The increasingly buoyant healthcare sector has seen further buyout action in recent days, with medical and occupational health services venture Abermed Industrial Doctors the latest business to change hands.
Experienced retail investor Advent International has made another foray into the high street, purchasing Fat Face, a leading sports and casual clothing brand, from rival private equity group ISIS Equity Partners.
John Robertson, veteran resources specialist at broker Nabarro Wells, is chairman-designate of Aussie-listed Elixir Petroleum, which is raising £7 million on AIM to pursue oil and, it hopes, natural gas opportunities in the North Sea.
Ubiquity Software, a Cardiff-based software developer targeting the telecoms sector, is looking to raise £20 million (with the aid of broker Evolution Securities) ahead of its impending AIM launch.
Five-a-side soccer centres business Powerleague, which is bossed by ex-Spurs chief executive and turnaround specialist Claude Littner, plans to list on AIM in late May.
Five-a-side soccer centres business Powerleague, which is bossed by ex-Spurs chief executive and turnaround specialist Claude Littner, plans to list on AIM in late May.
Legal & General Ventures, the private equity arm of the eponymous financial services group, has bought healthcare products manufacturer and distributor Verna for £60 million.
West-London-based media events group Penton Media Europe has completed a management buyout from its erstwhile US parent company, thanks to financial support from Northern Venture Managers.
FTSE-listed Trio Holdings, a foreign exchange and money market broking firm based in London’s LIFFE Exchange building, has been taken private by its management in a £28.5 million transaction.