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LDC lands Airclaims MBO

Aviation insurance services firm Airclaims has been bought by its management in a multi-million pound deal funded by private equity group LDC.

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Adamind heads for AIM

Israeli mobile-messaging technology specialist Adamind is looking to raise up to £15 million ahead of a mid-February AIM flotation.

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Cash incentive for charity donations

Most businesses do not have a payroll charity donation scheme, according to a survey of workers from accountant and business adviser KPMG, and are unaware that a grant of up to £500 is available to help set one up.

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Keeping staff in the loop

The Government has announced groundbreaking legislation designed to harmonise relationships between bosses and their employees.

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Acquisitions on AIM

AIM has long been regarded as Europe’s most successful growth company market, however, it is also a hive of mergers and acquisition activity – as new research from Business XL magazine reveals.

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One Small Step for YFM

The Capital Fund – YFM Venture Finance’s £50 million London-focused venture capital vehicle – has invested £250,000 in children’s footwear retailer One Small Step One Giant Leap, as part of a £1 million total funding package.

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Ofex boss ponders AIM move

As Deutsche Borse and Euronext slug it out with each other and dissident shareholders in a £1.5 billion battle for control of the London Stock Exchange, one City luminary is quietly licking his lips.

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Sector Watch – January ‘05

This month…pub chains toast a bumper Christmas, insurers look to the future with optimism and telecoms firms contemplate the rising profile of VoIP.

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Ofex boss ponders AIM move

As Deutsche Borse and Euronext slug it out with each other and dissident shareholders in a £1.5 billion battle for control of the London Stock Exchange, one City luminary is quietly licking his lips.

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Sector Watch – January ‘05

This month…pub chains toast a bumper Christmas, insurers look to the future with optimism and telecoms firms contemplate the rising profile of VoIP.

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Barclays buys Gaucho stake

Barclays Private Equity has supported the £23.5 million management buy-out of Gaucho Grill, adding to its burgeoning portfolio of restaurant businesses.

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Voller sets sights on AIM

Voller Energy, a maker of portable fuel cell systems for use as battery chargers and mobile generators that is chaired by Speedy Hire's John Brown, has unveiled plans to float on AIM.

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ECI offloads Tragus and looks to the future

Buy-out and development capital specialist ECI Partners has sold its interest in Tragus Holdings generating an impressive five times return on its original £11 million investment, in just two years.

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Private equity investment continues to rise

Growth businesses are likely to benefit from a further spike in private equity funding in early 2005, with both private investment networks and front line venture capitalists predicting an increase in deal flow.