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Tuesday, 7th February 2006 Pre-float £4m for Capital Pub David Bruce, who founded the Firkin pub chain, is currently raising £4 million for his latest venture, the Capital Pub Company, ahead of an AIM flotation later this year. Read Friday, 3rd February 2006 Bodisen plots Chinese growth Chinese fertiliser maker Bodisen Biotech starts trading on AIM on Monday after a £12 million placing. Read Companies: BODI SOV Wednesday, 28th December 2005 Multi makes £13.7m acquisition Acquisitive recruitment concern Multi has made its fourth and largest purchase since the reversal of medical specialist Berry Recruitment into the shell in March. Read Companies: MLT Tuesday, 20th December 2005 Myhome enters garden Cleaning services franchise operator Myhome International has made its first acquisition, snapping up Nicenstripy, which provides gardening also under a franchise system. Read Companies: MYH Monday, 12th December 2005 GoIndustry jumps on Grasshopper Machine auctioneer GoIndustry has reversed into AIM shell Grasshopper Investments in an all-share deal valuing the group at £30 million. Read Companies: GRA Oil blast shuts down ASOS Online retailer ASOS has suspended trading in its shares after yesterday’s massive explosions at the Buncefield fuel depot damaged its new Hemel Hampstead warehouse. Read Companies: ASC Friday, 9th December 2005 Shanks man backs new waste float Roger Hewitt, who built up Shanks from a £6 million waste services company into a FTSE 250 giant, plans to repeat the feat through his new endeavour ReEnergy. Read Companies: GFV OPT SKS Wednesday, 7th December 2005 Dolphin leaps onto AIM Shares in Greek real estate investor Dolphin Capital Investors start trading on AIM tomorrow at 68p, following an oversubscribed placing that raised £70.7 million. Read Tuesday, 6th December 2005 Meon unveils Dermasalve deal Skincare product developer Dermasalve has reversed into cash shell Meon Capital, chaired by serial shell director David Massie, in a deal valuing the business at £8.2 million. Read Companies: DOO MC. SCD Monday, 5th December 2005 No relief for VCTs Managers of Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) were disappointed that the Pre-Budget Report failed to spell out future plans for the tax reliefs the trusts currently enjoy. Read
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Caffe Nero ADD 09/02/2006 Coffee shop chain Caffe Nero is starting to set itself apart from its competitors after reporting a stunning set of interim figures. Read Companies: CFN Terrace Hill BUY 08/02/2006 Entrepreneurial property developer Terrace Hill reported a leap of 20.2% in its key measure of performance over the year to last October. Read Companies: THG Davenham has designs on growth BUY 06/02/2006 Institutional and retail investors are beginning to warm to Davenham, the asset-based lender to small and medium-sized companies that joined the market at the end of November. Read Companies: DAV Chromogenex SPECULATIVE BUY 13/01/2006 This developer of advanced laser devices for use in medical and cosmetic procedures has risen sharply after US regulator the FDA finally approved the group’s low cost laser, Chromolite. Read Companies: CGX Vantis HOLD 11/01/2006 This acquisitive accountancy concern has enjoyed an exceptional run since last May’s canny deal to buy Numerica, with the shares shooting up by two thirds to 225.5p. Read Companies: VTS Cobra Biomanufacturing BUY 10/01/2006 This maker of proteins, viruses and DNA for use in novel pharmaceutical treatments is firmly on the road to recovery, following a disastrous 2004. Read Companies: CBF ANGLE BUY 09/01/2006 Shares in this early stage technology adviser have drifted by a third since floating on AIM nearly two years ago. That values the group at less than £17 million, which is too low given the portfolio that ANGLE is developing. Read Companies: AGL Kiotech International 28/12/2005 Long-standing OFEX venture Kiotech International's shares are back down to just above the 7p level at which £1.8m was raised on admission to AIM at the end of June. Read Companies: KIO Healthcare Enterprise SELL 22/12/2005 Problems integrating recent acquisition Crest Medical have serious implications for diversified venture Healthcare Enterprise. Read Companies: HCEG BioProgress SPECULATIVE BUY 21/12/2005 Drug delivery systems developer BioProgress has upset many investors during its turbulent two years on AIM, but the acquisition of a French drug maker could spark a revival. Read Companies: BPRG