2008-04-04, Silo Breaker UK - Finance Wales appoints new chairman

People Finance Wales has appointed Ian Johnson as the new chairman. Johnson was appointed in an open selection process and is currently chairman and deputy chairman of AIM listed companies Evans Analytical Group and AOI Medical Inc.

2008-02-22, Private Equity Europe UK - Finance Wales invests 500,000 funding round in pharmaceuticals business

fundraising round for Dee Pharmaceuticals. Dee, based in Wrexham, North Wales, specialises in the sale and marketing of branded prescription pharmaceuticals with particular focus on the misuse of substances of abuse market.

2008-02-06, IC Wales Plastics firm moulds fresh future

SOUTH WALES-based Dipec Plastics, which can boast a television sci-fi series and a successful British artist among its clients, has been bought out by its senior manager.

2008-01-30, IC Wales Bio-tech firm opens R&D centre in capital

A US company specialising in new products using the bacterial, microbial and antimicrobial world has set up a research and development facility in Wales.

2008-01-08, National Assembly for Wales GX designs its future through key acquisition

A leading South Wales-based engineering design business is expanding after acquiring divisions of a hardware and software solutions company.

2007-12-05, IC Wales Banking support engineers buy-in

SPECIALIST engineering and design group P14 has been acquired in a management buy-in deal financed by NatWest. The group consists of Resolven-based Nidum Precision Tooling and Merthyr-based Magor Designs, which were both established in 1962.

2007-11-21, Calibre Macro World Welsh bioscience has a vital role

THE pharmaceutical and bioscience sector has a vital role to play in delivering a prosperous Welsh economy, Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones told a major conference.

2007-11-21, Calibre Macro World Funding chief has a billion pound dream

NOT many people get the chance to help make a pounds 1bn positive impact on the Welsh economy. But that is what North Walian Brian Howes set out to do and, if he's fallen short of that ambitious target, isn't not by very much.

2007-11-05, icWales Boomerang flies into stock market

TELEVISION production company Boomerang enters a new chapter today as a London Stock Market listed company. Through its nominated advisers Evolution, the Cardiff group has raised 3m (minus 700,000 expenses) from its float on Londons Alternative Investment Market.

2007-10-12, TMCnet Boomerang flying high as it aims for lucrative stock market listing

(Western Mail Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Independent television production company Boomerang yesterday announced it is to float on the London Stock Exchange.