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Private Equity

Articles on UK private equity, featuring latest news on buyouts, investments and exits, plus analysis on the advantages and risks for investors and those seeking capital.

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Jaeger acquired by Better Capital

British fashion brand Jaeger has been acquired by the second fund of Jon Moulton's private equity vehicle Better Capital.

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Sovereign exits LM Funerals to Duke Street

Buy and build investor Sovereign Capital has sold LM Funerals, a business which it helped form, to a group of new private equity investors.

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Piper backs Loungers expansion

The private equity firm behind investments in Pitcher & Piano and Las Iguanas has provided growth capital to Bristol-based Loungers.

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Bowmark sells Data Explorers

Data Explorers has moved from private equity to trade ownership through a sale to a US buyer.

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NVM supports Volumatic take-private MBO

Following 30 years of public ownership Volumatic has secured the backing of a private equity investor.

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LDC divests lingerie business

A second deal in a week for Lloyds Development Captial has seen it sell its stake in Eveden Group.

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KnowledgeMill secures co-investment

In its sixth deal of 2012, YFM Equity Partners has backed KnowledgeMill and brought in a new executive chairman for the business.

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Team at Equistone lands first investment

The former private equity division of high street bank Barclays has completed its first investment since the firm became Equistone Partners Europe.

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RCapital sees future in Matrix Knowledge

Little Chef investor RCapital has backed Matrix Knowledge's plans to expand globally.

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Electra and Chamonix rescue Peverel

Following a year of uncertainty Perevel Group has secured the backing of two private equity partners, and is set to see its debt levels slashed.

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Peckforton nets further investment 

A week after deploying its new MEZZ fund for the first time, YFM Equity Partners has re-invested in Peckforton Pharmaceuticals.

Entrepreneurs

Rescue services – Interview with Jon Moulton

It takes a shrewd customer to make rapid returns at a time of anaemic growth. GrowthBusiness meets Jon Moulton to find out how he intends to make the best of a bad situation.