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ICG-backed Symington’s acquires Victoria Foods
ICG portfolio company Symington’s, a convenience food manufacturer, is understood to have bought family baking business Victoria Foods.
Lyceum Capital expands team
Lyceum Capital has expanded its team with two new hires in addition to two in-house promotions.
Inflexion backs MBO of CTC Aviation
Inflexion Private Equity has backed the management team of British aviation training services company CTC Aviation in acquiring the business.
FW Capital backs UTS Group
FW Capital has made a £700,000 mezzanine investment in pipeline repair company UTS Group.
Equistone grabs Fircroft stake in £140m deal
Equistone Partners Europe has bought a "significant" stake in UK-based recruitment solutions provider Fircroft, in a deal that values the business at £140m.
Canaan leads $12m round for onefinestay
Canaan Partners has led a $12m series-B funding round for London-based accommodation manager onefinestay.
Tim Creed promoted to managing director at Adveq
Adveq has promoted Tim Creed to managing director, effective from 1 July 2012.
Gribkowsky admits taking bribes from Ecclestone
Gerhard Gribkowsky has admitted to taking bribes amounting to $44m from F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone during the sale of the company to CVC Capital Partners.
Eden Ventures et al. exit WE7 to Tesco
Eden Ventures has sold its minority stake in Peter Gabriel’s digital music platform WE7 to retailer Tesco.
Onex opens London office
North American investment firm Onex has announced the opening of a London office led by newly-hired managing director Tony Morgan.
Spark backs Zilico with £750,000
Spark Ventures has injected £750,000 into Manchester-based cervical cancer diagnostics firm Zilico.
Bridgepoint's LGC receives additional £80m from lenders
Forensics and scientific testing company LGC, owned by Bridgepoint, has raised £80m of additional capital from a consortium of lenders.
Endless hires general counsel
UK-based turnaround investor Endless has appointed Simon Hardcastle as general counsel.
Alliance Boots partial exit raises £4.3bn cash and shares
KKR and AXA Private Equity have made a partial exit from Alliance Boots following a cash and shares offer from US pharmaceutical retailer Walgreens.
VCs in $28m funding round for Oxford Immunotec
A pool of venture capital firms has backed a $28m funding round for Oxford University’s medical diagnostics spin-off Oxford Immunotec.
BGF invests £4.4m in Springfield Healthcare Group
Business Growth Fund (BGF) has injected a total of £4.4m into care provider Springfield Healthcare Group.
CVC further reduces stake in Formula 1
CVC Capital Partners has sold another $500m chunk of its holding in British racing business Formula 1 to Waddell & Reed and Ivy Investment Management.
Pentech backs Nutmeg with £3.4m
Pentech Ventures has joined a £3.4m funding round for online investment manager Nutmeg.
Octopus appoints entrepreneur in residence
Peter Bance has been appointed as entrepreneur in residence at Octopus Investments' venture team.
PE houses circle Everything Everywhere
Private equity firms including Apax and KKR are in discussions to bid for UK mobile operator Everything Everywhere in a deal that could exceed €8bn, according to reports.
Finance Yorkshire announces new hires
Finance Yorkshire has expanded its equity linked finance team.
Ambienta backs FoundOcean
Ambienta Sgr has acquired a 35% stake in UK-based sub-sea and offshore foundation grouting services firm FoundOcean.
Encore acquires TSC
Encore Capital has acquired a majority stake in software company Technical Software Consultants (TSC).
YFM backs Mynt Facilities with £650,000
YFM Equity Partners has injected £650,000 into Merseyside-based commercial cleaning business Mynt Facilities Services.