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Do graduates lack key skills?

Graduate job vacancies are anticipated to rise by a staggering 14.6 per cent over the next 12 months, although employers have lingering concerns relating to the difficulty of filling these positions, or so new research from the Association of Graduate Recruiters suggests.

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Apertio nets $30m

Bristol-based network software specialist Apertio has clinched $30 million of second-round venture capital backing, with the aid of specialist technology investment bank GP Bullhound. The company intends to use the cash to gear itself for a planned IPO in the not-too-distant future.

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Ixaris flying high

Online payment system software provider Ixaris is speaking to investors about an additional round of fundraising.

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Graphite tracks tyre firm

Graphite Capital has completed the buy-in management buyout of tyre distributor Micheldever, installing Paul Fox and Richard Sawney as senior directors. The deal grants Graphite a 72 per cent stake in the business, which supplies around four million tyres across the UK each year.

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Campden completes buyout

Fast growing magazine producer Campden Publishing has concluded a £6 million management buyout backed by Matrix Private Equity Partners and Beringea, both of which run VCTs.

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Thorntons buyout sours

Christopher Burnett is to step down as chairman of chocolatier Thorntons, after his plans to take the business private via an £87 million management buyout were scrapped on the grounds of price.

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Simons leads Cagney to market

Paul Simons, the former chairman and chief executive of famed advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather’s UK operations, is hoping to raise £2.1 million for marketing services group Cagney.

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Baird locks up Paddock

Private equity firm Granville Baird has invested £8.9 million in the management buyout of Paddock Holdings, a West Midlands-based designer and manufacturer of multi-point door locks.

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Simons leads Cagney to market

Paul Simons, the former chairman and chief executive of famed advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather’s UK operations, is hoping to raise £2.1 million for marketing services group Cagney.

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Baird locks up Paddock

Private equity firm Granville Baird has invested £8.9 million in the management buyout of Paddock Holdings, a West Midlands-based designer and manufacturer of multi-point door locks.

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£4m for Eleksen

A host of venture capital backers - led by MTI Partners, 3i and Hotbed - have invested an additional £4 million in Pinewood Studios-based Eleksen, a smart fabric developer whose products can be used to control mobile phones, MP3 players and other electronic devices.

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Viking boards Inflexion

Viking Moorings – the designer of mooring systems to the North Sea offshore oil and gas industry – has completed a £22 million management buyout with the backing of Inflexion Private Equity.

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Johnson plans property float

Entrepreneurial property developer Christopher Johnson, whose previous venture Honeygrove was bought by Oakdene Homes in 2004 for £9.5 million, is lining up an AIM comeback through Kent-based Chequer Homes.

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New media VCT from Edge

The Edge Group will shortly launch a media-focused Venture Capital Trust (VCT) that aims to raise £30 million through an offer promoted by City accountant Smith & Williamson.

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