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LPM Group acquires Temple Security

LPM Group, a provider of contract cleaning, security and maintenance services, has acquired Temple Security for £12 million. LPM is backed by private equity firm Sovereign Capital.

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Scotland M&A review

The collapse of the Dunfermline Building Society may have dented consumer confidence, but it hasn’t discouraged dealmakers from expanding north of the border

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IT sector fire sales

The once-mighty continued to fall in March 2009, making for some fire sale M&A deals in the technology sector

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BC Bioenergy makes investment

The BC Bioenergy Network, a provincially funded initiative providing finance to the growing bioenergy sector in British Columbia, has invested C$100,000 in the University of British Columbia’s Clean Energy Research Centre (CERC).

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Gottex takes SJC majority stake

Gottex Fund Management Holdings, an independent global alternative asset management group, has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in SJC Capital Partners, a US-based investment management firm.

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Business angels carry on investing

Members of Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION) invested £3.15 million in 15 companies in the past financial year, according to the organisation.

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The Cheese Company in MBO

The Cheese Company has been sold in a management buy-out led by senior managers Nick Martin and Jonnie Archer as well as sales director Simon Yorke, and backed by Straumur Burdaras Investment Bank. The details of the deal were not disclosed. 

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UK leads Europe M&A as market shrinks

The value of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the European Union dropped sharply in April, but the UK is leading the way by number of deals.

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The Cheese Company in MBO

The Cheese Company has been sold in a management buy-out led by senior managers Nick Martin and Jonnie Archer as well as sales director Simon Yorke, and backed by Straumur Burdaras Investment Bank. The details of the deal were not disclosed. 

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UK leads Europe M&A as market shrinks

The value of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the European Union dropped sharply in April, but the UK is leading the way by number of deals.

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Offshore fund destinations

Gavin Farrel of law firm Ozannes discusses Guernsey as an alternative offshore hedge fund jurisdiction

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NCC buys Swiss escrow business

NCC Group Plc, an international provider of escrow services, assurance testing and consultancy services, has acquired the remaining 76 per cent interest in Escrow Europe Switzerland, a Zurich-based franchise operation of Escrow Europe.

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Survival of the fittest, says survey

Despite the economic downturn, around half of all respondents in this year’s Business Perception Survey feel the recession will benefit their businesses in the long term. 

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Monomoy Capital Partners acquires Global Thermoplastics

Monomoy Capital Partners, a New York private equity fund, has acquired the assets and operations of Global Thermoplastics, a Texas-based manufacturer of engineered compounds for plastic moulding applications. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.