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H2O exit brings 142% IRR

Enterprise Ventures (EV), an investor group focused on the North of England, is to exit from its investment in H2O Networks after achieving a 3.6 times return on its original investment – an IRR of 142 per cent."

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Hastings and Advantage MBO

Insurance Australia Group has agreed to sell its UK market distribution business for £73.5 million as part of a restructuring strategy, which will enable the company to focus on its motor underwriting business.

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Office Friends makes Rapid acquaintance

Office Friends, a Lincolnshire-based member of office style dealer group Nemo, has acquired Rapid Office Equipment of Grimsby. The owners have decided to continue their membership of Nemo. Both companies will now operate from the Rapid site.

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St Quinton converts Gloucester rugby deal

Entrepreneur and serial acquirer Martin St Quinton has acquired a minority interest in UK rugby team Gloucester RFC for an undisclosed sum from Tom Walkinshaw.

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Corporate failures to rise

More than 40,000 companies will be declared insolvent this year, according to the Credit Management Research Centre (CMRC) at Leeds University Business School.

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Boparan buys four FishWorks restaurants

Ranjit Boparan, owner of chicken processor 2 Sisters Food Group, through his Birmingham-based investment vehicle Boparan Ventures, has acquired four FishWorks restaurants from administration.

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CVS on acquisition spree

Expansionist CVS, a provider of veterinary services in the UK, has announced the acquisition of Melton Veterinary Practice in Suffolk.

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Maxymiser in £2 million Series A round

UK-based web marketing company Maxymiser has secured £2 million from two venture capital (VC) funds to develop its products and grow sales.

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CVS on acquisition spree

Expansionist CVS, a provider of veterinary services in the UK, has announced the acquisition of Melton Veterinary Practice in Suffolk.

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Maxymiser in £2 million Series A round

UK-based web marketing company Maxymiser has secured £2 million from two venture capital (VC) funds to develop its products and grow sales.

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Kittiwake swoops on Krystallon

Sussex-based Kittiwake Developments has acquired a further 55 per cent stake in Krystallon from BP International.

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Melorio makes double education deal

Melorio has continued its consolidation of the UK’s vocational training sector with the acquisition of two government-funded vocational learning providers, Zenos and Zenos Learning.

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Murgitroyd buys Raworth Moss & Cook

European patent and trademark attorney practice Murgitroyd Group Plc has announced that it has acquired Croydon-based practice Raworth Moss & Cook for up to £700,000.

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Delphic in diagnostics deal

Delphic, a provider of specialist diagnostics for HIV and hepatitis, has acquired the diagnostics business of iQur, a biotechnology company specialising in chronic liver disease. The terms of the transaction remain undisclosed.