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LDC lands Airclaims MBO

Aviation insurance services firm Airclaims has been bought by its management in a multi-million pound deal funded by private equity group LDC.

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Adamind heads for AIM

Israeli mobile-messaging technology specialist Adamind is looking to raise up to £15 million ahead of a mid-February AIM flotation.

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Cash incentive for charity donations

Most businesses do not have a payroll charity donation scheme, according to a survey of workers from accountant and business adviser KPMG, and are unaware that a grant of up to £500 is available to help set one up.

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Keeping staff in the loop

The Government has announced groundbreaking legislation designed to harmonise relationships between bosses and their employees.

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One Small Step for YFM

The Capital Fund – YFM Venture Finance’s £50 million London-focused venture capital vehicle – has invested £250,000 in children’s footwear retailer One Small Step One Giant Leap, as part of a £1 million total funding package.

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Ofex boss ponders AIM move

As Deutsche Borse and Euronext slug it out with each other and dissident shareholders in a £1.5 billion battle for control of the London Stock Exchange, one City luminary is quietly licking his lips.

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Sector Watch – January ‘05

This month…pub chains toast a bumper Christmas, insurers look to the future with optimism and telecoms firms contemplate the rising profile of VoIP.

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Barclays buys Gaucho stake

Barclays Private Equity has supported the £23.5 million management buy-out of Gaucho Grill, adding to its burgeoning portfolio of restaurant businesses.

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Sector Watch – January ‘05

This month…pub chains toast a bumper Christmas, insurers look to the future with optimism and telecoms firms contemplate the rising profile of VoIP.

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Barclays buys Gaucho stake

Barclays Private Equity has supported the £23.5 million management buy-out of Gaucho Grill, adding to its burgeoning portfolio of restaurant businesses.

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Voller sets sights on AIM

Voller Energy, a maker of portable fuel cell systems for use as battery chargers and mobile generators that is chaired by Speedy Hire's John Brown, has unveiled plans to float on AIM.

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ECI offloads Tragus and looks to the future

Buy-out and development capital specialist ECI Partners has sold its interest in Tragus Holdings generating an impressive five times return on its original £11 million investment, in just two years.

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Private equity investment continues to rise

Growth businesses are likely to benefit from a further spike in private equity funding in early 2005, with both private investment networks and front line venture capitalists predicting an increase in deal flow.

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The future’s bright for UK MBOs

The UK's buyout market was as in rude health last year and the prognosis for 2005 is even better, according to research from KPMG's private equity team.

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