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Octopus Private Equity has backed the acquisition of iconic London restaurant group Smollensky’s by seasoned restaurateur Paul Lilley, commiting £6 million alongside senior debt from Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank to support the acquisition.
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The Newbury office of Penningtons Solicitors is set to demerge from the group and concurrently merge with fellow law firm Thomas Eggar. The demerger will take effect from December.
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HipCricket, a Washington-based mobile marketing company, has raised £8.3 million on AIM at a placing price of £2.62 per share.
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Venture capitalist Ingenious has formed a joint venture with TV and DVD producer Eagle Rock Entertainment to release a DVD based on John Lennon's solo album Plastic Ono Band.
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YFM Private Equity says that the sale of its stake in medical diagnostics company Cozart returned four times its investment for two of its VCTs.
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SPARK Ventures has provided follow-on funding of £1 million to Vivacta, a vitro diagnostic company, as part of the company’s £5.7 million Series B financing round. This financing will be used to commercialise Vivacta’s first Point of Care (PoC) immunoassay system.
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Biotech company Plasticell has secured £250,000 from The Capital Fund. This follows an investment of £440,000 by existing shareholders and a £1.1 million grant from the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
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PolyTherics, a biopharmaceutical spin-out company from Imperial College London and the London School of Pharmacy, has been awarded £350,000 from the Technology Strategy Board.
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Biotech company Plasticell has secured £250,000 from The Capital Fund. This follows an investment of £440,000 by existing shareholders and a £1.1 million grant from the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
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PolyTherics, a biopharmaceutical spin-out company from Imperial College London and the London School of Pharmacy, has been awarded £350,000 from the Technology Strategy Board.
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Ireland’s fastest growing business telecoms provider, Pure Telecom, has acquired NewTel Communications from Orion Telecommunications for an undisclosed seven-digit sum, adding €8.5 million (£6 million) to its annual turnover.
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Ireland’s largest hotel operator PREM Group has, together with Goodbody Stockbroker, acquired a portfolio of hotels in Belgium and France, making it the second largest hotel operator in Belgium.
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Investment company Polo Resources has been admitted to AIM. The company issued some 131.4 million ordinary shares at 5p each to institutional and other investors raising £6.6 million.
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Business support services conglomerate DCC plc has increased its presence in
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