Spin-out Southeast

As the UK centre of research and development, the Southeast continues to be a hotspot for venture capital investment. Morag Dickson reports 

Copper-bottomed funding

Rob Gilmore of Landsbanki Commercial Finance turns on the credit tap for a West Midlands pipe fittings maker, writes Patrizia Rossi 

Splash the cash

Graham Parr and his rise from Bluecoat to the boardroom at Pontin’s. By Mark Dunne 

The cable buy

Entrepreneurial accountant David Thompson takes M&A’s Patrizia Rossi on his journey from number cruncher to deal-clincher 

Hot off the press

Publishing giants are selling off their trade and consumer titles, but don’t say farewell to ‘old’ media just yet, writes M&A’s Andrew MacLeod 

• Counting on Geiger
• Tough times on AIM
• Future proof
• Smooth operators
• Moulton funds addiction treatment centre
• Industrial Strength Financing
• Plugging the Midlands' equity gap
• Calculated corporate growth
• More ladders than snakes
• An Indian summer for M&A
• Smooth exit
• Banking on expansion
• All fired up and everywhere to go
• Riding high on the deal
• Diamonds in the veldt