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'Evening Standard' Article 07/12/11 - Fox Poker Club is Investor Success Story
08/12/2011"PROOF that the gaming business can defy any recession? Beer & Partners, the investment firm that helps match angel investors with fledgling businesses, is celebrating after the backers of London’s
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'Business Weekly' comment: "Poker & Medtech Deal Aces to Investors"
07/12/2011Tuesday, 06 December 2011 15:01TONY QUESTED"In a counter cyclical achievement, investors from the Beer & Partners angel community attained up to 100 per cent pa returns on two UK companies – one a London poker club and the other a Cambridge MedTech..."
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Leisure and Medical Sectors Provide Strong Return for Beer Investors
28/11/2011In a countercyclical achievement, investors from the Beer & Partners angel communityhave recently attained up to 100% pa returns for two companies,
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Business Angel Investing Receives Strong Boost from Government
29/11/201129 November 2011 Government announces major catalyst for angel investingin entrepreneurs backing angel investors to bring their financial
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Another Fair Over... November 2011
09/11/2011Click Here for Press Release25th Investment Fair attracts
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Successful Summer Investment Fair
27/06/2011Our Summer Investment Fair took place on June 14th and attracted well over 100 serious investors who turned out to meet the entrepreneurs behind the 30 exciting early-stage companies. Once again, the r
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Budget 2011- from Rescue to Reform
24/03/2011In a fiscally neutral budget, in which the Chancellor had little room for manoeuvre, we were pleasantly surprised by the positive approach to business generally and to the SME sector and angel investors in particular.The key changes were as follows:EISThe initial income tax relief (when making investment) increases
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Successful March Investment Fair
11/03/2011Our first Investment Fair of the year took place on March 10th and attracted over 120 investors who turned out to meet the entrepreneurs behind the 30 exciting early-stage companies. The room was buzzing with activity; entrepreneurs and investors met for the first time to discuss investment opportunities.We have high hopes that the March Fair will prove as successful as our last Fair in
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Upcoming Event...
16/02/2011If you are a Beer & Partners registered investor, why not join us for our ‘Focus on Convertible Debt’ event on Tuesday 22nd February?The joint seminar and investment event offers an introduction to convertible debt and the chance to meet three businesses seeking investme
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Shareholders’ Rights - What you need to know
03/02/2011The first event of the year in our “Meet the Experts” series is taking place on Wednesday 9th February in London, and focuses on Shareholders’ Rights.Following the success of our Meet the Expert Series in 2010 and the positive feedback we received from attendees, Bristows return as our experts to begin the 2011 series with a semina
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Another Successful Investment Fair!
15/11/2010On the 9th November we held our 22nd biannual Investment Fair at Mark Masons Hall in London.Our latest Fair proved to be a vibrant and exciting day, with about 120 of our registered investors turning out to meet the entrepreneurs behind 32 exciting companies. The room was buzzing with activity, as entrepr
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Upcoming London Investment Fair...
27/09/2010Beer & Partners, winners of the prestigiousInvestor Allstars 'Private Investor Network of the Year'
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Luke Johnson celebrates as Beer & Partners receive ‘Best Private Investor Network’ award...
24/09/2010Beer & Partners saw off stiff competition last night (23/09/10)to win the prestigious Investor Allstars, 'Private Investor Network of the Year' award,
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Beer Property Update
21/09/2010We are pleased to say that the Beer & Partners Property Division has been going from strength to strength this year.The sector is certainly alive and well with many good projects coming to us to seek funding, and attracting increasing interest from investors.Kim Ort, who many of you will have met, has decided to step down as Head of the Beer Property Division. A combination of
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Our Team of Associates Continues to Grow...
25/08/2010Beer & Partners have been busy over the summer months, supplementing our countrywide team of associates and are delighted to welcome:In the South East: Anthony Fry – Guildford;
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Beer & Partners Step In Where Banks Fail
12/08/2010So the Bank of England has warned of a ‘choppy recovery’ to come, with reductions in economic growth forecasts, and inflation now predicted to remain above 2% until 2011. Click t
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First Government Report on UK Business Angel Market
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Beer Investment Fair Sets New Standard
01/06/201021st London Investment Fair Attracts Record Number of Investors The bi-annual Beer & Partners Investment Fair, held in London on Tuesday 18th May, managed to entice record numbers of investors.
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"Angel Deal of the Decade"
27/05/2010PRESS ARTICLE Angel News May 2010 Luke Johnson, newly appointed majority sha
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Successful Beer Investment Evenings
17/05/2010Beer Investment Evenings Face-to-Face Finance Spring 2010 Programme – Off to
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Upcoming Events at Beer & Partners
14/05/2010London Investment FairFace-to-Face Finance18th May 2010
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Press Release: Luke Johnson supports Small Business Britain through Beer & Partners
26/04/2010Strategic investment allows serial entrepreneur to tap into early stage companies London, 26 April 2010Beer & Partners, the UK’s largest business investment agency, and Luke Johnson, columnist for the FT and former chairman of Channel 4, today announced t
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Luke Johnson Invests in Beer & Partners
26/04/2010Strategic investment allows serial entrepreneur to tap into early stage companies London, 26 April 2010Beer & Partners, the UK’s largest business investment agency, and Luke Johnson, columnist for the FT and former chairman of Channel 4, today announc
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First Beer Investment Evening a Success!
03/02/2010The first of many Beer Investment Evenings was held last Thursday 28th January in London. The
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Six Companies Raise Funding as Direct Result of Investment Fair
18/01/2010The 20th Beer & Partners Investment Fair in November proved to be one of our most successful to date. Six companies have completed within the last month and a half, securing a total of over £1.2m between them.The largest investment w
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London Investment Fair Reaches 10 Year Milestone!
09/11/2009Beer & Partners hosted the 20th bi-annual London Investment Fair on Tuesday 3 November.During the day over 125 investors came to our fair to meet the 30 fund seekers presenting a wide variety of funding opportunities in new and expanding innovative companies. Many investors were attending for the first
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30th November: First Fair Client Funded from November 3rd Investment Fair
30/11/2009Beer & Partners are pleased to confirm our first successful client funding as a direct result of November’s Investment Fair. November 3rd saw our 20th Fair take place in London with thirty companies exhibiting on the day. ‘Zero Waste Management’, are the first company to raise funding from the Fair. This busi
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IPCC Sold to Lloyds Pharmacy for £60m
18/12/2007Beer & Partners assisted Independent Pharmacy Care Centre (IPCC) in raising £6.5m between 2004 and 2006. The funding facilitated the expansion of IPCC as they grew to an estate of 35 pharmacy units. The roll-out was strongly based on the community model of high quality independent pharmacies often located close to doctor’s surgeries and delivering an enhanced range of services within tho
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Greener Solutions provides 10X Return on Investment
18/12/2009Beer & Partners assisted Greener solutions in raising equity finance in 2002. This funding facilitated the company through its expansion phase and it now has offices in both the UK and Germany. The company’s unique approach to recycling mobile phones has attracted major clients such as Vodaphone.A recent fundraising gave Beer & Partners investors the right to parti
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Epistem Delivers High Returns for Beer’s Investors
18/12/2009Beer & Partners introduced shares in Epistem pre-IPO to investors in the Autumn of 2006. They were taken up alongside institutional investor portions in Spring 2007. The price of £1.24 which Beer investors obtained represented a discount to the projected and actual £1.50 AIM flotation price. Today’s share price provides a return for Beer & Partners investors in e
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Recruitment - Could you be a Beer Associate?
23/09/2009Could you be a Beer Associate?We are continuing to actively seek new recruits to build our team of Associates throughout the UK.We are searching for qualities we most value. New business start-ups and the lack of availability of other so
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New Initiative Providing Due Diligence on Selected Opportunities
14/04/2009Beer & Partners are pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative, the DD Pack, aimed at making fund seekers more attractive to the investors who would like to see opportunities with some pre-completed due diligence. We have teamed up with respected London law firm, Nabarro
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Beer & Partners Help Innovative Car Servicing Company Move Closer to IPO
03/02/2009A recent investment by a Beer & Partners investor, who will shortly join their Board, has helped Silverstone-based In’n’Out Services Ltd to move closer to their planned IPO in late 2009/early 2010. Their fixed-price and fast (30 minute) formula for carrying out routine servicing and MoT testing together with professional valeting at very smart and clean outlets sited on major retail parks, see
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Beer Raises £200,000 for Cafe Chain
14/10/2008Mail on Sunday Sunday 17th August 2008 Husband and wife build up chain of cafes WORKING for National Lottery operator Camelot, Ian Trisk-Grove was used to dealing with long-shots, but when he and his wife, Carly, gave up their jobs to run a café, many thought it was a gamble too far. And after setting up their first Café in the Park in 2004 at Rickmansworth Aquadrome in Hertfordshire,
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Stratadigm Consulting Join Beer & Partners
10/10/2008BEER AND PARTNERS APPOINT STRATADIGM CONSULTING AS CORPORATE ASSOCIATE The UK’s largest Business Angel Network has appointed Stratadigm Consulting as a Corporate Associate to represent it in Wales and the South West of England. This will allow Stratadigm to provide an additional service in sourcing funding for businesses throughout the country by accessing Beer and Partners extensive network
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Completion in 8 Days!
08/09/2008Beer were approached to raise £500,000 to provide interim funding during sale of business and approached handful of investors confidentially. Robert Whitaker our associate based in Salisbury completed funding within 8 working days and is in discussion with other investors for additional investment. They have now appointed Boutique Corp finance house in London to sell the business and expect to
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