The bank-backed Business Growth Fund (BGF) has breached the £500m of equity investment level three and a half years after its first investment in October 2011, with £250m of that committed in the last year.
The European division of Japanese camera business Canon has bought digital photo startup Lifecake to build a presence in London’s bustling Tech City.
UK-headquartered Iglo Group, the owner of fish finger brand Birds Eye and Findus, has been reeled in by US firm Nomad Holdings in a €2.6bn acquisition deal.
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Established as a way of determining whether particular mergers and acquisitions might have a detrimental effect on a specific sector, we look at the finer details of the Competition Markets Authority.
Car service Addison Lee has acquired Camden-based rival Cyclone VIP Cars & Couriers to compete against Uber by bolstering its fleet of private hire vehicles to dominate the sector across London.
Edinburgh-based Camel Audio, a developer of music effects software, is thought to have been acquired by American tech giant Apple.
The £250m acquisition of Italian restaurant chains ASK and Zizzi has been completed amidst the food business reporting a ten per cent sales increase.
Qualcomm’s purchase of Cambridge Silicon Radio for £1.5bn represented the largest technology-based deal announced during 2014, featuring in a list that included companies such as NaturalMotion, Daisy Group and Advanced Computer Software.
