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Albion and Blackstone in £6.2m round for Black Swan
Data analytics company will invest in marketing and international expansion
Caledonia acquires Liberation from LGV in £118m deal
Acquirer will take a 98% stake in the pub business for £70.6m
Ardian and GHO support MBO of Envision Pharma
Deal is understood to value the IT and communications business at £200-250m
Imperial Innovations leads £5m round for Econic
Chemicals business will invest in expanding its manufacturing facilities
Deal in Focus: NVM injects £2m into Lending Works
Peer-to-peer lending platform is to undertake a recruitment drive
Mobeus invests £2.1m in MPB
Company plans to expand its business to the American and German markets
NVM leads £3.4m round for Avid
Vehicle component manufacturer will look to expand its manufacturing facility
KKR leads $65m round for Darktrace
Cybersecurity business will invest in international marketing and sales
Endless acquires O&H Conversions Group
GP will refinance the vehicle conversion company and inject working capital
Mangrove and LocalGlobe in $3.4m round for Echobox
SaaS company will use the fresh capital to undertake marketing activity
YFM injects £2.75m into Sipsynergy
Cloud-based call management company will undertake a recruitment drive
ECI acquires IT services company IT Lab
London-based business will expand via acquisitions and new services
Star acquires Synergy Health Managed Services for £50m
Laundry business will seek to grow by extending its services to new sectors
Carlyle's Addison Lee acquires Octopus-backed Tristar
Post-transaction, the combined executive car hire company will have a headcount of 800
NorthEdge backs East Coast Concepts
Northern casual dining brands are to evolve into nationwide chains
PNC Riverarch backs MBO of Steelite
UK tableware company will look to expand its US operations
Imperial, Cambridge Innovation in £12m Storm series-A
Cambridge-based biotech will explore potential new cancer therapies
Inflexion exits CMO to US buyer Mitratech
Risk and compliance company undertook a recruitment drive under Inflexion's ownership
Percipient-backed Cooper Callas goes into administration
UK bathroom and kitchen distributor makes 41 of its 68 employees redundant
Endless’s Liberata sells Trustmarque for £57m
Private equity house Endless exits the business after a two-year holding period
Epidarex leads £4.3m series-A for Mironid
Backers include existing investors Scottish Enterprise and the University of Strathclyde
Sovereign exits Lifetime Training to Silverfleet
Sovereign had backed the professional training group's management buyout in 2011
Barker, Barnes step down from Electra board
Kate Barker served as interim chair following Roger Yates's resignation, until the appointment of Neil Johnson
Advent, Sunstone et al. in $60m round for F2G
Growth investment is F2G's seventh and largest-ever round of funding