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Silk Healthcare has officially launched its £5m care
home development in Yorkshire. Mapplewell Manor in Barnsley, a purpose built,
new residential 83-bed home and senior day centre specialising in dementia
care, expects to create around 90 full and part time jobs in the area over
the coming months. Funding to support
the construction of the home was provided by The Royal Bank of Scotland.
represented by Maxine Gay from the RBS healthcare team, and a grant of
£500,000 from the Government's £1bn Regional Growth Fund.
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Private
Equity / Bank Funding: Investment Secured - 67 Turnover - Company Growth
Private equity firm ECI Partners has taken a majority
stake in Yorkshire-based rail travel company Amber Travel. The deal values
Amber Travel at more than £50m and marks an exit for Primary Capital, which
invested in the York-based company in 2005. Chris Watt, head of ECIs consumer
team, will sit on Amber’s board.
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Private
Equity / Bank Funding: £1.6m government grant for Broadstairs Creative Arts
Centre
East Kent College has won a £1.6m grant to help
build a creative arts centre at its campus in Broadstairs. It is planned the new Centre will open in
September 2014.
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Private
Equity / Bank Funding: £2m Government funding secured by Sheffield
Forgemasters
Sheffield Forgemasters has secured more than £2m of
funding grants from the Government aimed at projects to increase its nuclear
power capabilities and expertise. Just over £1m will go towards a £2.1m
project with TWI and the University of Sheffield to produce cast reactor
coolant pumps. The rest of the money
will go towards a project working with Rolls Royce, MERMEC UK and the
University of Sheffield.
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Wednesday, 10 April 2013
The UK Knack Group Reviews Today’s Events ……
