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Growing firms urged to report competitors

Anti-competitive practices are damaging the UK's growing businesses and the Office of Fair Trading is calling for them to fight back.

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Pensions group eyes float

Phoenix Private Equity plans to put £14 million into demutualising the Pension Annuity Friendly Society ahead of an eventual share float or trade sale.

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Pivotal deal for NVM

Pivotal Laboratories, a Yorkshire-based business that conducts clinical trials for pharmaceutical and biotech firms, has completed a multi-million-pound management buyout with the aid of Northern Venture Managers (NVM).

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Helphire snaps up Swift

As foreshadowed here, accident management specialist Helphire has agreed to buy private upmarket car hire company Swift Rentacar for up to £25.2 million in shares and paper.

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Roche snaps up Glycart

Pharmaceutical giant Roche has boosted returns significantly at technology fund manager Quester by taking over portfolio company GlycArt for £104 million.

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Karibian cruises to AIM

American entrepreneur George Karibian, who has already built up one £47 million telecoms business in Europe, hopes to stage a repeat performance in Britain in the traditionally prosaic field of office equipment.

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Strathdon sparks Oxsensis’ potential

Oxsensis, an Oxford-based company specialising in advanced instrumentation systems for gas turbines, has secured £890,000 of early-stage funding from backers including AIM-listed Strathdon Investments.

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3i sells UbiNetics to CSR

Global venture capital group 3i has announced the sale of its stake in Cambridge-based UbiNetics for $48 million (£27.3 million), representing an 80 per cent return on investment in just 18 months.

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Strathdon sparks Oxsensis’ potential

Oxsensis, an Oxford-based company specialising in advanced instrumentation systems for gas turbines, has secured £890,000 of early-stage funding from backers including AIM-listed Strathdon Investments.

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3i sells UbiNetics to CSR

Global venture capital group 3i has announced the sale of its stake in Cambridge-based UbiNetics for $48 million (£27.3 million), representing an 80 per cent return on investment in just 18 months.

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AIM launch for ubet2win

Acquisitive bookmaking group ubet2win, which has pitches at courses in England and Ireland and is advised by Beaumont Cornish, is introducing its shares onto AIM tomorrow at 3.5p.

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Adwalker raises £4m for AIM

As foreshadowed by GrowthBusiness in March, interactive electronic sandwich board pioneer Adwalker has raised £4 million at 8p – with the aid of broker John East – ahead of first AIM dealings next Tuesday.

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Sovereign scores Lindley deal

Lindley Catering – the provider of catering services to sports stadiums, theatres and conference centres, which counts both Manchester City and Celtic amongst its customers – has become the first investment for Sovereign Capital's new £275 million fund.

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Sofia so good for Lewis Charles

Hot on the heels of The Black Sea Property Fund and Orchid Developments, The Lewis Charles Sofia Property Fund has become the third company to announce plans to float on AIM and seek out property investments in Bulgaria inside of four months.

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