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HCEG opts for debt swap

Embattled Healthcare Enterprise Group (HCEG) has agreed a debt-for-equity deal with creditors including director and serial investor John Gunn.

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VCTs to the rescue

Venture capital trusts have more than £600 million on their balance sheets, ready to invest in growing companies. M&A Magazine reports on the latest research.

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Finsbury Food Group buys Goswell Enterprises

London-based baker Finsbury Food Group Plc, through its subsidiary Nicholas & Harris, has acquired rival Goswell Enterprises for £2.2 million in cash.

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Sirigen gains further investment

Light amplification specialist Sirigen has received additional funding of £1.2 million from its investors, Seraphim Capital and Oxford Capital Partners.

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Sellers still unrealistic, say business sales agents

There are bright spots in the market for business sales but vendors are still holding out for ‘inflated’ prices, according to industry participants.

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Recession forecast from the CBI

Richard Lambert, director-general of the CBI, gives his view on how long the recession will last and how much worse it will get.

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ICAP snaps up Ocean Tomo 

ICAP, a London-based broker, has acquired the transactions division of Chicago-based broker Ocean Tomo for up to $10 million (£6.1 million).

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John Schnatter

Twenty-five years ago in Indiana, Papa John’s founder and CEO John Schnatter sold his car to buy his first pizza oven. The franchise now has sales of more than $1 billion and just opened its 50th store in London

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ICAP snaps up Ocean Tomo 

ICAP, a London-based broker, has acquired the transactions division of Chicago-based broker Ocean Tomo for up to $10 million (£6.1 million).

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John Schnatter

Twenty-five years ago in Indiana, Papa John’s founder and CEO John Schnatter sold his car to buy his first pizza oven. The franchise now has sales of more than $1 billion and just opened its 50th store in London

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Web video company in funding round

Datmedia, a developer of software allowing users to publish internet video from a computer or mobile phone, has secured funding of £500,000.

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Kate Bleasdale: Healthy margins

Received wisdom has it that recruitment companies get decimated in recessions. Kate Bleasdale, the founder of Healthcare Locums, is proving everyone wrong. 

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What I’m reading now

The Spirit Level: Why more equal societies almost always do better, by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett

Todd Hannula, chief executive, Camberwell

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Economic insight: Mahamed Djeddour

Mahamed Djeddour, senior fellow in strategy and international business at Manchester Business School, on the UK’s competitive positioning with Europe