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Cheapflights co-founder sees downturn’s silver lining
Hugo Burge, the co-founder of discount travel website Cheapflights, says there are plus points to doing business in a downturn. Business News / Wednesday, 12th November 2008
British team buys TelecomFM
The managing director of a Slough-based telecom specialist has led his fellow directors in a buy-out of the business from its US parent. Mergers & Acquisitions / Friday, 24th October 2008
Bowmark in £100 million deal
Mid-market private equity firm Bowmark has sold Education and Adventure Travel (EAT), a UK-based school travel agent, for £100 million. The acquirer is DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, part of the Credit Suisse financial services group. Mergers & Acquisitions / Wednesday, 9th July 2008
BA to fly away with French airline
Aviation giant British Airways has boosted the services offered by one of its subsidiaries after agreeing to buy a French airline. The group will acquire L’Avion, which operates two Boeing 757s between Paris Orly and Newark airports. Mergers & Acquisitions / Wednesday, 2nd July 2008
Online travel agent nets $8 million
Isango, a website selling tours and ‘travel experiences’, has secured its first institutional round of funding. A total of $8 million (£3.9 million) was raised in the round, which was led by UK-based SPARK Ventures. Fundraising Deals / Monday, 17th March 2008
NEWS
One more bank to offer EU funding
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
Middle East and Africa ‘fastest improving region’
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
Hospital deal buoys Deltex
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
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