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JD Sports Fashion Plc (JD) has acquired rugby retailer Canterbury Europe for £6.5 million.
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Integrated services group Connaught Plc has acquired two companies, UK Fire and Igrox, for a combined consideration of £15.9 million.
Structured equity provider Close Growth Capital has been acquired from Close Brothers by its three executive directors.
The private equity arm of Lloyds has invested an extra £8.3 million into testing equipment rental company Microlease, whose MBO it backed in 2006.
Microlease, a specialist in test equipment, has received an additional £8.3 million from LDC, the private equity arm of the Lloyds Banking Group.
There are signs of life in the UK M&A market despite lacklustre figures, according to Deal Drivers UK, a study by accountancy firm PKF.
Mid-market UK private equity house Dunedin has revealed it is now providing its own senior debt in order to complete buy-out transactions quicker.
Battle-scarred Pan Pacific Aggregates (PPA) has raised £540,000 and is scouting for distressed acquisitions. The company is also expecting a second tranche of funding.
A private equity-led consortium has acquired the trading name and assets of high street furniture retailer Lombok from administrator KPMG.
A consortium led by titanium specialist Metalysis has won a grant of £862,000 from the government’s Technology Strategy Board (TSB).
A business which helps pharmaceutical companies develop drugs for diseases of the brain has raised €390,000 in a first round of angel funding.
