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Hunter was the Editor for GrowthBusiness.co.uk from 2012 to 2014, before moving on to Caspian Media Ltd to be Editor of Real Business.

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Capita buys Salmat Speech Solutions

The IT services business of Capita has acquired Salmat Speech Solutions' UK operations for an undisclosed amount as it follows up on a busy M&A period.

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London leads European IPOs

Initial public offerings (IPOs) in Europe suffered another difficult quarter in the last three months of 2011 as London continued to lead continental activity, new statistics show.

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Specialty European Pharma receives £2.5 million loan

A venture capital-backed pharmaceutical marketing firm has raised debt of £2.5 million to fund global expansion.

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Investcorp’s PE arm makes US acquisition

Alternative investment manager Investcorp has acquired a 'significant' minority stake in video platform company Thought Equity Motion through its technology private equity division.

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Atos acquires Olympics partner

IT services company Atos has acquired a 50 per cent stake in MSL Group following a 20-year working relationship between the two businesses.

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SEP goes green with £95 million fund

Scottish Equity Partners has raised a £95 million fund to acquire a portfolio of nine green businesses from energy company Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE).

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Strong year for data centre M&A

The value of M&A in the data centre sector reached $12.3 billion (£8 billion) during 2011, new research finds.

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IGC backs Maxymiser with $12 million

Web optimisation business Maxymiser has announced $12 million (£7.8 million) funding from Investment Growth Capital (IGC).

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BSkyB invests in UK start-up

Media and telecommunications company BSkyB has acquired a stake in technology start-up Zeebox.

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Bowmark backs CSL secondary buy-out

Private equity firm Bowmark Capital has backed the management buy-out of CSL DualCom (CSL) in a deal worth £32 million.

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Waterlogic makes first M&A buy since listing

Recently-listed AIM business Waterlogic has made good on its commitment to undergo acquisitions with the purchase of Det Stavangerske Kaffeselskap.