B funding round from two venture capital firms.

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Odgers Berndtson in MBO