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        <![CDATA[The European Commission has made &#8364;100 million available to assist businesses with loans of up to &#8364;25,000.]]>
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     <title><![CDATA[Credit crunch catches up with mid-market M&amp;A]]></title>
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     <title><![CDATA[Only 28 AIM CEOs are women]]></title>
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        <![CDATA[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.]]>
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     <title><![CDATA[Tottel sold to Harry Potter publisher]]></title>
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        <![CDATA[Crumb Rubber, a Devon-based tyre recycler, has secured &#163;4 million from venture capital investor Foresight Group.]]>
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     <title><![CDATA[Government launches &#163;1 billion VC fund]]></title>
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     <title><![CDATA[Clothes cleaning innovator nets funding]]></title>
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        <![CDATA[Xeros, a developer of &#8216;virtually waterless&#8217; clothes cleaning technology has secured &#163;920,000 in a funding round led by Enterprise Ventures (EV).&#160;]]>
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     <title><![CDATA[Carbon Trust loans made more accessible]]></title>
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        <![CDATA[The Carbon Trust, which offers interest-free loans to businesses that install energy-saving equipment, has extended eligibility for the scheme.]]>
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