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BGF appoints Caird's Barker
Barker joins from Caird Capital, where he was an investment director
3i sells Mayborn after 10-year holding period
GP had already received ТЃ32m as part of a 2012 refinancing deal for the business
Comment: Change creates the future
Grant Thornton's Charles Toosey discusses how to attract graduates and investment into a reawakening industrials sector
KCP appoints FTI's Excell as investment manager
New hire will identify potential acquisitions for firm's first institutional fund
LaunchPad raises £2m series-A from Sussex Place et al.
London-based LaunchPad will use the funding to improve its HR analytics offering
Dunedin's EV Offshore bolts on Epidote
Transaction marks only the third European deal in the oil & gas sector this year
LDC in £12m Vital Ingredient deal
Fresh funding will be used to double the company's retail outlets within the next three years
Endless appoints Addleshaw Goddard's Smith as partner
New recruit worked on the firm's secondary buyout deal for Bright Blue Foods
Sunamp raises £3.2m from Highland Venture et al.
Scottish company has developed heat batteries used for energy storage
Livingbridge injects £8m into The Up Group
Digital executive search and networking business targets further domestic and international growth
Lone Star initiates Forterra exit with £360m London IPO
Flotation gave the UK-based brick-maker a total market value of £360m
Synova invests £25m in Fairstone
Deal marks first investment for Synova's third fund, which closed on ТЃ250m at the start of the year
Electra deputy managing partner Symondson steps down
Departure forms part of the GP's long-term succession plan, set in motion in 2010
CVC, Charterhouse, Permira fully exit Saga
The private equity consortium sold their remaining 32% stake in the company
RCapital acquires Independent Group from LDC
The business bolted on carpet cleaning company Chem-Dry under LDC's tenure
Another bumper year for VCT fundraising despite rule changes
VCT funds have pulled in record amounts this year, but how easily will deployment be given recent rule changes?
RCapital's Morses Club to float on AIM
UK-based small loans provider is yet to reveal whether IPO will provide GP with exit route
Bowmark promotes three
Julian Masters promoted to partner, Tom Elliott and Enrica Dacomo promoted to investment directors
BGF hires Midven's Sorby
New recruit will work on Midlands-based deals from BGF's Birmingham office
NorthEdge acquires mattress maker DHS
Management buyout marks the GP's maiden investment in the healthcare market
Kerogen injects £44m into listed Hurricane
Investment into UK oil exploration company will fund the drilling of two wells
Grant Thornton promotes Woodcock and Platt to director
New appointments focus on the business support services and TMT sectors, respectively
Electra appoints Neil Johnson as chair
Johnson replaces Roger Yates, who stepped down following Bramson's board appointment
MML's Iqarus acquires Exmed
Deal marks the second bolt-on for Iqarus since it was acquired by MML in September 2015