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Global investment bank GCA Altium has strengthened its London team with the appointment of consumer M&A expert, Tom Barnard as Director.
Barnard joins GCA Altium as part of its leisure M&A team having spent more than a decade working in the sector, the majority of which was spent at BDO. Prior to this, Barnard completed an 18-month secondment at the LDC London Investment Team.
During his career, Barnard has worked on landmark transactions in the UK leisure and consumer sector, with a specialist focus on the restaurant & bar and travel spaces. As a qualified accountant, Barnard
Derbyshire-based manufacturer Denby Pottery is reinforcing its UK and international footprint as it partners with Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance through a GBP10 million combined facility which replaces a similar arrangement.
Denby has been crafting pottery for more than 200 years in the Derbyshire village after which it is named, and the facility from Secure Trust Bank will be used to support the day-to-day cash requirements of its UK manufacturing base and multi-channel sales growth both domestically and internationally.
The business, which employs over 700 people in the UK, operates in the domestic market through wholesale partners, an e-commerce
A UK company that provides an ethical alternative to the ad tracking techniques used by tech giants such as Facebook and Google has raised a GBP1.5 million investment to build its global presence.
CitizenMe has secured funding from the North East Venture Fund (NEVF), supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Mercia, alongside funds from 1818 Capital and private investors.
The platform was developed in response to concerns over current practices, where consumers’ data is collected via apps or website cookies and may be used by multiple companies for marketing purposes.
Using CitizenMe’s technology, customers
Ampla Finance, the legal finance provider, has appointed Natalie Player and Deborah Ward, both qualified lawyers, as Commercial Director and Partnership Director respectively.
Player takes up the role of Commercial Director, heading up the business’ partnerships team, along with taking responsibility for developing new and existing products for the market. Ward has been appointed as Partnership Director, taking responsibility for Ampla’s relationships with law firms and solicitors across the North of England and the Midlands.
Both Player and Ward join Ampla from Novitas Loans, where they were Account Directors for the last four years. Before Player’s time at the
Vopak Solar Park Eemshaven in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands is now operational. The new solar park has a capacity of approximately 25 megawatts, which is equivalent to an average consumption of approximately 8,000 Dutch households.
The project is a joint venture between Vopak, an independent tank storage company, Groningen Seaports, and funds managed by independently-owned infrastructure manager Whitehelm Capital.
The solar park is built on 19 hectares of land around Vopak Terminal Eemshaven. The entire solar park is now in operation and supplies the Dutch electricity grid. The green energy certificates were mainly purchased by local companies
swissfillon, a specialist in sterile filling of complex pharmaceuticals, is joining 31 Group-backed ten23 health, a pure-play, patient-centric and sustainable biologics drug product contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO).
Founded in 2013 by Daniel Kehl and based in Visp Switzerland, swissfillon is a FDA and Swissmedic approved drug product-focused CDMO. The company is a leader in the sterile filling of complex pharmaceuticals into innovative containers and devices, such as pre-filled syringes, cartridges and vials.
The combined business of ten23 and swissfillon will provide an integrated offering for sterile drug product development and manufacturing of biologics, challenging molecules and dosage forms,
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc (Nasdaq: SSNC) has been chosen by Gordian Capital, an Asian institutional fund management platform, with AUM of USD7 billion, to expand its relationship with SS&C Technologies Holdings in Singapore and Japan.
Growing tech startup Willo has set its sights on becoming the global leader in video interviewing after receiving a GBP630,000 investment to fund growth in key markets – including the USA.
The cash injection – from high net-worth investors including ex Freeserve PLC COO Mark Danby, ex BT talent chief Susan McRoberts, and entrepreneur and Santander Global Head of Digital Mobility Solutions Jose Ignacio Puente – takes the overall investment in the Glasgow-founded tech firm to more than GBP1 million.
This round has been led by Guernsey-based early stage tech investment firm 1818 Venture Capital, which also invested in Willo’s
White Star Capital, a multi-stage global technology investment platform, has secured USD360 million for its third flagship fund, above its original target of USD300 million, to invest in exceptional entrepreneurs building ambitious, global businesses.
The firm has successfully raised in excess of USD500 million over the last 18 months, and now manages USD750 million of assets, including USD50 million from its recently announced Digital Asset Fund and more than USD90 million raised from co-investment vehicles. The firm also announced it will open an office in Singapore.
Following two funds of USD70 million and USD180 million, announced in 2015 and 2018
Trill Impact has closed investments in Arctic Group AB (Arctic Group) and ID North AB (ID North) to form a cybersecurity services platform jointly called European ID Security.
Trill Impact has identified several attractive companies across Europe, including Arctic Group and ID North, which address a strong societal need for improved cyber resilience. Trill Impact aims to create a leading group that seeks to address this societal challenge by investing in European ID Security, a thought leader in identity security, an attractive and important vertical of the fast-growing and fragmented cybersecurity service provider market. European ID Security has a highly
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