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RPC confirms early takeover talks with Apollo, Bain
GPs now have until 8 October to either announce a firm intention to make an offer or walk away
Calculus Capital leads £6m round for Arecor
Albion Capital and Downing Ventures also take part in the funding round
Elliott's Waterstones bolts on Foyles
Deal comes five months after the GP acquired Waterstones from Lynwood Investments
Mobeus-backed Ski Solutions buys Wilderness Scotland
Group expects to generate sales of more than ТЃ25m in 2018 and will employ a total of 75 people
NVM leads £3.2m round for Ridge Pharma
GP contributes ТЃ2.75m towards the funding round for the UK-based pharmaceutical business
LDC invests £25m in Love Energy Savings SBO from NVM
Deal for the energy price comparison company is a partial exit for the vendor after three years
Asante appoints Apponyi as MD
Apponyi will be responsible for supporting Asanteтs growth and development across all three offices
Hg invests in BrightPay
Deal is the first investment made by the firm's ТЃ75m debt and preferred equity fund
Kernel invests €1.7m in Sytorus
Company plans to use the fresh capital to accelerate its growth and open a new office in Frankfurt
GIC et al. in $100m round for Acorn OakNorth
Latest funding round values the digital challenger bank at around $2.3bn, three years after inception
LDC divests ByBox in £221m SBO to Francisco Partners
Sale of the supply chain logistics company comes just two years after LDC's initial investment
Alcuin invests in On The Go Tours
GP reportedly acquires a majority stake in the UK-based escorted-tours travel agency
Beech Tree-backed Wavenet bolts on Solar Communications
Acquisition comes shortly after Wavenet secured an тЌ85m refinancing deal from Ares and RBS
Augmentum and Investec in $60m series-B for Monese
Latest round brings the total amount raised by the UK-based challenger bank to $76m
Epiris acquires auction house Bonhams
As part of the deal, Bruno Vinciguerra from Sotheby's will take on the role of executive chair
Campbell Lutyens hires HSBC's Dumbell
Firm says the new role reflects its growth in response to increasing demand for fund placement
BC to fully exit Sabre
BC and co-founder Angus Ball start an accelerated process to sell a further 17.9% stake
Sixth Element leads £4m series-A for Azeria
Company plans to use the fresh capital to advance its research towards clinical trials
Forward Partners leads £2.3m round for CountingUp
Online bank and bookkeeping software developer will invest in developing its accounting features
Arma appoints new partner, and managing director
Both new appointments will be based in Arma's London office to enhance the firm's deal capabilities
BGF in £6m round for MyLife
Deal for the personal-data-related software company is the GP's 32nd investment of 2018
Foresight invests £2.5m in ABL
Foresight Group's equity investment is supported by a debt package from Barclays
Maven completes £20m MBO of UAP
PE firm invests ТЃ8.7m alongside reinvestment from the senior management team
KKR and Bregal sell Cognita to Jacobs Holding
CVC, GIC, EQT and Temasek are also reportedly in the running for the independent schools group