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Close Brothers Growth Capital has backed the secondary management buy-out of sound mixing equipment designer Allen & Heath in a deal worth £9 million.
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Private equity group CVC has been given permission by the European Commission to complete its purchase of a controlling stake in Formula One Group, the motor racing company infamously steered by the wily Bernie Ecclestone.
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To successfully float on the stock market, your business must be inspiring enough to attract new cash and robust enough to withstand the rigours of the publicly-quoted world. More importantly, you need the best advisers – and we’ve found them.
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Choices – the provider of residential care services for individuals with learning difficulties – has been acquired by its management, in a deal backed by Granville Baird Capital Partners. The private equity house invested £10 million in the transaction.
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More than a quarter of growing businesses have been adversely affected by dealings with so-called phoenix companies, perfectly legitimate entities that have risen from the ashes of a failed venture – according to a survey from the Better Payments Practice Group.
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Sheffield-based laser cutting outfit Mayflower Technology has been taken over by a new management team, backed by an integrated package of debt and equity from Bank of Scotland. Though exact details of the BIMBO have not been confirmed, Bank of Scotland is known to be taking a ‘significant’ minority equity stake.
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Duke Street Capital has supported the management buyout of global engineering firm Deloro Stellite from erstwhile owner Vision Capital, in a deal rumoured to worth around €165 million.
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Former EMAP boss Sir Robin Miller heads the team behind two new venture capital trusts conceived to support small UK-based media companies.
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Duke Street Capital has supported the management buyout of global engineering firm Deloro Stellite from erstwhile owner Vision Capital, in a deal rumoured to worth around €165 million.
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Former EMAP boss Sir Robin Miller heads the team behind two new venture capital trusts conceived to support small UK-based media companies.
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AIM’s recent infatuation with Eastern European property companies is set to spread still further in the coming weeks, as Budapest-focused Pactolus Hungarian Property readies itself for flotation.
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The ownership of MOT and car servicing group Nationwide Autocentres has changed hands, with private equity house NBGI selling the business on to rival Phoenix Equity Partners in a £49 million deal.
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More than 68,000 people make a living by selling on auction site eBay, according to research by ACNielsen that also shows the UK leads Europe in the number of eBay entrepreneurs.
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Drug developer ImmuPharma, which is focusing its efforts on converting small peptides into clinically viable compounds, hopes to launch on AIM on Friday – after raising £2.2 million from investors with the aid of broker KBC Peel Hunt.
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