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Finadvance acquires stake in Decitre

Finadvance Capital has acquired a 57 per cent stake in French bookstore Decitre. The founding family will retain a 37 per cent stake, with the remaining 6 per cent being held by Espin Participations.

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Equity firm Baird backs Choices deal

Baird Capital Partners Europe, the UK mid-market arm of Baird Private Equity, has backed portfolio company Choices Holdings' acquisition of care group Domiciliary Care, based in Glasgow, for undisclosed terms.

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Holland & Barrett acquires Julian Graves

Holland & Barrett, a UK health food retailer owned by parent company NBTY Europe, has bought smaller health food chain rival Julian Graves from Icelandic investor Baugur, who snapped up the business in 2003 for £14 million.

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Monomoy acquires Katun

Katun Corporation, a provider of imaging supplies has announced that it has been acquired by Monomoy Capital Partners, an equity firm focused on the mid market. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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German biotech sector booming

Germany's biotech sector has continued its strong run in 2008.

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Close Brothers acquires Atlas Capital

Merchant bank Close Brothers, has acquired the remaining 55 per cent of Atlas Capital, its Spanish corporate finance associate, with an eye on expanding its debt advisory and restructuring business. The deal amount was undisclosed.

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Wagon sets wheels in motion for AIM move

Automotive components group Wagon, which is listed on the LSE's main market, says it expects its move to AIM to be completed by 6 October.

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Catapult backs Sight and Sound BIMBO

Sight and Sound Technology, a supplier of IT services for people who are blind or have learning difficulties, has completed a buy-in management buy-out (BIMBO).

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Wagon sets wheels in motion for AIM move

Automotive components group Wagon, which is listed on the LSE's main market, says it expects its move to AIM to be completed by 6 October.

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Catapult backs Sight and Sound BIMBO

Sight and Sound Technology, a supplier of IT services for people who are blind or have learning difficulties, has completed a buy-in management buy-out (BIMBO).

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Crane acquires manufacturing firm Delta Fluid Products

Crane, a diversified manufacturer of highly engineered industrial products, unveiled its plans to purchase all of the capital stock of Delta Fluid Products, a designer and manufacturer of regulators and fire safe valves for the gas industry, for US$28 million (£15.6 million).

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Asian banks wary of Western investments

High growth Asian banks have largely avoided the huge credit loses that have pushed Lehman Brothers to the brink and will remain wary of buying into Western banks.

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Irish firm in online sale

Dublin-based online shopping and e-business software specialist Buy4Now, has sold its US business interests and restructured its capital in a deal worth £8.4 million.

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Randall & Quilter acquires KMS

Randall & Quilter, an AIM traded run-off management service provider and acquirer of solvent insurance companies in run-off, has acquired KMS, a London-based provider of insurance run-off services, through the acquisition of the holding company Continuum Holdings for £1.78 million.

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