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Intempo receives £1.8 million from Hotbed

Intempo Digital, the music brand which develops digital radios, iPod docking stations and speaker systems, is set to amplify its market presence after securing £1.825 million from Hotbed, the private investor network.

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Hong Kong firm acquires Peter Black

Hong Kong consumer goods group Li & Fung is to acquire merchandise manufacturer Peter Black Group for £48.1 million in cash.

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Hong Kong firm in double acquisition

Hong Kong-based consumer group Li & Fung is to acquire PB Group for £48.1 million in a deal that will help boost the Chinese company’s presence in Europe.

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Point-of-sale specialist acquired by VC

Venture capitalist Amin Amiri Enterprises (AAE) has acquired Walkers Mcr, a Manchester-based provider of point-of-sale printed products, for £5 million. The buy-out was backed by debt provided by asset-based lender Venture Structured Finance.

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AIM newcomer buys US medical billing specialist

CBaySystems, which offers business process outsourcing services to the US healthcare industry, has acquired US-based medical billing specialist AMSplus.

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Rutland to buy Pulse Home Products

Private equity firm Rutland Partners is to buy Pulse Home Products, a domestic goods company, in a multi-million pound cash deal.

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A second dotcom bubble?

Investment in web companies in Europe has soared over the past 12 months. But Darren Harper, head of analysis and editorial at Library House, argues that fears of a second dotcom bubble are unfounded.

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Cardsave in management buy-in

Clive Kahn, the former chief executive of foreign exchange company Travelex, has bought credit card terminal supplier Cardsave in partnership with Exponent Private Equity. Kahn will now lead the acquired business.

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A second dotcom bubble?

Investment in web companies in Europe has soared over the past 12 months. But Darren Harper, head of analysis and editorial at Library House, argues that fears of a second dotcom bubble are unfounded.

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Cardsave in management buy-in

Clive Kahn, the former chief executive of foreign exchange company Travelex, has bought credit card terminal supplier Cardsave in partnership with Exponent Private Equity. Kahn will now lead the acquired business.

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Consortium cashes in on Exponent’s Cardsave deal

The former chief executive of foreign exchange company Travelex is the new head of Cardsave after buying the business in partnership with a private equity firm.

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Wol Kolade: defender of the realm

The reception of ISIS Equity Partners is all glass, chrome and highly polished floors. A door opens and the six foot-plus Wol Kolade, who heads up ISIS, gives me a strong, friendly handshake, apologising for running slightly late.

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Litorina Kapital buys Securia

Securia, a Swedish supplier of security related services and insurance products, has been bought by a private equity firm.

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Titanium Asset Management joins AIM

A company established to buy businesses in the asset management industry has raised $120 million (£58.6 million), before expenses, through joining AIM.