Warburg Pincus is believed to have put Craigmore, the private nursing-home operator, up for sale.
The announcement by BA that it will sell off its low cost carrier for about £100m to the UK venture capital group is expected imminently.
The textile manufacturer, William Baird, is in Alchemy’s sights for the second time.
The appointment will be the first time a female has risen to chairman of a FTSE 100 company.
The funding was successful despite the doldrums in the telecommunication sector at the moment.
The European LBO pipeline is building up, warn bankers. Although LBOs made up 10 per cent of total deal volume in the first quarter, the reluctance of institutionals to embrace this type of deal is limiting liquidity. Euroweek reports.
Maverick Entertainment Group has been the only European company to take the plunge so far this month, floating on AIM in London.
Stage-One Ventures, backed by Bezeq and Israel Discount Capital Markets, is looking to invest in early stage technology start-ups.
The Californian online private equity market place will split into two independent businesses and reduce staff from 60 to 30.
TD Capital, Madison Dearborn, Prelude Trust, Banexi Ventures, Soridec and Credit Lyonnais all got their checkbooks out.