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Marc was editor of GrowthBusiness from 2006 to 2010. He specialised in writing about entrepreneurs, private equity and venture capital, mid-market M&A, small caps and high-growth businesses.

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Modern Water to float on AIM

Water technology developer Modern Water has announced its intention to float on AIM. The company is one of three subsidiaries of IP Group, which seeks to commercialise intellectual property (IP), and is the first of these to enter the public market.

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Sovereign backs purchase of homecare company

Homecare provider Complete Personal Assistance (CPA) has expanded its business following its acquisition of Paediatric Nursing Link (PNL) for £2.2 million. The acquired company provides nursing care to sick children and their families in hospitals as well as in homes and schools.

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American giant acquires Pride Valley Foods

American food group Gruma has acquired Pride Valley Foods for £20 million. The sellers were entrepreneur Hossain Razaei, who owned 85 per cent of the acquired company, and his fellow directors Roger McKechnie and Michael Hughes.

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Fisher leaves First Capital for Advent

Advent Ventures has recruited Paul Fisher (pictured), a former associate director at First Capital, to its ICT investment team. Fisher will focus on opportunities in digital media and convergence companies at both early and late stages of development.

Venture Capital Funding

Behind the curtains

Despite high-profile bids for Sainsbury's and Alliance Boots, the private equity industry is still misunderstood, but does it need to improve its transparency?

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Star Sportswear in management buy-out

Yorkshire-based Star Sportswear has been bought out by its management. Brothers Richard and Paul Archbell and other family members sold the business to a three-strong management team for an undisclosed sum.

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Baird builds recruitment portfolio

A recruiter that supplies IT staff to the financial services sector has been bought by its management. London-based Aston Carter was sold to a team led by its managing director and co-founder Sean Zimdahl.

Growth Planning

How to mobilise your workforce

If you choose to implement a flexible working programme, it’s important to consider the risks as well as the potential rewards.

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Empresaria buys Dutch recruiter

Staffing company Empresaria Group has expanded its business into the Netherlands after completing a six-figure acquisition. The Crawley-based company will pay €500,000 (£342,000) for a majority stake in recruitment specialist EAR Holding.

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Promethean backs 4D Telecom buy-out

Social networking company 4D Telecom has been bought by its management. The buy-out was led by chief executive David Lee, who has renamed the business InterMediaActive.

Human Resources

Relieving the HR burden

With a barrage of recent changes to employee legislation, from maternity rights to age discrimination, employers could be forgiven for feeling a bit swamped by HR issues.

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Entrepreneur snaps up MS Industrial Services

A northeast-based entrepreneur has bought an industrial cleaning and waste disposal company as part of a plan to build an environmental services group.

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