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£2m for Original Shoe

Branded clothing retailer Original Shoe Company has secured an additional £2 million of development capital from Aberdeen Murray Johnstone Private Equity, with a view to funding its expansion plans.

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Dirk to make OFEX drive

Yorkshire-based CityCarClub, bossed by charismatic Dutch entrepreneur Dirk Van Dijl, is on its way to OFEX with a Nash Fitzwilliams-led offer.

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£5m for start-up OmPrompt

3i and Benchmark Capital Europe have joined forces to back OmPrompt, a provider of semantic integration solutions, in a £5 million series A fundraising.

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Debtmatters for AIM

Profitable debt solutions business Debtmatters is poised to float on AIM in late June, with a hoped-for market value of £15 million.

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New OFEX shell seeks £0.2m

Entrepreneur Ian Lancaster, who set up Virgin Cars for Richard Branson, is seeking £200,000 at 50p on OFEX for marketing services-oriented shell, Twenty.

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Jackson leads PartyGaming to market

Gibraltar-based online gaming giant PartyGaming is poised to complete a reported $10 billion London flotation later this month, having assembled a powerhouse non-executive team headed by Sage chairman Michael Jackson.

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ISIS seeks autonomy

Asset management giant F&C has unveiled plans to transform private equity division ISIS Equity Partners from a subsidiary into a partner, as it seeks to address impending changes to international accounting standards.

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Clark moves in for Murray challenge

Shareholders in the first three Murray VCTs, which have recently replaced original manager Murray Johnstone with Close Venture Management, are attempting to unseat directors of these trusts.

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ISIS seeks autonomy

Asset management giant F&C has unveiled plans to transform private equity division ISIS Equity Partners from a subsidiary into a partner, as it seeks to address impending changes to international accounting standards.

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Clark moves in for Murray challenge

Shareholders in the first three Murray VCTs, which have recently replaced original manager Murray Johnstone with Close Venture Management, are attempting to unseat directors of these trusts.

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Ex-MP Flight takes EIS role

Successful financier Howard Flight, controversially de-selected as Conservative MP for Arundel & South Downs at the start of the General Election, has agreed to become chairman of the Enterprise Investment Scheme Association.

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New £2m Israeli AIM float

Greenkote, a young ‘eco-friendly’ Israeli coatings company targeting the motor and construction sectors, plans to raise £2 million at 25p to fund expansion.

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Jefferies in for Helix

US investment bank Jefferies has also moved to increase its UK profile, through the acquisition of London-based Helix Associates. Helix acts as a placing agent for private equity firms and carries out a range of activities for its clients, with research and due diligence services among those offered.

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Northern and HSBC back KCS

South London HR solutions business KCS Management Systems (KCS) has become the subject of a secondary buyout financed by Northern Venture Managers (NVM) and HSBC.

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