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  Smiths News acquires The Consortium for £38m (in: Retail)
Apr 30, 2012
Smiths News PLC, the listed wholesaler of newspapers, magazines and books, has acquired The Consortium (Hedgelane Limited), for an aggregate consideration of £38m, equivalent to an enterprise value of £44.1m.
  Tute.com secures funding from Holidaybreak (in: Retail)
Apr 30, 2012
Tute.com (Tutors Direct Limited), the pre-revenue service that provides online tutoring and support to students and parents, has secured investment funding from Holidaybreak, the education travel and outdoor learning company taken private last year by Cox and Kings.
  Cambridge Education Group completes £23m financing package (in: Higher Education)
Apr 30, 2012
Cambridge Education Group (CEG), the Palamon backed provider of pre-university pathway programmes and English language training, has completed a £23m financing package with RBS.
  Revenue up 29% at Explore Learning (in: Retail)
Apr 30, 2012
Explore Learning, the supermarket-based tutorial company for 5-14 year olds, has reported an operating profit of £818k (2010: £872k) for the year ended 31 December 2011 on revenue up 29% to £15.2m (2010: £11.8m).
  Pearson’s UK training business impacted by government funding policy (in: Vocational and Professional Education)
Apr 30, 2012
Pearson in Practice, the UK training business created following Pearson’s £99.3m acquisition of Melorio in 2010, has been “adversely affected” by changes in government funding policy related to apprenticeships, according to Pearson’s latest interim management statement.
  Challenging US market conditions impact Promethean (in: ICT)
Apr 30, 2012
Promethean World has reported a 14.3% fall in revenue to £35.9m (2011: £41.9m) for the first quarter 2012.
  Espresso continues to invest in US business (in: Media)
Apr 30, 2012
Digital education content provider Espresso Group has reported a £551k operating loss (2010: £50k profit) for the year ended 31 July 2011, on revenue up 1% to £13.4m (2010: £13.3m) according to accounts filed recently at Companies House.
  Montagu Private Equity acquires the College of Law (in: Higher Education)
Apr 30, 2012
Montagu Private Equity has acquired The College of Law for around £200m. The acquisition of the entire legal education and training business of the college includes contractual commitments with law firms, as well as "The College of Law" brand and all its accreditations, thus enabling it to continue to award its qualifications.
  Operating income down 53% at City & Guilds (in: Qualifications and Assessment)
Apr 30, 2012
City & Guilds (C&G), the largest supplier of vocational qualifications in the UK, has reported a 53% fall in operating income to £3.5m (2010: £7.4m) for the year ended 30 September 2011 on income marginally down at £117.8m (2010: £118.3m).
  School outsourcers benefit from converting academies (in: Support Services)
Apr 30, 2012
Strictly Education, the Bond International Software owned provider of outsourced HR, payroll, finance and other support services to schools, has reported an EBITA of £1.2m (2010: £858k) for the year ended 31 December 2011 on revenue up 53% to £7.5m (2010: £4.9m).
  Capita raises £274m to fund acquisitions (in: Support Services)
Apr 30, 2012
Capita has raised £274m through the placing of 40m new ordinary shares with new and existing institutional shareholders at a price of 685 pence per share.
  Havelock sells subsidiary to reduce debt (in: Property and Construction)
Apr 30, 2012
Havelock Europa, the AIM-listed education furniture and retail interiors business, has sold its profitable Showcard point of sale print and display business to Lloyds Development Capital and management, for £15.25m, on a cash and debt-free basis.
 
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