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Sweet China in £4.3 million comeback

Chinese chocolate maker Sweet China is returning to AIM with a £4.3 million acquisition and £2.7 million placing, and says there are bigger deals to follow.

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Index launches €400 million fund

Private equity firm Index Ventures has launched a new fund with €400 million (£298 million) to invest primarily in the technology and life science sectors. The launch follows the US$1 billion (£510 million) sale of portfolio company Minerva, the developer of the MySQL open-source database, to computing giant Sun Microsystems.

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DB tracks down Laing Rail

Deutsche Bahn (DB), the German rail operator, has made inroads into the UK passenger rail market with the acquisition of Laing Rail, owner of Chiltern Railways, from Henderson Global Investors.

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Toxic soil specialist nets £1.7 million

Envirotreat, a developer of proprietary technologies for the treatment of contaminated land, has won venture capital (VC) financing to expand its business.

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Independent travel investor in PLUS float

Alpha Prospects, a company formed to back quoted or unquoted companies in the independent travel sector, has raised £732,000 through a flotation on PLUS.

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Gastropub business gets £1 million funding

Wykeham Inns, a company that owns and manages pubs and restaurants in South West England, has received an investment of £ million to support the launch of its eighth venue.

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Threefold return for Matrix on BBI sale

Private equity firm Matrix says it has realised a return of 3.3 times its investment in diagnostics and diabetes specialist BBI Holdings.

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YFM and Noble VCTs seek new funds

The latest VCT managers to launch new share offers, YFM and Noble, are seeking almost £20 million for their existing VCTs.

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Threefold return for Matrix on BBI sale

Private equity firm Matrix says it has realised a return of 3.3 times its investment in diagnostics and diabetes specialist BBI Holdings.

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YFM and Noble VCTs seek new funds

The latest VCT managers to launch new share offers, YFM and Noble, are seeking almost £20 million for their existing VCTs.

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VC funding for B2B text messaging specialist 2sms

2sms, a Milton Keynes-based provider of text messaging services to businesses, has secured £450,000 in venture capital (VC) to expand its business in the US.

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PayStream buys Mimax Mosaic

Diversified accountancy and tax services provider PayStream has bought umbrella fund provider Mimax Mosaic, increasing its presence in Scotland.

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Eurobrand deal forms The Good Agency

Ethical consumer communications firm Ideas Eurobrand has merged with charity marketing specialist Cascaid to form a new agency, The Good Agency.

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Marston’s drinks to Dorset deal

Pub operator Marston’s has bought the Inn on the Chase, a country pub in the village of Cashmoor, Dorset.

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