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Bagel Nash toasts Holme hire
Sally Holme has joined bakery business Bagel Nash as a non-executive director as the company seeks to develop its brand.
Four trends that drive eBay’s M&A strategy
Fredrik Ahlberg, head of expansion at eBay, reveals there are four current trends in commerce that underpin the online shopping giant’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) strategy. These are: mobile, local, social and digital.
Be At One to become bigger after £8 million investment
London cocktail bar chain Be At One has secured £8 million from private equity firm Piper that will fund a nationwide roll-out.
Fidelity leads £3.5 million Wahanda investment
Online health and beauty marketplace Wahanda has raised £3.5 million in a Series B investment round led by venture and growth equity investor Fidelity Growth Partners Europe.
Crowd backs Kammerling’s with £180,000
Drinks company Kammerling’s, which produces a ginseng-based alcoholic spirit, has raised £180,000 through equity crowdfunding website Crowdcube that will primarily fund international expansion.
A wine cellar for Doctor Who
For this month's Object of Desire, Italian Sand & Birch is the design studio behind the space-age Opale Wine Cellar, which looks like it would be perfectly at home on the set of Doctor Who – if the Doctor were a wine connoisseur.
A fine entrepreneur: Mark Bedini
Most people think Mark Bedini, founder of Fine+Rare, is just a rather successful wine buff. But he probably owes most of his success to a deep knowledge of technology and a penchant for bold decision-making.
Raising equity its own way
They want to raise about £2.2 million, but instead of asking venture capitalists for funding or floating on AIM, Scottish brewer Brewdog has chosen instead to run its own online initial public offering, Equity for Punks II.
Retail sales flat on the year after August fall
Retail sales in the UK remain stagnant year-on-year after sales volumes shrank by 0.2 per cent in August, official statistics show.
Core Capital injects £20 million in Brasserie Bar Co
Brasserie Bar Co, the hospitality group behind restaurant chains Brasserie Blanc and the White Brasserie Company, has raised £20 million from private equity investor Core Capital.
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