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Deals news for Leisure & Media VCT

Three of Leisure & Media VCT's four investments in the first half were media ventures.

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Mind your mobile manners

Mobile phones and PDAs are fast becoming the bane of British businesses, with almost two-thirds of workers complaining of poor mobile habits amongst their co-workers, or so latest research from polling organisation YouGov suggests.

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Plant Impact next for Enterprise

North of England- and Midlands-focused investment group Enterprise Ventures has named plant health technology business Plant Impact as the latest addition to its RisingStars Growth Fund.

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A look at AIM’s investors

Institutional investment in AIM companies continues to rise steadily, with institutions now controlling some 40.9 per cent of the market, a statistic revealed by Growth Company Investor's third annual market survey.

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Marsh signs for ISIS

ISIS Equity Partners has hired 3i veteran Henrietta Marsh to head up the AIM investment side of its four Baronsmead VCTs, which currently have more than £200 million under management.

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Sheikh’s take road to AIM

Barclays Private Equity has sold its stake in residential care business CareTech back to the company’s management – after three years of investment – ahead of a reported £50 million AIM flotation.

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Gresham invests in duo

Mid-market private equity house Gresham has completed a brace of deals in under a week, supporting both the management buyout of industrials business Olaer and providing £31 million of financing for local government services group Jackson Lloyd.

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Betex in £7m AIM move

Online football betting specialist Betex, now raising £3 million on OFEX, plans to join AIM to attract another £7 million of investment and has already appointed broker Numis to assist.

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Gresham invests in duo

Mid-market private equity house Gresham has completed a brace of deals in under a week, supporting both the management buyout of industrials business Olaer and providing £31 million of financing for local government services group Jackson Lloyd.

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Betex in £7m AIM move

Online football betting specialist Betex, now raising £3 million on OFEX, plans to join AIM to attract another £7 million of investment and has already appointed broker Numis to assist.

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Librarians look to AIM

If its £8.3 million fundraising goes according to plan, software venture Ex Libris will become the latest in an increasingly long line of Israeli ventures to launch onto AIM – although it is likely to be the only company on the market founded by librarians.

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Pelikon raises £5m

Pelikon, a Cambridge-based company seeking to commercialise a range of plastic display technologies, has raised £5 million from a series of backers and will use the cash to prepare for an AIM launch anticipated some time next year.

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£27m fund prepares for Liverpool launch

Alliance Fund Managers, operator of regional investor the Merseyside Special Investment Fund, is poised to launch a new £27 million investment vehicle on Tuesday 27 September.

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Close backs IDIS MBO

IDIS, a Surrey-based importer and distributor of unlicensed pharmaceuticals to named patients, has completed a £22 million management buyout with the backing of Close Brothers Private Equity.

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