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American giant acquires Pride Valley Foods

American food group Gruma has acquired Pride Valley Foods for £20 million. The sellers were entrepreneur Hossain Razaei, who owned 85 per cent of the acquired company, and his fellow directors Roger McKechnie and Michael Hughes.

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Paul Fisher leaves First Capital for Advent

Advent Ventures has recruited Paul Fisher, a former associate director at First Capital, to its ICT investment team.

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Star Sportswear in management buy-out

Yorkshire-based Star Sportswear has been bought out by its management.

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Baird builds recruitment portfolio

A recruiter that supplies IT staff to the financial services sector has been bought by its management.

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Empresaria buys Dutch recruiter

Staffing company Empresaria Group has expanded its business into the Netherlands after completing a six-figure acquisition. The Crawley-based company will pay €500,000 (£342,000) for a majority stake in recruitment specialist EAR Holding.

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Promethean backs 4D Telecom buy-out

Social networking company 4D Telecom has been bought by its management.

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Entrepreneur snaps up MS Industrial Services

A northeast-based entrepreneur has bought an industrial cleaning and waste disposal company as part of a plan to build an environmental services group.

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Ingenious launches film distribution fund

Media investment group Ingenious is looking to raise euro150 million (£103 million) to launch a fund dedicated to film distribution.

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Entrepreneur snaps up MS Industrial Services

A northeast-based entrepreneur has bought an industrial cleaning and waste disposal company as part of a plan to build an environmental services group.

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Ingenious launches film distribution fund

Media investment group Ingenious is looking to raise euro150 million (£103 million) to launch a fund dedicated to film distribution.

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Colliers acquires building consultants

Commercial real estate consultants Colliers CRE has bought Huthwaite Building Consultants for £1.1 million. The acquirer will pay £770,000 in cash and the balance in shares.

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Camco buys energy management consultants

Carbon credit specialist Camco International plans to expand its projects in the UK and the US after acquiring Bradshaw Consulting.

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Sovereign Capital boosts mental health portfolio

Parallel Options, which supports adults with mental health needs or learning disabilities, has been bought by private equity firm Sovereign Capital.

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Core beats fundraising forecasts

Against an apparently unfriendly VCT fundraising environment, Core Capital has topped its £20 million fundraising target by tugging in an impressive £21.7 million for its fourth and fifth VCTs.