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Rosewood Packaging has bought Merlin Packaging Group for an undisclosed sum. It is the latest in a run of acquisitions by Rosewood, which has bought two other companies in as many years.

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Tragus, a private equity-owned restaurant group that owns Café Rouge and Bella Italia, has bought Strada for £140 million.

Growth Planning

With everywhere from Bedford to Bolton boasting a university and almost 60 per cent of all school leavers trooping off to study for a degree, there are around 300,000 fresh-faced graduates entering the workforce every year.

Entrepreneurs

Operating in London, Brighton and Southampton, car share company Streetcar has 10,000 members. It will soon expand its geographical coverage and anticipates membership to rise to 150,000 by 2012. We catch up with co-founder Andrew Valentine.

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Floor-covering distributor Headlam Group plc has bought Florprotec, a supplier of floor protection products used in refurbishment projects and by the construction industry.

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YFM Group has invested £250,000 in D&H Sign Manufacturing. The investee, which lists Waitrose, the Royal Mail and Woolworths among its clients, secured the money from YFM’s Yorkshire and Humber Equity Fund.