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Entrepreneurs | Healthcare
Rising Star: Chemistdirect.co.uk
Mitesh Soma set up discount pharmaceutical retailer Chemistdirect.co.uk after noticing how high the mark-up was on common medicines in his wife's pharmacy. A year later and the company has sales of £5 million. Achieving Growth / Thursday, 4th December 2008
Rising star: Marc Koska
Marc Koska’s spent 24 years working on his single-use syringe, which is designed to reduce the spread of disease in poor countries. His company Star Syringe is now profitable with revenues of £1.5 million. Achieving Growth / Wednesday, 22nd October 2008
Rising Star: Pharmacy 2U
Daniel Lee is the MD of Pharmacy 2U, the first mail-order and online pharmacy retailer in the UK. With turnover of £12 million, the company is seeking greater heights in the year ahead, as Lee tells GrowthBusiness. Achieving Growth / Friday, 25th April 2008
Rising Star: Apatech
Apatech, a manufacturer of artificial bone-graft material, has grown sales to £3.1 million from £270,000 in 2005. We talk to CEO Simon Cartmell Achieving Growth / Tuesday, 20th November 2007
CVS Group: animal magic
According to CEO Simon Innes, CVS Group is the first veterinary business to be listed on the London stock market. Exit Strategies / Thursday, 25th October 2007
Tough decisions: Ambition 24
The right decisions are not always the best ones, explains Penny Streeter, founder of Ambition 24. The company provides nurses and carers on a last-minute basis and has a turnover of over £50 million. Achieving Growth / Thursday, 1st April 2004
NEWS
Melorio buys Zenos and Zenos Learning
AIM-listed vocational training company Melorio has acquired government-funded training providers Zenos and Zenos Learning for up to £33 million. IPO & City News / Friday, 5th December 2008
Golf analysis company tees off
Sheffield-based Break30, a developer of technology to help golfers improve their putting skills, has won £202,500 of equity funding. Fundraising Deals / Thursday, 4th December 2008
Vectrix looking into AIM delist
US-based Vectrix Corporation, the zero-emission scooter maker, is pondering delisting from AIM as it looks to raise cash quickly. SMALL-CAP SPOTLIGHT / Thursday, 4th December 2008
Latest Deals: Healthcare
| Company | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Enara | VC | Nov 2008 |
| Medilink-Global | AIM | Nov 2008 |
| Willowbrook Healthcare | VC | Nov 2008 |
| Carewatch Care Services | VC | Oct 2008 |
| Scancell | AIM | Sep 2008 |
| Gemini Biomedical | VC | Sep 2008 |
| Paion | AIM | Jun 2008 |
| St George | VC | May 2008 |
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