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Made in Chelsea broadcast hire company closes management buy-out
The former CEO of Carlton Television has been recruited as chairman of Procam TV as part of the company's management buy-out.
Switching operations to purely business-to-business
Focusing on the right customer base is important for businesses – and for Omnifone CEO Jeff Hughes, it was a case of B2B is best.
Production house behind The King’s Speech and MasterChef backed by Saphir Capital Partners
Saphir Capital Partners has joined Next Wave Partners as investment backers of production house Molinare.
Boris Johnson’s MMC London Fund makes investment into mobile firm Somo
MMC Ventures has made its fourth play from its MMC London Fund a day after it was officially launched at City Hall in London.
LateRooms co-founder backs Twitter and Facebook-based event ticketing platform Fatsoma
An undisclosed investment from The North West Fund for Digital & Creative into Fatsoma has included a commitment from LateRooms co-founder Chris Allen.
Young entrepreneur backed by Ashton Kutcher and Stephen Fry sells Summly business to Yahoo!
A smartphone app first created by a 15 year-old UK developer in 2011 has been sold to internet firm Yahoo! for a reported £20 million.
Creative vision behind artist Plan B secures backing for entrepreneurial incubator
MeWe360 has launched its activities with the help of a £2 million investment from a consortium of backers.
RollUp Media closes second venture round in seven months
Digital publishing business RollUp Media has added to the €1.2 million (£1 million) of funding it received in July 2012 by securing a further €1.5 million.
BuzzFeed aggregates investors to lock up $19.3 million of new funding to drive social expansion
Social news aggregator BuzzFeed has closed a Series D funding round and outlined intentions to open a London office in 2013.
UK growth targeted by lekiosk following Series B funding round
French 3D newstand business lekisok has closed its second institutional funding round and is now setting its sights on new European markets having launched in the UK earlier in the year.
Jamie Constable’s RCapital backs MBO of Second2 as Adventis Group exits
A secondary exit for Second2 has seen it fall under private equity control.
Beringea backs another UK tech firm by committing £2 million to InSkin Media
An advertising business based in London has been backed by investment firm Beringea to expand its UK operations.
Capablue uses angel network to close funding round
Business angel network Envestors has closed an equity fundraising for Capablue.
Birmingham video firm receives Midven cash
Rugby World Cup 2011 video producer Big Button Media has closed a £400,000 funding round as it looks to grow its share of the UK market.
Going from paper to digital
Making the move away from traditional paper printing to digital formats has allowed Altaimage to move with the times: managing partner Robert King explains why.
LDC leads Boomerang P2P with former BBC One controller
Boomerang has completed its public-to-private move after LDC and senior members of the company's management team closed a £7.1 million deal.
James Bond studios move to AIM
Pinewood Shepperton, the studios behind the new James Bond film Skyfall, has outlined plans to move to the AIM market.
Endless reels in film production company
Kodak-owned Cinesite has been bought by turnaround investor Endless to allow the company to expand its geographical footprint.
DFJ Esprit backs Moviepilot in $7 million round
Venture capital firm DFJ Esprit has closed its second deal of the week by adding Moviepilot to its portfolio as part of a $7 million deal.
Ingenious backs northern music event
The fund behind the Creamfields dance festival and the UK's first outdoor camping jazz festival has closed a deal with Liverpool Sound City, a three-day international music, media and technology conference and live arts and music festival.
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