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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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£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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Bargain Booze lures ECI Partners

Bargain Booze, the UK's second largest specialist off-licence chain with around 560 franchisee-run stores throughout the UK, has been acquired by private equity group ECI Partners for £63.5 million.

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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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Bargain Booze lures ECI Partners

Bargain Booze, the UK's second largest specialist off-licence chain with around 560 franchisee-run stores throughout the UK, has been acquired by private equity group ECI Partners for £63.5 million.

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ISIS plans new AIM fund

ISIS Equity Partners is looking to raise up to £20 million for a new Baronsmead- branded venture capital trust, which will focus its efforts on backing AIM listed businesses and will launch in February.

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Amteus marks Morris return

Jeffrey Morris and Michael Abrahams – formerly chief executive and chairman of once loss-making telematics business Minorplanet Systems – are poised to return to AIM next week, at the helm of communications hopeful Amteus.

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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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