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Associated Engineering Services in MBO

Northampton-based Associated Engineering Services (AES) has been bought by its management in a deal led by managing director Paul Leeson, James Harman and Phil Mitchell.

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Key Capital Partners backs Sabotage BIMBO

Cambridge-based private equity firm Key Capital Partners (KCP) has invested £3.6 million in the buy-in management buy-out of fashion business Sabotage.

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Snell & Wilcox and Pro-Bel in MBO

UK technology companies Snell & Wilcox and Pro-Bel have merged in a £72 million management buy-out led by Snell & Wilcox CEO Simon Derry and FD Peter Fredericks, as well as former Pro-Bel CEO Graham Pitman, 

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Darbyshire Group acquires TPT Construction

Preston-based construction company Darbyshire Group has acquired Welsh firm TPT Construction for an undisclosed sum.

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Shackleton completes £1 million funding round 

OmPrompt, a messaging connectivity company, has secured £1 million from secondaries venture capital firm Shackleton Ventures. The investment was made from Shackleton Secondaries II Limited Partnership, its second fund.

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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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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.