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A Bristol-based hydrocarbon specialist is days away from raising a seven-figure sum in a bid to continue work on its flagship project. Tuesday, 25th November 2008
Private equity firm Beringea is seeking £20 million of investors’ money across its two VCT funds, ProVen VCT and ProVen Growth & Income VCT. Friday, 21st November 2008
The value of private shareholdings in the UK stock market fell to £138 billion by September as a result of net selling and falling valuations. Monday, 20th October 2008
London-based wealth management specialist Rathbone Brothers has sold its trust operations in Jersey to its management team. Wednesday, 15th October 2008
Pennine AIM VCT has announced a year-on-year decline of more than one-third in its net asset value per share, from 70.7p to 44.1p, as Chairman Hugh Gillespie says the fund’s management is constrained by the ‘severe illiquidity of most AIM stocks, along with the restrictions imposed by the VCT regulations’. Tuesday, 30th September 2008
Andrew Boyle, chairman of the Apollo VCTs, says that there are fewer opportunities matching the funds’ investment criteria due to the economic downturn. The statement comes as the VCTs report ‘stable’ performance in the six months to July. Monday, 29th September 2008
A company developing a pipeline of cancer vaccines has raised £1.55 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on PLUS. Scancell raised the money through AIM-listed broker St Helen’s Capital. Wednesday, 24th September 2008
The managers of the three SPARK VCTs say poor market sentiment is restricting exit opportunities and constraining them from making new investments. They add that the environment for both disposals and funding ‘shows no sign of improving in the short term’. Tuesday, 2nd September 2008
Julian Avery, chairman of Invesco Perpetual’s AIM VCT, says the sharp decline in the fund’s assets reflects ‘extreme aversion to investment in UK companies with low market capitalisations’. Net assets shrunk to £28.4 million in the year to May, a decline of 41.4 per cent. Tuesday, 2nd September 2008
A company focused on the production of ethanol from sugar cane in southern Africa has listed on AIM. BioEnergy Africa raised £8.6 million through a placing at 12.5p, representing 20.7 per cent of its enlarged share capital. Tuesday, 2nd September 2008
| Company | Industry | Market | Raised | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Hotel Group (The) | Leisure | AIM | nil | Dec 2008 |
| JSJS Designs | Electronics | AIM | nil | Nov 2008 |
| Clayton, Dubilier & Rice | Investment | VC | £417 million | Nov 2008 |
| N&W Global Vending | Beverages | VC | Undisclosed | Nov 2008 |
| Movidia | Telecoms | VC | £14 million | Nov 2008 |
| Oxford Catalysts | Chemicals | AIM | £10.3m | Nov 2008 |
| Enara | Health | VC | £20 million | Nov 2008 |
| Knomo | Retail | VC | £490,000 | Nov 2008 |
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The Bank of Scotland intends to make £250 million of funds available to businesses with fewer than 250 staff in the next two weeks. Business News / Wednesday, 3rd December 2008
Conditions for entrepreneurship are improving faster in the Middle East and Africa than in any other part of the world, according to a report. Business News / Wednesday, 3rd December 2008
Shares in medical technology venture Deltex Medical moved five per cent higher to 10.75p this morning, on news of a five-year deal to supply its 'CardioQ-ODM' equipment to University College London Hospital (UCLH). SMALL-CAP SPOTLIGHT / Wednesday, 3rd December 2008
AIM-quoted tech concern OMG, the provider of 'image understanding' products employed in Hollywood films among other uses, delivered record sales for the year to September. SMALL-CAP SPOTLIGHT / Tuesday, 2nd December 2008
Intertek, a provider of safety services, has expanded its operations in Eastern Europe with the acquisition of a food testing laboratory in Poland. Mergers & Acquisitions / Tuesday, 2nd December 2008
Rowilco Fuels, a Liverpool-based fuel distribution company, has received £600,000 from venture capital firm Alliance Fund Managers (AFM). Fundraising Deals / Tuesday, 2nd December 2008
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