Brad Meikle

Axa takes call centre

French PE acquires CCC

Close Bros opens Warsaw office

Corporate finance house hires senior banker

Platina acquires solar farm

Endesa sells Arico

Platina backs UK wind

Pates Hill and Milton Keynes receive funding

ISIS makes 4x return

Software provider sold to UHUK

NBGI takes pasta king

Matrix sells School dinner company

Minimax and Viking merge

IK portfolio company joins forces

3TS invests in InternetCorp

CEE investor backs Romanian company

Ireland goes to seed

Enterprise Ireland and BOI back early stage fund

New model pharma

With investor confidence in the biotech sector taking a massive hit in the wake of the recession, VCs are pushing a new approach to backing early-stage companies in a bid to win back support