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Wednesday 18th April 2012
GLE's equity finance business, YFM Equity Partners, invests £6.6m in specialist engineering firm, Seven Technologies.
YFM Equity Partners has invested £6.6m into Seven Technologies, a Northern Irish engineering business that specialises in developing and manufacturing bespoke electronics and communications applications for operation in inhospitable environments for a wide range of international clients.
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Tuesday 3rd April 2012
GLE Deliver Work and Business Advisory Services in the Central Bohemian Region
GLE's Prague team have been delivering a new project to help those, in the Czech Republic, who are furthest from the labour market, access work and business advisory services.
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Tuesday 27th March 2012
Pharmaceutical business wins new investment to support growth
Peckforton Pharmaceuticals Ltd, the North West-based, niche supplier of specialty pharmaceuticals, has secured a further funding package of over £1m from management and existing investors Enterprise Ventures and YFM Equity Partners, along with the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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Wednesday 21st March 2012
Email management business receives £1.5m investment from GLE's equity finance business, YFM Equity Partners
21 March 2012: YFM Equity Partners (through its managed fund Seraphim Capital) and MMC Ventures have co-invested on a £1.5m growth capital investment into KnowledgeMill, a company that has developed a cloud-based email management software platform that could revolutionise the way businesses and individuals manage their emails. Peter Norman, former board director at Sophos plc, will join KnowledgeMill’s board as Executive Chairman.
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Monday 12th March 2012
Step forward capital’s best export idea: Camden company crowned
Pavegen Systems has been named the winner of London’s Export for Growth prize and will now benefit from £5k worth of support and advice from UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), PwC and HSBC to help further boost worldwide sales of its energy-generating paving slabs.
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Monday 6th February 2012
Report Provides Guidance for London Boroughs on Green Skills Investment
GLE Consulting have published a report on Green Skills in London, providing local authorities with a single reference point on green skills and their contribution to the low-carbon economy.
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Wednesday 1st February 2012
GLE oneLondon Win Innovation in Technology Award
GLE oneLondon were awarded the Innovation in Technology category at the Community Development Finance Association's Innovation Awards.
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Monday 23rd January 2012
Business spaces at Dagenham Business Centre are now available
GLE Property Developments Ltd have successfully completed construction of the Dagenham Business Centre with our Joint Venture partner, the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham (LBBD). The centre was launched in November 2011, by the Mayor of Dagenham.
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Friday 20th January 2012
YFM Equity Partners backs buyout of Displayplan
YFM Equity Partners has backed the management buy-out of Displayplan Limited, a display fixtures business, from Leggett & Platt UK Limited for an undisclosed sum.
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Thursday 12th January 2012
Big smiles as Evodental secures equity finance
The North West Fund for Development Capital (NWFDC), managed by YFM Equity Partners , has invested £400,000 of equity finance in Merseyside’s Evodental, a specialist provider of private dental implants.
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UKTI London International Trade Adviser scoops International Trade Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Trade Awards

Wednesday 7th December 2011
UKTI London International Trade Adviser scoops International Trade Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Trade Awards
UK Trade & Investment’s (UKTI) London International Trade Adviser, Bryan Treherne, MBE, was celebrating success after scooping an award at the International Trade Awards last night.
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Friday 7th October 2011
London Councils Launches Multimillion Pound Employment and Skills Programme, Managed by GLE
The London Councils ESF Co-financing programme, managed by GLE has launched a new £11.3million employment and skills programme.
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Thursday 22nd September 2011
Two industry awards for YFM Equity Partners
YFM Equity Partners won two industry awards on 22 September, VCT of the Year at the Investor Allstars Awards and VCT Deal of the Year at the unquote British Private Equity Awards.
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Wednesday 20th July 2011
Dagenham Business Centre to launch this Autumn
Construction of GLE Property's latest development, Dagenham Business Centre, is progressing well and interest in the development has been growing, with completion anticipated in October 2011.
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Tuesday 10th May 2011
London fashion designers sparkle amongst Queen's dresses in Dublin
Thirteen London fashion companies attended a showcase in Dublin to promote their latest collections and highlight the close relationship between the UK and Ireland in terms of fashion imports and exports.
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Friday 25th March 2011
UKTI opens gateway to growth in global markets for London SMEs
London companies gathered on Tuesday to hear about a government programme that is helping the capital’s exporters expand into more overseas markets, improving their productivity and competitiveness in the process.
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Friday 25th March 2011
Report published on combating human trafficking in the run up to the 2012 Games
London Councils commissioned GLE to review the potential impact of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games on trafficking, in the context of a possible increase of people entering the UK due to human trafficking.
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Monday 7th March 2011
Do you have what it takes to supply to City buyers?
If your business is to succeed in this challenging economic climate, it’s never been more crucial for you to take advantage of the procurement opportunities on offer. It’s estimated that firms in the City of London procure £13.3bn (in 2005) of goods and services per annum from suppliers based in the City Fringes.
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Thursday 3rd February 2011
Seraphim Capital invests further in Pyreos
Seraphim Capital – the early stage technology investor managed by GLE Group – has made its second investment into Pyreos alongside other existing shareholders including Siemens Technology Accelerator, Braveheart Investment Group PLC and Scottish Enterprise‟s Scottish Venture Fund. Seraphim previously led a £1.35m round in April 2010.
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Friday 3rd December 2010
UKTI offers a masterclass in trading with South Africa
Companies looking to build their business in faster-growing economies beyond the traditional UK export markets should attend the “Intercultural South Africa” Masterclass on 14 December.
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Wednesday 1st December 2010
GLE Property Developments starts constructing Dagenham Business Centre
GLE Property Developments are starting work on a new business centre comprising 34,500 sq ft of small B1 units in Dagenham, which will include attractive modern workshops, office accommodation and studio space for small and medium sized enterprises.
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Friday 26th November 2010
Innovative South London company answers the call for CBI award
Everyone who has ever wished for a reliable way to stop nuisance phone calls will want to celebrate with South London firm trueCall, who last night carried off the New Product of the Year prize at the prestigious Growing Business Awards, hosted by the CBI and Real Business magazine.
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Wednesday 24th November 2010
London conference opens business gateway to India
The enormous business potential in India’s emerging cities, and how companies from the capital can tap into it, are the focus of a major conference to be staged by UK Trade & Investment at London’s City Hall on 25 November.
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Tuesday 19th October 2010
Conference helps manufacturers get a competitive edge for the future
On Thursday October 14th, over 200 manufacturers from across the region gathered in South Yorkshire for the annual Manufacturing Conference organised by The Manufacturing Advisory Service Yorkshire & Humber.
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Monday 18th October 2010
UKTI acclaimed as best trade promotion body in developed world
UKTI, a Government department that generates £5 billion a year for the UK economy, has been named by its peers as the best trade promotion agency in a developed country.
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Thursday 14th October 2010
Social media : avoiding the pitfalls and reaping the rewards
Social media is playing an increasingly important part in business building, and while businesses have been embracing new channels of communication, the law has not been idle in setting boundaries...
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Wednesday 6th October 2010
UKTI shortlisted among world's top trade promotion bodies
UKTI, a Government department that generates £5 billion a year for the UK economy, has been shortlisted by its peers as one of the world’s top trade promotion bodies.
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Friday 1st October 2010
£500 business start up grant
To celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week in November GLE oneLondon in partnership with Lambeth Council has launched the business start-up grant project. Aspiring entrepreneurs will be able to apply for up to £500 of funding to help launch their business.
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Wednesday 25th August 2010
SMEs suffer cashflow problems according to latest survey
A third of small businesses report cashflow problems over the past two years, says IGF
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Wednesday 25th August 2010
Conference set to focus on 'new era for manufacturing'
The Manufacturing Advisory Service Yorkshire and Humber has lined up an impressive array of speakers and interactive workshops for its 2010 Manufacturing Conference – ‘A New Era for Manufacturing’ - being held on Thursday 14 October at the Advanced Manufacturing Park Technology Centre, Rotherham.
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Tuesday 13th July 2010
UK-wide loan fund launched to support growing businesses
Businesses owned by ex-Service personnel across the UK will be able to access vital finance to grow and succeed, following the launch of The Royal British Legion’s Be the Boss loan fund, part-managed by GLE oneLondon.
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Tuesday 13th July 2010
Seraphim Capital leads £1.35m investment in Pyreos
Seraphim Capital – the specialist early stage technology investor – has led a £1.35m investment round in fabless semiconductor company Pyreos alongside existing shareholders including Siemens Technology Accelerator. Pyreos – which spun out of Siemens in 2007 following 15 years of intensive R&D – has developed technology that is set to turn the infrared sensor industry on its head.
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Saturday 10th July 2010
Investing in high growth UK businesses
YFM Private Equity, a subsidiary of GLE Group, has invested further follow-on funding to support Fishawack’s latest acquisition of Alpha-Plus Medical Communications.
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Thursday 1st July 2010
Supporting ESF-funded projects in London
More than 50 third sector organisations from across London came together in June to network and celebrate the success of the Unlocking ESF Potential project, managed by GLE Consulting.
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Thursday 1st July 2010
Darling Spuds cash in their chips in the USA
When husband-and-wife team Dave and Judy Willis launched a crisps and snacks business from their home in 2003, they never dreamt that one day they would be supplying one of the world’s leading brands. But now, with help from UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), they have broken into the US market, with Starbucks agreeing to stock the firm’s Darling Spuds gourmet potato chips in 5,700 of their North American outlets.
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Wednesday 30th June 2010
London firm kicks off international growth with World Cup business
London lighting, sound and theatre equipment company Stage Electrics has kick-started its international business drive by scoring World Cup success in South Africa.
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Wednesday 30th June 2010
New training programme helps company executives unlock export potential
Working with UKTI London's International Trade Team, and supported by the London Development Agency, Cass Business School has created an advanced Executive Development Programme that provides executives with the essential tools to unlock the international trade potential in their companies.
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Thursday 17th June 2010
Training London’s employment support sector
Over 50 employment advisers from across London have gained accredited Level 3 qualifications in job brokerage following innovative training developed and delivered by GLE.
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Sunday 13th June 2010
London boroughs access over €800,000 of European funding
Four London boroughs have accessed over €800,000 from Europe to fund social cohesion and employability projects following support from the London Councils European Service, managed by GLE Consulting.
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Thursday 10th June 2010
First motorway energy-saving lighting system installed by GLE client
Zodion Lighting has become the first contractor in the UK to install an environmentally friendly, energy saving motorway lighting system, following advice and support from the Manufacturing Advisory Service in Yorkshire & Humber (MAS Y&H), managed by GLE Group’s YFM Business Development.
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Saturday 5th June 2010
Final business unit sold at Bounds Green development
Twenty-three local businesses, supporting over 260 employees across the manufacturing, financial services, marketing and creative industries sectors, have been housed by GLE’s first major property development in the London borough of Haringey.
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Saturday 5th June 2010
GLE Consulting wins contracts to evaluate discrimination advice
Two large-scale projects focusing on frontline public advice services have commissioned GLE Consulting to undertake evaluations of the provision available in developing discrimination advice and governance structures.
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Tuesday 1st June 2010
GLE Group backs intelligent home services technology
Seraphim Capital and the Chandos Fund, managed by GLE Group’s YFM Private Equity, have co-invested £2m into Intamac Systems – a platform provider for next generation networked and connected home services.
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Tuesday 25th May 2010
GLE offer subsidised accredited project management course for £75
The GLE Accredited Project Management course is available at a subsidised cost of £75, due to the Leadership and Management Grant funded by the Skills Funding Agency.
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Saturday 8th May 2010
Financing local businesses in Lambeth
Nine Lambeth-based businesses have accessed over £100,000 of loan finance through a dedicated borough loan fund, delivered in partnership between GLE oneLondon and the Lambeth Business Desk.
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Wednesday 5th May 2010
Southwark renews support for local businesses
GLE oneLondon, the not-for-profit business support arm of GLE Group, is to continue providing support and advice to businesses across the London borough of Southwark having won an extension to the delivery of two contracts which are designed to combat unemployment through enterprise.
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Thursday 1st April 2010
Supporting SMEs to access finance through intensive mentoring
GLE oneLondon has secured £1.6m from the European Regional Development Fund and the London Development Agency, to support the Capital’s small businesses to successfully access finance through intensive mentoring and training.
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Wednesday 10th March 2010
GLE Training help the judging panel at Tower Hamlet's Third Sector Excellence Awards
GLE Training were invited to judge the outstanding contributions made by local and not-for-profit groups at Tower Hamlet's annual Third Sector Excellence Awards on March 11th.
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Monday 22nd February 2010
Just weeks to get your business rates cut by half
Small local firms have just weeks to each claim back potentially thousands of pounds on their business rates.
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Thursday 11th February 2010
London Export Awards celebrate success in the capital
The entrepreneurial spirit and achievements of the capital’s exporters were celebrated with the inaugural London Export Awards 2010, organised by the UK Trade & Investment London International Trade Team, managed by GLE Group.
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Tuesday 9th February 2010
Intamac Systems attracts £2m investment from Seraphim and Chandos
Seraphim Capital has led a £2m investment alongside Chandos Fund (both managed by YFM) into Intamac System Limited - a platform provider for next generation networked and connected home services.
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Monday 1st February 2010
Seraphim Capital leads £2m investment in Celona Technologies
Seraphim Capital – the specialist early stage technology investor managed by GLE Group - has led a £2 million round of investment in Celona Technologies alongside existing investors including Spark Ventures and Caledonia Investments.
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Friday 8th January 2010
Manufacturing client wins contract for first installation of energy-saving lighting
Zodion Lighting, an award winning company based at Sowerby Bridge near Halifax which is currently receiving expert advice and support from GLE Group managed, Manufacturing Advisory Service Yorkshire and Humber, has recently completed a contract to supply Lancashire County Council (LCC) with an environmentally friendly, energy saving lighting system. The council is the first in the country to install such a system on a stretch of motorway (M65- junction 10 -14).
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Friday 11th December 2009
GLE Green Mark improves environmental performance of business
GLE Consulting has been awarded the management and delivery of the recognised environmental certification, Green Mark.
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Friday 11th December 2009
Double win for GLE-managed private equity fund
The North West Business Investment Scheme (NWBIS) and one of its investments, DxS, scooped top industry awards at November’s North West Insider Dealmakers awards.
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Friday 11th December 2009
London celebrates £5m boost to exporters
A major financial boost to services that help London SMEs succeed in overseas markets was announced at an event in Somerset House.
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Thursday 10th December 2009
Cornish business receives venture capital funding
The Observer Food Monthly’s Best Newcomer 2009, The Cornish Sea Salt Co., has been able to secure its place in the market and attract celebrity chefs such as James Martin and Rick Stein following a £430,000 investment by the South West Ventures Fund, managed by YFM, part of GLE Group.
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Thursday 10th December 2009
Client's success recognised by the Prime Minister
Clients from both the UKTI London and South East teams, managed by GLE Group, joined fellow exporters from across the UK for a reception at 10 Downing Street, in recognition of their business success in overseas markets and their contribution to the UK economy.
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Thursday 10th December 2009
Delivering financial and practical support to third sector organisations
The £7.3m London Councils’ European Social Fund (ESF) employment programme, which aims to improve the employability and skills of the unemployed and economically inactive, will be managed by GLE Consulting until 2012.
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Sunday 6th December 2009
Knightsbridge buys final property in Riverside Business Park
A UK manufacturing company has secured 50 jobs in Enfield, having bought the final property at GLE’s Riverside Business Park for £3.5m.
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Thursday 3rd December 2009
Dragon slayers will take it to the world
South London entrepreneur John Price has made TV history on the popular BBC investment programme Dragons’ Den when he was spoilt for choice with all the Dragons bidding for a share in his company.
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Wednesday 2nd December 2009
Bringing together the manufacturing sector in Yorkshire & Humber
Over 200 individuals from across the manufacturing sector in Yorkshire and Humber came together for the 2009 Manufacturing Conference, delivered by GLE Group’s YFM Business Development, managers of the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) in Yorkshire and Humber.
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Tuesday 1st December 2009
GLE clients receive royal recognition
One of the greatest accolades a business can receive, the Queen’s Award for Innovation, has been awarded to a staggering 17 companies that have received support through GLE Group.
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Monday 30th November 2009
£1.3m win for GLE Consulting to unlock parent potential
GLE Consulting has secured £1.3m to deliver a new support initiative, Unlocking Parent Potential, for west London parents. The funding, provided by the Learning and Skills Council, is designed t
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Friday 13th November 2009
GLE oneLondon wins Enterprise Agency of the Year 2009
GLE oneLondon’s Business Advice Service has won the award for “Enterprise Agency of the Year” for the third time in four years at the Black Business Initiative Awards 2009.
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Thursday 12th November 2009
Christmas can cripple cashflow, warns IGF
Small firms in the UK should view the run-up to Christmas and the first few weeks of the New Year as one of the most dangerous times of the year to experience cashflow problems, warns IGF, one of the
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Monday 9th November 2009
Innovative software development company accesses R&D funding
Digital Forming, a London-based software development company specialising in mass customisation and distribution of consumer products, has accessed £50,000 of EU funding through the assistance of the London Innovation Network, managed by GLE Consulting.
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Wednesday 30th September 2009
Atlas Genetics raises £535,000 investment
Atlas Genetics Ltd, which develops tests for infectious diseases, has secured financing of £535,000, including participation from London Business Angels. The company has also recently been awarded a grant of £100,000 from the South West Regional Development Agency.
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Thursday 24th September 2009
Airetrak raises £260,000 Angel investment
Airetrak, the UK's leading provider of WiFi based Real Time Location Systems, has raised £260,000 of equity funding from GLE to fund further growth.
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Thursday 17th September 2009
Biomass CHP Ltd secures £600,000 funding to bring its wood chip gasification CHP to market
Following extended development of its Blackwater Valley 200kWe plant, Biomass CHP Ltd is pleased to announce that it has now completed a further £600,000 funding round. The investment round was led by Clarendon Fund Managers, who followed their earlier investments, alongside investment from Business Angels including members of London Business Angels, Board Members, and R&D support from Invest Northern Ireland, part financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
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Thursday 6th August 2009
Health eCard secures £900,000 funding to expand its Personal Medical Records business.
Dr. David Krasner together with husband and wife team Jul & Elaine Kornbluth announced that the company has raised £900,000 from the management team, London Business Angel members and other investors.
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Saturday 1st August 2009
Anaxsys Technology secures £1.25m investment
Anaxsys Technology is pleased to announce that it has completed the first closing of its current funding round raising £1.25m. This is £0.15m in excess of the minimum amount required to close the round. There is a second closing date of 31 October. The target is to raise a further £0.5m on the same terms as the first closing. The purpose of the extra funds is to provide head room for our business plan and provide resource for the development of our second product.
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Monday 13th July 2009
Quotient Diagnostics secures 5th round of investment
Quotient Diagnostics, developer of point of care testing for diabetes and otherdiseases, has recently reported a series of commercial breakthroughs. Its Quo-Test system provides doctors with an on-the-spot reading of an indicator known as A1c, which is vital to check how well diabetics have their condition under control.
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Tuesday 23rd June 2009
GLE Consulting launch new employment support programme
GLE Consulting has been granted £1.3m funding from the Learning and Skills Council to deliver a new programme of employment support to parents in west London.
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Friday 19th June 2009
GLE Growth Capital MD wins 'Most Respected Industry Individual' award
Anthony Clarke, Managing Director of GLE Growth Capital has won the award for 'Most Respected Industry Individual' at the ACQ Awards.
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Friday 19th June 2009
GLE Enterprise Development MD awarded OBE for services to small businesses
We are delighted to announce that Peter Thackwray has been awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to small businesses in London and to international trade.
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Thursday 18th June 2009
Seraphim Capital Fund and Oxford Capital Partners invest further £1.2 million in Sirigen.
GLE's Seraphim Capital and Oxford Capital Partners have invested a further £1.2 million into Sirigen, a company applying ground-breaking, Nobel Prize-winning light amplification technology for use in the diagnostic and life science sectors. This follows £2 million which was invested in April 2008.
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Wednesday 17th June 2009
£3 million loan fund launched to support London's small businesses
A £3 million loan fund has been launched to support small and medium businesses that are struggling to secure finance during the recession. Designed to bridge the funding gap being experienced by many small companies who have viable business plans but are failing to access funds from traditional sources such as banks, this new Economic Recovery Loan Fund is focused on helping businesses retain jobs and support job creation in the capital. Managed and delivered in partnership by GLE oneLondon and East London Small Business Centre, the fund is financed by the London Development Agency and London Business Loans (Wholesale) managed by GLE.
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Thursday 7th May 2009
Innovative biotechs secure over £1m in funding
Despite the economic downturn, two innovative healthcare companies set to revolutionise the sector have secured over £1 million to continue their research from GLE Growth Capital’s London Business Angels.
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Thursday 7th May 2009
First Europe-wide satellite to be launched with support from GLE Group
Following equity investment from GLE Group’s YFM and assistance from UK Trade & Investment London International Trade Team, Avanti Communications is preparing to launch its first Europe-wide satellite later this year.
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Thursday 7th May 2009
Ministers rediscover manufacturing
A manufacturing client of GLE Group’s YFM Business Development has hosted a ministerial visit in conjunction with Yorkshire Forward’s investment pledge of £7.2 million to support the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) for the next three years.
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Thursday 7th May 2009
Celebrating a pan-London employment network
Representatives from over 60 employment support organisations across London have joined together to celebrate the work of Relay London Jobs.
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Thursday 7th May 2009
Encouraging growth in new markets
UKTI has recognised an increased need for London companies to receive assitance and guidance when calculating financial risk in international markets.
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Tuesday 5th May 2009
GLE Group becomes greener
New initiatives and facilities at GLE lead to Green Mark Level One award.
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Tuesday 5th May 2009
A Grand Start for Lambeth's young entrepreneurs
GLE oneLondon encourages enterprise and innovation in Lambeth's future entrepreneurs
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Tuesday 5th May 2009
Expert organisational training delivered across the UK
Huge success of GLE Consulting's tailored training programme demands expansion to other UK regions.
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Tuesday 5th May 2009
GLE Consulting tackle unemployment in Prague
GLE Consulting has won a £200,000 project funded by Prague City Hall to provide business support among Prague’s most disadvantaged groups.
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Tuesday 5th May 2009
Strategic partnership fostered between Seraphim portfolio companies
The mobile technology sector is set to be taken by storm following the partnership between two companies which have received more than £3m in total investment from Seraphim, the GLE-led Enterprise Capital Fund.
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Wednesday 22nd April 2009
GLE-supported enterprise achieves royal recognition
Social enterprise Women Like Us, which has received continued support from GLE, has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise Innovation.
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Thursday 2nd April 2009
Bacchus Wine Closures Ltd completes its £300,000 funding with participation from London Business Angels
London Business Angel's investment in Bacchus Wine Closures Ltd leads the way to a technology for upgrading corks in the wine industry.
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Tuesday 17th March 2009
Angel investment as a model for early stage funding
GLE's London Business Angels and London Seed Capital are featured in the Times online in a really good piece celebrating angel investment as a model for early stage funding.
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Friday 13th March 2009
London Business Angels invests a further £350,000 in medical technology company
Medical imaging firm Michelson Diagnostics Ltd (MDL) has successfully raised investment for growth in 2009, despite the economic downturn.
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Wednesday 11th March 2009
CitySocialising raises £260,000 from London Business Angels investment
CitySocialising (www.citysocialising.com), the social network that enables outgoing professionals to connect offline with new local friends through shared interests in cities around the UK, has raised £260,000 of early stage investment from a syndicate of investors and management led by the London Business Angels network, managed by GLE Group. This investment will fund further growth into new cities, complete the development of a new web platform and initiate marketing.
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Thursday 8th January 2009
Karus Therapeutics raises £900,000 for drug development
London Business Angels is delighted to announce that Karus Therapeutics has successfully raised a £900,000 investment from London Business Angels, Oxford Investment Opportunity Network, IP Venture Fund, Esperante and Drummond Paris. The investment will be used to advance the development of new drugs to treat cancer and inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis and includes innovative medicines based on Karus's HDAC inhibitor (HDI) platform.
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Friday 19th December 2008
GLE-supported project highly commended by London Voluntary Sector Council
A project supported by GLE Consulting has been highly commended by the London Voluntary Sector Council at its recent awards ceremony in London.
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Wednesday 26th November 2008
New help for growing businesses
A new pilot programme has been launched by GLE Growth Capital to assist London-based businesses to grow faster in the current economic climate.
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Friday 24th October 2008
New grants programme for London's third sector launched
GLE Consulting's latest programme managing funding and grants for London's third sector organisations has launched its first round of funding applications.
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Tuesday 30th September 2008
Units for Sale- 14 Tallon Road, Hutton – 12,615 Sq. Ft.

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Tuesday 30th September 2008
Units for Sale- Horizon Business Centre, Erith – 1,398 Sq. Ft – 3,143 Sq. Ft.

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Tuesday 30th September 2008
Units for Sale- Gateway Mews, Bounds Green – 2,412 Sq. Ft. -4,879 Sq. Ft.

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Tuesday 30th September 2008
Units to Let - Waterfront Studios, E16 – Various Sized Units to Let

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Tuesday 30th September 2008
Units to Let - Redlands Centre, Coulsdon – 1,530 Sq. Ft.

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Tuesday 30th September 2008
Units to Let - Malham Road Industrial Estate, Lewisham – 965 Sq. Ft & 2,212 Sq. Ft.

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Tuesday 30th September 2008
Units to Let - Hatcham Mews Business Centre, Lewisham – 315 Sq. Ft. & 2,075 Sq. Ft.

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Tuesday 30th September 2008
Units to Let - Arrow Industrial Estate, Farnborough – 393 Sq. Ft. & 2,126 Sq Ft.

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Tuesday 30th September 2008
Units to Let - Apex Court, W12 – 1,830 Sq. Ft.

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Thursday 28th August 2008
Wheelright raises £400,000 for automotive clean technology development
London Business Angels is delighted to announce that Wheelright has successfully raised £200,000 from London Business Angel Investors and its strong following of existing investors.
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Friday 22nd August 2008
GLE and REDECo finalise a comparative analysis of socio-economic models in the EU

GLE, in partnership with REDECo have carried out a comparative analysis of social-economic models in the EU.
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Friday 22nd August 2008
GLE evaluates European Social Fund programmes
Final evaluation of the Single Programming Document for Objective 3 - Prague (JPD 3) and Operational Programme Human Resources Development
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Friday 15th August 2008
Tailored training for London's organisations launched
GLE Consulting has launched its latest training programme to assist London’s organisations delivering publicly funded projects.
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Thursday 14th August 2008
London Business Angels Invest into Michelson Diagnostic's World-Beating Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Device
London Business Angels has invested alongside London Seed Capital and Capital Venture Managers into Michelson Diagnostics, a world-beating cancer diagnosis and treatment device.
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Wednesday 6th August 2008
Wholesale Fund celebrates first birthday
The new Wholesale Loan Fund has just celebrated its first successful year of lending to London’s most disadvantaged entrepreneurs.
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Thursday 24th July 2008
Step by step guide to exporting successfully!
Are you looking to expand your client base? Have you considered taking your product overseas? Not sure which way to turn or how to do this? Find out how with our recently published ‘Quick guide to exporting success!’ which provides step-by-step information to help you on your way to maximising your international success.
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Monday 14th July 2008
Record number of London families benefit from affordable childcare places
The Childcare Affordability Programme, managed by GLE, has helped over 8,000 families – and nearly 8,500 children – to get back into training or work as a result of thousands more affordable childcare places.
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Monday 14th July 2008
Seraphim leads £2 million investment
Seraphim Capital, the GLE-led Enterprise Capital Fund, has headed up a £2 million investment into Sirigen - a company applying ground-breaking, Nobel Prize winning technology for use in the biotech and life sciences sectors.
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Monday 14th July 2008
Celebrating the Capital’s international business excellence
The Passport to Export Awards celebrated those small and medium sized enterprises which have had major successes in trading internationally under UKTI's Passport to Export scheme.
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Friday 11th July 2008
London Business Angels backs green technology company TwentyNinety
A clean technology company set to revolutionise the solar panel market has secured a £230,000 seed investment with £90,000 coming from London Business Angels investors.
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Friday 30th May 2008
EASY investment forum: London 26th & 27th June 2008
On 26th and 27th June 2008, London will be host to an exciting international investment event. This event will showcase 20 early stage high growth companies to an audience of over 200 international investors interested in early stage financing, from across Europe.
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Thursday 29th May 2008
Big boost for London’s technology companies
High profile business support providers from across the Greater South East of England gathered in Westminster on Friday 23rd May to celebrate the launch of the ‘London Innovation Network’, led by GLE.
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Thursday 24th April 2008
GLE Growth Capital awarded European Team of the Year
GLE Growth Capital Team is delighted to have been awarded with the esteemed title of “Best Team of the Year 2008” at the European Business Angels Network annual awards Ceremony.
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Tuesday 8th April 2008
Quotient raises £200k from London Business Angels
A developer of diabetes testing technology has secured an investment of £1 million, with £200k from London Business Angels.
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Friday 4th April 2008
GLE Group signs landmark acquisition to become Europe’s largest source of early stage funds in Europe
GLE Group, a leading provider of angel and early stage VC funds, today announced the completion of its purchase of the YFM Group. By acquiring YFM, the UK’s early stage investment specialists, GLE has become the largest provider of equity capital to small and growing enterprises in Europe with over £330 million funds now under management.
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Friday 4th April 2008
Launching the European Cities Against Child Poverty network
A new network, led by GLE Consulting services, tackling child poverty across the EU is to be officially launched at London’s Living Room in City Hall on 11th April 2008.
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Friday 4th April 2008
UKTI in the South East
GLE is delighted to announce that we will be delivering the management of the UK Trade & Investment South East International Trade Team contract. GLE looks forward to welcoming the 60 new members of staff into the Group and further expanding our support to small and growing businesses engaging in international trade.
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Friday 4th April 2008
GLE Consulting services to run a pan-London employment network
GLE Consulting services has been awarded a £1 million contract funded by the London Development Agency (LDA) to run a pan-London network of job brokerage organisations.
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Friday 4th April 2008
Larger loans for growing businesses and property
Two new types of loans for small businesses and social enterprises are now available through GLE’s innovative Wholesale Loan Fund.
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Friday 4th April 2008
Fast Forward to Community Grants
The management contract for Community Grants, a new £6 million programme designed to provide small grants of up to £12,000 to small voluntary and community organisations to reach those who are furthest from the labour market, has been awarded to GLE Consulting services.
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Friday 4th April 2008
London Innovation Network to launch
For many innovative small businesses accessing funding is a key barrier to growth. Addressing this issue will be the drive behind a new Londonwide network which focuses on improving business access to European funding opportunities for research and development.
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Friday 4th April 2008
GLE Growth Capital creating new angels in the Middle East
GLE Growth Capital has been invited to provide support to the development of the first business angels network in the Middle East.
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Friday 4th April 2008
GLE Growth Capital’s seed fund raises £0.5 million
Brandwatch, a social media analytics tool developed by web company Magpie Ltd, is the latest high growth SME to receive an injection of early stage funding through GLE Growth Capital’s London Business Angel network and sister fund London Seed Capital.
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Friday 28th March 2008
Tackling child poverty - what works?
The European Cities Against Child Poverty network will be officially launched on 11th April and share tried and tested approaches to tackling child poverty.
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Tuesday 12th February 2008
Magpie raises £0.5m to fund technology development and expansion
London, February 11, 2008 – Magpie Ltd, the company behind social media analytics tool Brandwatch announces today that it has completed a round of seed funding from existing and new investors for £0.5m.
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Monday 4th February 2008
GLE host Albanian delegates to examine enterprise development
In December 2007 GLE hosted an Albanian delegation through the “Building Capacity in Enterprise Development” project funded by the FCO. The delegation comprised a wide range of organisations all interested in gaining first hand experience of business support and enterprise development.
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Wednesday 23rd January 2008
Imagineer Systems Taps Television Industry Veteran Roland Brown to Serve on Board of Directors
Brown Brings More than Four Decades of Production Experience; Plans Active Participation in Imagineer’s New VFX Mission
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Friday 18th January 2008
London Business Angels backed company announces successful medical trials
Optical imaging company Michelson Diagnostics Ltd (MDL) has announced successful initial results from clinical testing, on oral cancer tissue, of its groundbreaking OCT imaging technology by partner University College Hospital, London (UCH).
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Tuesday 15th January 2008
GLE staff member awarded an MBE
GLE staff member Bryan Treherne has devoted over 40 years to London business - whether it be working for a company, running his own business or, in his current capacity, as an International Trade Adviser with UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) – managed by GLE.
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Monday 14th January 2008
GLE delivers additional supporting to LDA ‘Opportunities Fund’ Projects
Since 2006 GLE Consulting has provided a wide range of capacity building support to 94 projects funded through Round 1 of the London Development Agency's (LDA) Opportunities Fund, and recently delivered training on quarterly claims completion for projects funded under Round 2.
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Tuesday 8th January 2008
2007 provides a record breaking year for London Business Angels
The past year has been one of many records and achievements for London Business Angels, which in September 2007 celebrated its 25th Anniversary making it the UK’s oldest and most established business angel network.
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Friday 30th November 2007
Ground-breaking fuel cell technology backed by a £2 million investment by London Business Angels
Fuel cell materials company Bac2 has raised £2 million of private funding from London Business Angels, enabling the company to commercialise and take to market its ground-breaking conductive polymer ‘Electrophen’.
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Thursday 22nd November 2007
LNet showcased as EU best practice
The European Learning Network (LNet), an interregional project led by GLE, addressing urban deprivation, has been selected by the European Commission to appear in an upcoming report, “Practices shared, policies improved”.
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Thursday 22nd November 2007
London Business Angels celebrate 25 years of success
London Business Angels celebrate 25 years of success GLE’s angel network, London Business Angels, has established itself as the oldest business angel network in the UK, providing proof of early stage equity investments as far back as 1982.
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Thursday 22nd November 2007
New £1 million loan fund for Croydon businesses
As part of Croydon Council’s Ladder of Finance programme, funded by the borough’s Local Enterprise Growth Initiative, GLE oneLondon have been contracted to manage a new £1 million loan fund which will help Croydon’s small and medium-sized businesses,with a particular focus on the borough’s least advantaged areas.
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Thursday 22nd November 2007
GLE leads innovation network in London
GLE Consulting services has won a high profile €5.3 million project funded by the London Development Agency and the European Union’s Competitiveness & Innovation Programme (CIP)
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Thursday 15th November 2007
Bridging the Cross-Cultural Divide
GLE oneLondon publish a new report examining the international trade support currently offered to businesses from black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.
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Monday 12th November 2007
London Business Angels sponsor the BPS Connect Showcase Event
London Business Angels is delighted to be sponsoring the BPS Connect Showcase Event which is being hosted by Business Plan Services in association with London Business School on Thursday 29th November from 4pm.
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Friday 26th October 2007
Pioneering Cancer treatment technology backed by London Business Angels
Optical imaging company Michelson Diagnostics has secured £600,000 of early stage funding, enabling it to further enhance its pioneering technology and pursue in-vivo trials in a clinical environment.
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Monday 22nd October 2007
Pioneering Cancer treatment technology backed by London Seed Capital
Optical imaging company Michelson Diagnostics has secured £600,000 of early stage funding, enabling it to further enhance its pioneering technology and pursue in-vivo trials in a clinical environment.
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Tuesday 2nd October 2007
Magpie receive coverage in Alarm:clock euro reporter

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Tuesday 2nd October 2007
MirriAd develop technology to embed advertising
MirriAd is the latest London-based start up company to attract investment from London Seed Capital.
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Tuesday 2nd October 2007
London Business Angels Celebrate Silver Anniversary with Cancer Research UK
The great and the good of the investment world gathered on the 20th September at a glittering gala dinner held in One Whitehall Place to celebrate 25 years of success for the oldest angel network in the UK. The event was launched by special guest speaker Lord Jones of Birmingham, one of Cancer Research UK’s most active supporters, and was attended by entrepreneurs, investors and partners of the network.
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Tuesday 11th September 2007
GLE Annual Review 2006/07 now available
GLE is pleased to announce the publication of its 2006/07 annual review in its 25th anniversary year. The review includes interesting highlights from each of the four business areas in the last financial year.
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Friday 10th August 2007
LNet showcased as one of four flagship projects across the EU
The GLE-led European Learning Network has been showcased as one of four flagship inter- regional projects at a major European Commission conference.
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Wednesday 8th August 2007
GLE leading enterprise development in Albania
GLE is leading the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s first enterprise development project in Albania. The project is being run in co-operation with the Czech Regional Development Agency (RDA) of South Moravia and the Albanian Business and Economy Promotion Centre.
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Thursday 26th July 2007
GLE celebrates its London connection
Rory Bremner, in front of a large audience of London opinion formers and decision makers, helped GLE with its 25th birthday celebrations with his own impressions of government in London.
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Friday 20th July 2007
£3.6m boost for London community enterprise
GLE launches new Wholesale Loan Fund. The UK’s first self-sustaining supply of loan finance for the country’s least advantaged entrepreneurs was launched on 28th June 2007. Backed by multi-million pound commercial investments from The Cooperative Bank, Kingston Smith, London Development Agency and innovative economic development company GLE, the fund promises to help thousands of would-be entrepreneurs previously declined by mainstream banks.
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Tuesday 26th June 2007
Seraphim invests £2million in London based mobile social networking service
Seraphim the GLE-led Enterprise Capital Fund, has invested £1.5million as part of a £2m round, in the UK’s first online and mobile social networking service run by Handmade Mobile Entertainment Ltd, a London based company.
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Thursday 21st June 2007
Introduction to capacity building in the Czech Republic
This event was held to promote good practice in capacity building support, drawing from the successful capacity building programmes run by GLE in London.
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Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Sweet Smell of Success – Making it BIG
Following weeks of food businesses competing for the opportunity to win up to £5,000 worth of expertise, help and assistance to “Make it Big” in the food industry, the lucky winner was announced on 10th May 2007 at a celebration event at London Bridge.
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Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Angel investing in South America
On 6th May 2007, GLE Growth Capital’s managing director, Anthony Clarke, addressed a conference held in Santiago, Chile, having been invited by the Chilean government and Southern Angels, Chile’s business angel network.
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Monday 21st May 2007
Elvis appears on American Pop idol
Millions watched as Celine Dion appeared alongside Elvis Presley in American Pop Idol this week to watch the stars perform a duet. This was possible due to software designed by Imagineer Systems, a company who has received equity finance from seed fund London Seed Capital.
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Wednesday 16th May 2007
Celebrating 5 years of reaching London’s most disadvantaged through Fast Forward Grants
GLE celebrated the fifth year of its Fast Forward Grants programme which has moved 16,500 people closer to employment. The event featured a fashion show and ceramic display.
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Monday 14th May 2007
GLE oneLondon’s South Central Business Advice Service moves
From a small team established at Brixton Station Road in 2000, the GLE oneLondon South Central Business Advice Service has gone from strength to strength. To accommodate the growing needs of staff and offer the businesses that they are supporting further services and opportunities, the team has had to move to larger premises.
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Wednesday 9th May 2007
Transformation of Middlesex University Campus into mixed use development
Greater London Enterprise (GLE) and Haringey Council officially opened “Horizon Business Park”, a small business unit development scheme just off Bounds Green road in Haringey this week. When fully complete, the 64,000 sq ft site will provide business space to house a wide variety of small and growing businesses and people, providing the opportunity for up to 200 jobs in Haringey.
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Tuesday 8th May 2007
Intamac Appoints BT's Brown as COO
Intamac Systems has appointed Andy Brown as chief operations officer. Brown joins Intamac from BT Rich Media – a joint venture between BT Retail and BT Wholesale - where he was chief executive officer.
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Thursday 3rd May 2007
British Business Angels Association welcomes the Chancellor’s support for Investment in early stage businesses

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Tuesday 1st May 2007
GLE celebrates 25 years
GLE is celebrating 25 years in London this year. To mark the occasion GLE will produce a social and economic commentary on the past 25 years which will examine how the London economic landscape has altered.
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Tuesday 1st May 2007
GLE supporting childcare providers in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
GLE Consulting have been commissioned by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Children’s Information Service (CIS) to deliver an innovative new project to provide tailored capacity building support and training to nine childcare providers who deliver the Childcare Affordability Programme.
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