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Bglobal wins funding
‘Smart metering’ specialist Bglobal has obtained up to £15 million asset funding from Barclays Asset Sales & Finance. SMALL-CAP SPOTLIGHT / Friday, 3rd July 2009
Jubilee in £26m Braemore bid
Jubilee Platinum is offering shares to buy fellow AIM counter, smelting and refining specialist Braemore Resources. SMALL-CAP SPOTLIGHT / Friday, 3rd July 2009
Agriterra moots sugar move
Phil Edmonds’ African food group Agriterra expects a turnaround to profits as it contemplates a move into sugar. SMALL-CAP SPOTLIGHT / Friday, 3rd July 2009
Desert beckons KEFI
Gold and copper explorer KEFI Minerals is optimistic about its new gold licence applications in Saudi Arabia. SMALL-CAP SPOTLIGHT / Thursday, 2nd July 2009
EU business loan fund launched
The European Commission has made €100 million available to assist businesses with loans of up to €25,000. Business News / Thursday, 2nd July 2009
Credit crunch catches up with mid-market M&A
The number of mergers and acquisitions in the UK mid-market has dropped to the lowest level since 1995, according to business advisory firm Grant Thornton. Research News / Thursday, 2nd July 2009
New cheer for uranium plays
Forte Energy says its initial inferred uranium resource estimate at Firawa in Guinea is 11.6 million lbs at 296 parts of U308 per million. SMALL-CAP SPOTLIGHT / Thursday, 2nd July 2009
Only 28 AIM CEOs are women
Women head just two per cent of AIM-listed companies, and only five per cent of financial directors on the market are female, research reveals. IPO & City News / Thursday, 2nd July 2009
Angus & Ross buys gold mine
Mining minnow Angus & Ross has bought the Nalunaq gold mine in Greenland for an initial £1 million (£920,000). SMALL-CAP SPOTLIGHT / Thursday, 2nd July 2009
Daisy joins AIM via reverse takeover
Business-to-business telecoms company Daisy Communications is to become an AIM-listed business following the reverse takeover of Freedom4 Group. IPO & City News / Wednesday, 1st July 2009
PPA clears the decks
Battle-scarred Pan Pacific Aggregates (PPA) says it can resume its key project after a debt settlement, local approval and fundraising. SMALL-CAP SPOTLIGHT / Wednesday, 1st July 2009
Tottel sold to Harry Potter publisher
Matrix Private Equity Partners has sold law and tax publishing company Tottel to Bloomsbury, the publisher of the Harry Potter novels. Mergers & Acquisitions / Wednesday, 1st July 2009
Laser battle heats up
Paul van Saarloos, founder CEO of laser eye surgery concern CustomVis, fired back a rebuttal to rebel shareholders, saying their claims ‘show their desperation’. SMALL-CAP SPOTLIGHT / Wednesday, 1st July 2009
IQ loses interim £0.3m
Acquisitive financial market researcher IQ Holdings targets ‘strong profitability’ next year after a 15 per cent increase in first-half losses to £298,000. SMALL-CAP SPOTLIGHT / Wednesday, 1st July 2009
Growth capital for tyre recycler
Crumb Rubber, a Devon-based tyre recycler, has secured £4 million from venture capital investor Foresight Group. Fundraising Deals / Wednesday, 1st July 2009
Research News
Venture capital trumps private equity in downturn
Financing for growing businesses is proving more resilient in recession than private equity activity, according to research.
No green shoots in buy-out market
The UK buy-out market stayed close to last year’s lows in the first quarter of 2009, with £2.0 billion invested in 86 buy-outs.
US venture capital investment sags
Data from the US shows an accelerated decline in the value of equity investment into venture capital (VC)-backed companies.
UK leads Europe M&A as market shrinks
The value of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the European Union dropped sharply in April, but the UK is leading the way by number of deals.
Family businesses well placed for downturn
The traits which help companies survive recession are commonly found in family businesses, according to a study from Barclays Wealth and the Economist.
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Global Technology Review 2008
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Patent Landscape on AIM 2008
A comprehensive report on those AIM listed companies who have the most patent filings in the last two years.
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