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Education is big business – as much as £100bn each year in the UK. At the assignment report we break stories and identify the important trends that impact on the business of education to keep our subscribers ahead of the game.
 
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  Bowmark Capital sells school travel group for £100m (in: Retail)
Aug 2, 2008

Private equity company, Bowmark Capital, has sold its schools’ travel business, Education and Adventure Travel (EAT), to DLJ Merchant Banking Partners for £100m
  Nord Anglia accepts £190m offer (in: Support Services)
Aug 2, 2008

Nord Anglia has accepted a 460p per share offer from the Baring Asia Private Equity Fund in a deal that values the company at £190m, £10m more than the offer rejected in June.
  Sherston, BlackCat and SEMERC acquired by BLI (in: ICT)
Aug 2, 2008

Black Lion Investments (BLI), the investment vehicle created in 2007 to buy TAG Learning has acquired Sherston Publishing Group, BlackCat Software and SEMERC from Crystal Acquisitions – a Granada Learning associate business.
  Serco extend Walsall contract for further 12 years (in: Support Services)
Aug 2, 2008

Serco has signed a new £345m, 12-year contract to continue to provide education and children’s services in Walsall.
  TSL Education acquires Education Data Surveys (in: Media)
Aug 2, 2008

TSL Education has acquired Oxford based Education Data Surveys (EDS) for an undisclosed sum.
  How to liberalise the market for schooling in the UK (in: Executive Soapbox)
Aug 2, 2008

In this month’s Executive Soapbox, Tim Emmett,
Development Director at CfBT Education Trust considers how to liberalise the market for schooling in the UK.
  ETS – what went wrong? (in: Qualifications and Assessment)
Aug 2, 2008
  RM buys EasyTrace (in: ICT)
Aug 2, 2008

RM has acquired EasyTrace owners Orchard Partners Limited for £2.3m cash plus up to £0.5m depending on performance over the next two years.
  Education sales flat at Huveaux (in: Media)
Aug 2, 2008

Huveuax’s Education Division recorded flat revenues of £5.5m for the first half year to 30 June. EBITDA was also flat at £0.9m.
  Education sales up 17% at Pearson (in: Media)
Aug 2, 2008

Pearson’s education business (63% of total 2007 sales and operating profit) delivered sales of £1.183bn in the first half of 2008
 
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