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Private equity house Primary Capital has taken a 50 per cent stake in toy seller Tobar Group, through a £42 million deal. The group, which already has an established presence in the online, mail order and high street retail markets, intends to use the cash to dramatically increase the scale of its operations.

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London-focused The Capital Fund has invested £250,000, as part of a £350,000 total fundraising, in regional marketing information business The Local Data Company, which plans to use the cash to extend its geographical reach from 30 to 100 UK towns and city centres.

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British workers are losing sleep due to work pressures and when they do manage to nod off work is invading their dreams. Alarmingly, a significant number have called their spouse by their boss’s name! These disturbing statistics have been brought to you through a survey from printer manufacturer Lexmark.

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British workers were underpaid to the tune of over £3 million by employers paying below the minimum wage last year, with some outrageous excuses (including ‘they are a total waste of space – they do not deserve it,’) being offered, according to HM Revenue & Customs.

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Biocare Solutions, the developer and manufacturer of environmentally friendly household cleaning products, is seeking to raise £6.25 million ahead of an expected AIM float later this month. KBC Peel Hunt will act as broker and adviser.

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One in three employers refuse to train their staff, according to a report from the Trades Union Congress (TUC), which claims this is creating a skills crisis in Britain and leaves over eight million untrained. The TUC report, 2020 Vision for Skills, reveals 8,377,200 workers have not been trained.