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Capita closes two deals

Support services group Capita has bought two businesses from Healthcare Knowledge International, generating a "significant return" for HKI’s private equity shareholder Inflexion.

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Imagini receives £9.5m

Imagini, which aims to help advertisers understand their online audiences through picture-based quizzes, has secured $13.5 million (£9.5 million).

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BVCA launches cleantech group

BVCA, the British industry body for private equity and venture capital, has launched a new energy, environment and technology group.

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G4S in double deal

International security group G4S has acquired Secura Monde International and Shiremoor International Engineering, specialist banknote and high-security advisory companies.

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Carr’s buys Hans Wälischmiller

Carr’s Milling Industries Plc, an agriculture, food and engineering group, has bought Hans Wälischmiller, a German engineering company, out of administration for €5.5 million in cash.

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Graphite in building products buy

Mid-market private equity firm Graphite Capital has acquired a majority stake in timber window company Performance Window Group.

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KPS drinks in Labatt

KPS Capital Partners, the New York-based turnaround private equity investor, has acquired Labatt USA from Anheuser-Busch InBev.

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Emerging Metals ups Kalahari stake 

Mining entrepreneur Stephen Dattels’ Emerging Metals has increased its holding in fellow AIM company Kalahari Minerals from 7.5 to 8.8 per cent.

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KPS drinks in Labatt

KPS Capital Partners, the New York-based turnaround private equity investor, has acquired Labatt USA from Anheuser-Busch InBev.

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Emerging Metals ups Kalahari stake 

Mining entrepreneur Stephen Dattels’ Emerging Metals has increased its holding in fellow AIM company Kalahari Minerals from 7.5 to 8.8 per cent.

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Balfour Beatty buys RT Dooley

International engineering, construction, services and investment group Balfour Beatty has acquired RT Dooley Construction, a family-owned construction firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina, for $40 million in cash.

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Graphite in PWG buy-out

Private equity firm Graphite Capital has acquired a majority stake in timber window company Performance Window Group (PWG), which reported sales of £10.6 million last year.

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Blackstar builds KMG stake

Blackstar, an investment company focused on South Africa, has acquired a further 25.47 per cent shareholding in Kulungile Metals Group (KMG) for ZAR50 million (£3.45 million) in cash.

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Prudential in Taiwanese sell-off

UK insurer Prudential Plc has sold its Taiwanese agency distribution business, which represents 94 per cent of its in-force liabilities in Taiwan, to China Life Insurance Company for the nominal sum of NT$1.

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Boosting confidence in outsourcing your customer service function to call centres in Africa

CCI Kenya discusses why outsourcing key of your business processes to call centres in Africa may be beneficial