Maven raises £4.8 million for a commercial property refurbishment in the Thames Valley

Vacant Planar House office building in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, to undergo a full Grade A upgrade

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK's leading Private Equity and Alternative Asset Managers, is pleased to announce that it has successfully raised £4.8 million for the purchase and comprehensive renovation of Planar House.

Maven has purchased the 26,100 sq ft office building for £1.75 million and is to spend close to £2 million on its refurbishment.  Located in Globe Park in the affluent Thames Valley town of Marlow, Buckinghamshire the two-storey building, which comes with over 100 dedicated car parking spaces, will be fully modernised to Grade A standards. The project will involve substantial internal and external improvements to the building, and will be upgraded to achieve a high energy performance rating.

YFM Equity Partners backs £10m MBO of legal support services provider, Intelligent Office UK

YFM Equity Partners has invested £5m in a £10m MBO of Intelligent Office UK, a leading business process outsourcing firm specialising in the legal sector. This is the fifth new deal completed by YFM in the last 8 months.

Headquartered in Alloa, Scotland, Intelligent Office reported a £14m turnover, and is forecasting an increase of 21% in the current financial year. Growth in the past three years of 40% demonstrates a growing interest in outsourcing within law firms.

Midven provides £250,000 Venture Capital Investment for growth to defence and security firm Amba Defence

Amba Defence, a West Midlands-based company that provides innovative defence, security and safety equipment and monitoring services, has secured investment of more than £250,000 from Midven.

Amba Defence, based in Kidderminster, delivers bespoke services to national infrastructure, national and international governments, private institutions and high net-worth individuals.

The £256,000 venture capital funding, made through Midven's Exceed Fund, will enable Amba to expand its product portfolio of advanced technologies and recruit additional staff to support the organisation's growth plans.

With a focused team of experienced professionals, Amba provides security and defence solutions delivered by its four divisions:  Consultancy, Solutions, Technology and Control.

Bridges Ventures invests in ORLA Healthcare, a new service to deliver acute medical care at home

The service aims to deliver enhanced patient choice, improved medical outcomes and ease pressure on A&E units

Bridges Ventures ("Bridges") has announced it is backing ORLA Healthcare ("ORLA"), a new provider of acute medical home care, allowing patients who would otherwise be admitted to hospital, to receive treatment in the comfort of their own home.

At a time when A&E units across the country are increasingly under pressure, ORLA's innovative "Hospital at Home" service gives eligible patients arriving at A&E units the choice of being treated in their own home by a team of specially trained healthcare professionals. Based on international precedents that show that patients being treated in familiar surroundings respond better, ORLA aims to improve medical outcomes and ease pressure on NHS hospitals.