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Playtech bets on expansion

Manx online gaming software supplier Playtech plans to raise up to £112 million of expansion capital through a placing of up to 21.6 million shares at 520 pence on AIM.

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S&D Leisure’s double deal

S&D Leisure, an operator of mobile leisure and flight simulators, has bought JG Services and Smart Simulation to form S&D Simulations.

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Babcock's rail deal on right track

Babcock & Brown Public Partnerships (BBPP) has agreed to buy a five per cent stake in Angel Trains UK, a railway rolling stock business, for £25 million. The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, will complement BBPP’s existing investments in the rolling stock sector, including Reliance Rail in Australia and BeNEX in Germany.

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Protectagroup agrees
Culver deal

An insurance group in South Wales is to make its twelfth acquisition since it was bought by its management four years ago after agreeing to buy a retail insurance broker.

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Flying high

GoIndustry’s audacious acquisition of DoveBid has seen its aspirations become truly global. Morag Dickson reports

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Cleantech fund nets £5 million

Triodos Renewables Energy Fund has raised £5 million in the first month of its current share issue.

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Danoptra hits
£85m jackpot

Danoptra, a gambling machine and leisure facilities operator, is set for expansion after agreeing an £85 million expansion. As part of the deal the company will relinquish a majority stake to a consortium of investors, led by Swiss bank Credit Suisse.

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Jardine Lloyd makes
HWS move

Jardine Lloyd Thompson plc (JLT), a risk management adviser and insurance and reinsurance broker, has added Harman Wicks & Swayne (HWS) to its operations.

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Danoptra hits
£85m jackpot

Danoptra, a gambling machine and leisure facilities operator, is set for expansion after agreeing an £85 million expansion. As part of the deal the company will relinquish a majority stake to a consortium of investors, led by Swiss bank Credit Suisse.

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Jardine Lloyd makes
HWS move

Jardine Lloyd Thompson plc (JLT), a risk management adviser and insurance and reinsurance broker, has added Harman Wicks & Swayne (HWS) to its operations.

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Tower explores options
in Western Sahara

Tower Resources, an oil and gas exploration company, has acquired Comet Petroleum, which has a 50 per cent stake in two oil and gas exploration licences in the Guelta and Bojador Blocks located in the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), also known as Western Sahara.

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MAMA gets into Angel groove

Music and media group MAMA has increased its interests in the festivals market after buying a majority stake in Angel Music from Neil Moffitt.

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Keycom unlocks deal

Keycom, a provider of broadband services to the tertiary education market, has acquired several contracts from Catalyst Management, a supplier of converged communications services to universities and NHS Trusts.

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Close Ventures invests in Vibrant

Vibrant Energy Surveys, a provider of energy performance certificates (EPCs) to homes in the UK, has received venture capital funding. Close Ventures, which manages seven VCTs with net assets of £240 million, has invested £1.35 million in the company.