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Grosvenor receives healthy support

Occupational health services provider Grosvenor Healthcare has receivedan additional £1.05 million from existing investor Close VentureManagement to fund the acquisition of Glasgow rival Associated HealthSpecialists.

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Bioscience breaches VCT rules

Octopus Asset Management has admitted that the Bioscience VCT it manages will breach the VCT rules.

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Miller concludes Abermed operation

The increasingly buoyant healthcare sector has seen further buyout action in recent days, with medical and occupational health services venture Abermed Industrial Doctors the latest business to change hands.

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World Gaming in £2.5m float

Gambling software provider World Gaming is seeking to raise up to £2.5 million at 52.5p for an AIM float on 17 May.

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Advent plumps for Fat Face

Experienced retail investor Advent International has made another foray into the high street, purchasing Fat Face, a leading sports and casual clothing brand, from rival private equity group ISIS Equity Partners.

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North Sea group in £7m AIM launch

John Robertson, veteran resources specialist at broker Nabarro Wells, is chairman-designate of Aussie-listed Elixir Petroleum, which is raising £7 million on AIM to pursue oil and, it hopes, natural gas opportunities in the North Sea.

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Ubiquity to make AIM connection

Ubiquity Software, a Cardiff-based software developer targeting the telecoms sector, is looking to raise £20 million (with the aid of broker Evolution Securities) ahead of its impending AIM launch.

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Hermes goes for The Works

Hermes, the fund management group owned by BT’s pension scheme, has backed a £50 million secondary management buyout of value bookstore The Works.

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Ubiquity to make AIM connection

Ubiquity Software, a Cardiff-based software developer targeting the telecoms sector, is looking to raise £20 million (with the aid of broker Evolution Securities) ahead of its impending AIM launch.

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Hermes goes for The Works

Hermes, the fund management group owned by BT’s pension scheme, has backed a £50 million secondary management buyout of value bookstore The Works.

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Powerleague shoots for AIM

Five-a-side soccer centres business Powerleague, which is bossed by ex-Spurs chief executive and turnaround specialist Claude Littner, plans to list on AIM in late May.

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Garside joins ISIS Equity Partners

Experienced 3i executive Andrew Garside has moved south to manage the team responsible for new investments in London at ISIS Equity Partners.

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LGV ventures £60m on Verna

Legal & General Ventures, the private equity arm of the eponymous financial services group, has bought healthcare products manufacturer and distributor Verna for £60 million.

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NVM backs Penton buyout

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.