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Hallmark goes fourth with acquisitions

Hallmark Hotel Group has continued its buy-and-build strategy by spending £25 million on buying four properties.

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AIM struggling to raise funds

The value of funds raised on AIM dropped by more than 60 per cent in the first quarter of 2008 compared with the same period the year before, M&A's Paul Driscoll reports

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Spiral funding provides gateway to market

An Edinburgh-based computer processing technology developer has received a boost after securing a six-figure sum from a consortium of new and existing investors.

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APC in powerplay

Advanced Power Components plc (APC), an AIM-listed distributor and manufacturers’ representative of electronic components, has purchased Lincolnshire-based business Novacom Microwave for £1.6 million in cash.

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Geo Genesis soars after PLUS float

A company which invests in and advises businesses in China has floated on PLUS. Shares in Geo Genesis Group surged more than 60 per cent to 56p on their first day of dealings and have increased further since the announcement of a partnership with a Chinese bank.

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Profile Analysis snaps up funding

The developer of a sales management tool has received £1 million of equity funding to launch the product in the UK and US.

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Trio buy care home specialist

Three directors at a residential care provider for the elderly are set to benefit from the anticipated growth in its market by completing a £75 million buy-out.

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Quayle Munro hits the Big Apple

AIM-listed merchant bank Quayle Munro Holdings plc has snapped up the van Tulleken group for £6.1 million in a bid to strengthen its corporate advisory capacity on a trans-Atlantic basis.

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Trio buy care home specialist

Three directors at a residential care provider for the elderly are set to benefit from the anticipated growth in its market by completing a £75 million buy-out.

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Quayle Munro hits the Big Apple

AIM-listed merchant bank Quayle Munro Holdings plc has snapped up the van Tulleken group for £6.1 million in a bid to strengthen its corporate advisory capacity on a trans-Atlantic basis.

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Tekton sale nets YFM 122% return

YFM Private Equity, an investor in construction software business Tekton, says that it achieved an IRR of 122 per cent from the company’s sale to LSE-listed Sage.

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Bowmark backs Healthcare Homes buy-out

Mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital has backed a £75 million management buy-out of residential care provider Healthcare Homes.

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SMEs ripe for private equity picking

Businesses in the UK are struggling to avoid liquidation and company directors face bankruptcy as banks tighten their grip on business loans, according to Mark West of London-based Berley Chartered Accountants.

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MD leads Axial buy-out

The managing director of networking specialist Axial Systems has led a buy-out at the company. Ash Hussain was joined by finance director Graham Linney in buying Axial, which supplies networking systems to the financial services, telecom and public sectors, for an undisclosed sum.