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ECI Partners exits training firm

Mid-market buyout specialist ECI Partners has sold vocational training firm The Hotel and Catering Training Company (HCTC) to London-listed support services group VT, in a £10 million deal.

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Stratex plots New Year launch

Having secured just £1.87 million of an originally hoped for £4 million, via a HB Corporate-advised placing, minerals explorer Stratex International is set to make its AIM debut on Wednesday 4 January.

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NextGen to launch

NextGen Sciences, the Huntingdon- headquartered protein technology specialist, is looking to raise up to £2.4 million with the aid of adviser Seymour Pierce, ahead of its planned AIM flotation tomorrow.

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New Greenhouse for Wray

Serial investor, entrepreneur and rugby club owner Nigel Wray is looking to raise £10 million for The Greenhouse fund, an environmentally friendly investment business planning to float on AIM in early January.

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Chrysalis’ art dabble?

Revived venture capital trust Chrysalis is considering backing art dealers via innovative financing deals. Chairman Robert Drummond has lined up an expert in the art world to take a stake in ‘up to nine dealers’ using funds raised via a proposed offer of new E shares in Chrysalis.

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Warrens offloaded by 3i

3i has sold its stake in construction industry supplier A Warren & Sons after almost eight years in a £14 million deal that secured a 3.3 times return on investment for the private equity giant.

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Plastics play for Octopus

Octopus Asset Management, which runs the Eclipse series of VCTs, has supported acquisitive plastics manufacturer Plastics Capital, investing £3.1 million alongside City broker Investec.

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Appian in £2m AIM float

OFEX-quoted traffic management and automated number plate recognition specialist Appian Technology is joining AIM after a £2 million JM Finn-advised placing at 5p.

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Plastics play for Octopus

Octopus Asset Management, which runs the Eclipse series of VCTs, has supported acquisitive plastics manufacturer Plastics Capital, investing £3.1 million alongside City broker Investec.

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Appian in £2m AIM float

OFEX-quoted traffic management and automated number plate recognition specialist Appian Technology is joining AIM after a £2 million JM Finn-advised placing at 5p.

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VC opens up new frontier

Frontiers Capital, the IT and communications-focused venture capital group, has assumed control over several new investments through the acquisition of rival Vesta’s entire portfolio.

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Shanks man backs ReEnergy

Roger Hewitt, who built up Shanks from a £6 million waste services company into a FTSE 250 giant, plans to repeat the feat through his new endeavour ReEnergy.

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Directors’ salaries on AIM

Recent months may have seen a flurry of new investment concerns with no trading businesses of their own arrive on the market, yet AIM companies continued to pay their chief executives an average of £137,000 last year, according to new research from Growth Business’ sister publication Growth Company Investor.

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£2.1m injection for Caretek

Needle-free drug delivery firm Caretek Medical has completed a £2.1 million fundraising, winning support from a variety of backers including the Oxford Technology 4 VCT and members of the Oxford Investment Opportunities Network.

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