He said firms that join the group would not be part of the wider group, but instead Söderberg will hold minority stakes in the businesses - a model it already operates elsewhere.
“It's not like a consolidator, we're actually taking stakes in businesses and backing the management and helping them finance their growth opportunities.
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“Typically, the firms would be £100mn plus but key to that we're looking at firms that really are ambitious, and want to grow,” he said at the time
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