The Edge Group will shortly launch a media-focused Venture Capital Trust (VCT) that aims to raise £30 million through an offer promoted by City accountant Smith & Williamson.
A combination of great production skills and creative excellence are driving television production company Ten Alps Communications ever further forward, according to chief executive Alex Connock.
At first glance, Mark Estdale seems every inch the reluctant entrepreneur, after all Outsource Media – the voice production venture he established over ten years ago – was originally conceived as a lifestyle business.
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.
Shed Productions – the company responsible for the hit ITV shows Bad Girls and Footballers’ Wives – will beam onto AIM on 18 March, following an anticipated £22 million Bridgewell-advised placing.
Advisers to digital media specialist Flightstore say it is ‘not out of the question’ that the AIM-quoted concern will seek a further funding, now that GP Capital has been hired to ‘search for acquisition opportunities’.
As a DJ, Bruno Brookes found fame and fortune as the nation’s favourite radio presenter. As an entrepreneur he has found success much harder to come by. But, following a few commercial flops, he believes his latest radio venture will thrive.
