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Review Centre in £7 million buy-in

The Review Centre, a user-generated review website that generates revenues from pay-per-click advertising, has been acquired by Ingenious Media Active Capital (IMAC). IMAC’s investment of £7 million gives it a share of 71.5 per cent in the website’s owner, RTL.

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A welcome return

The final months of 2007 were quiet for the Isle of Man’s hedge fund industry, but times have changed. Mark Dunne reports

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Management’s Dipec Plastics deal

Dipec Plastics, a manufacturer of bespoke plastic products for clients, including a TV sci-fi series and a British artist, has been bought by its management. The MBO by Jason Callow followed the decision of founder and managing director Paul Robinson, to retire.

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RSK deal builds bridges with STATS

Environmental consultancy RSK Group has pushed forward with its plan to become a major support services player with the acquisition of STATS, an adviser to the building materials sector.

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Manager buys Merseyside transport group

The operations manager at a Merseyside-based transport and warehousing business has bought the group for £1.1 million.

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Management bring Brand-Rex back into Scottish ownership

A Fife-based cabling group is back under Scottish ownership after its management bought the company from its US owner.

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Tai Zi set for £3m
AIM IPO

Newly formed south-east Asian property investor Tai Zi Capital is looking to raise some £3 million with an IPO on AIM at the end of June.

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Expro strikes with CIDRA

Expro International Group, a supplier of products and services that measure, improve, control and process flow from oil and gas wells, has acquired CIDRA, an oil and gas metering business based in Connecticut, for $60.5 million (£30.7 million) in cash.

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Tai Zi set for £3m
AIM IPO

Newly formed south-east Asian property investor Tai Zi Capital is looking to raise some £3 million with an IPO on AIM at the end of June.

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Expro strikes with CIDRA

Expro International Group, a supplier of products and services that measure, improve, control and process flow from oil and gas wells, has acquired CIDRA, an oil and gas metering business based in Connecticut, for $60.5 million (£30.7 million) in cash.

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Savills sells wind farm loss-maker

Property adviser Savills plc has sold its share of a wind farm joint venture to the Dutch renewable energy company it co-established the business with.

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Sovereign makes fifth
bolt-on buy

Private equity firm Sovereign Capital has made a fifth bolt-on acquisition in two years for its subsidiary Kinetics Group, a utilities support services company to the social housing sector.

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Sylmar Technology undergoes MBO

Sylmar Technology, a kitchen and bathroom work surface supplier, has undergone a management buy-out.

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Hasgrove moves into Europe

Acquisition hungry media group Hasgrove plc has merged its three digital businesses to create Amaze, a new marketing and technology company. The merger is set to strengthen Hasgrove’s marketing and technology services offering to larger international clients.