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The newest kid on the block – made up of lots of the old boys in the industry – is struggling to make friends. People say the Business Growth Fund (BGF) is too big and too threatening.......
OpCapita has acquired GAME Group’s UK business for a nominal £1. The turnaround investor has acquired the firm’s 333 remaining stores, and paid a reported £50m for the company's £85m......
Specialist oil and gas investment fund Epi-V has appointed Grahame Cook as its new chairman.
Growth Capital Partners (GCP) has appointed Richard Shaw as investment manager.
Carlyle's Robert Easton has taken over as chairman of the British Venture Capital Association, replacing Amadeus' Richard Anton.
Accel Partners has led a $17m series-A funding round for London-based mobile taxi app Hailo.
Boutique law firm JAG Shaw, which specialises in private equity and venture capital, has hired Susanna Stanfield as a lawyer in its London office.
LDC has sold its stake in lingerie and swimwear business Eveden Group to Japanese listed trade player Wacoal Holding Corporation.
BC Partners has called in distressed debt firms Oaktree Capital and Marathon following Fitness First’s failure to meet repayments, according to reports.
UK mid-market GP ECI Partners has appointed Joe Garrood as investment manager in its London office.
CVC has launched a process to refinance portfolio company the Formula One Group.
Greenhill Capital Partners has acquired Essex-based marine catering management business Garrets International for a reported £17m.
Turnaround specialist Better Capital has acquired a 95% in stake in UK-based home improvement products manufacturer Everest in an all-equity, £25m transaction.
Broadlake Capital has acquired a significant stake in Northern Irish self-tan company Vita Liberata.
The credit crisis has left hedge funds holding on to unwanted equity stakes. Could this be a new source of dealflow for private equity buyers? Sonnie Ehrendal investigates
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