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Wednesday 6th August 2008
Aberdeen Asset Managers Growth Capital has exited from ID Support Services Holdings by way of a secondary buy-out backed by Penta Capital Partners. The sale realised an overall return of 1.8x money on the investment and an IRR of 61 per cent. more
Green Dragon Gas, an explorer, developer and producer of coal bed methane in China, has made a strategic acquisition in the domestic energy sector for $9.25 million (£4.7 million). The deal will be funded from the AIM-listed company’s existing cash pool. more
Monday 4th August 2008
Employment consultancy Wyatt Group has acquired employee benefits specialist TEBC for £150,000. Two deferred payments each of £75,000 are to be made on the first and second anniversaries of the deal’s completion. more
Plastic Logic, which develops plastic electronics for flexible displays and sensors, has raised a new round of $50 million (£25 million) in equity finance led by existing venture capital investors Oak Investment Partners and Amadeus Capital Partners. To date, the company has raised more than $200 million. more
Tuesday 29th July 2008
HML, a provider of property management, insurance and ancillary services to residential property blocks, is to continue expanding its business with a proposed acquisition in the southwest. The company has agreed to buy Grovewood Property Management, a Weston-super-Mare company serving the residential property market. more
Monday 28th July 2008
A Swiss-based flooring systems specialist has extended its network with an nine-figure acquisition in the UK. Forbo bought Bonar Floors, a contract flooring business, from specialist materials group Low & Bonar, for £123 million. more
AWS Ecoplastics, a Newcastle-based recycler of food-grade plastics, has secured follow-on investment of £6 million from the Sustainable Technology Fund (STF) and asset management firm Robeco. The company has also appointed Tony Knox, founder of City PR firm Financial Dynamics, as its new chairman. more
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