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Söderberg raises £171mn to help fund UK expansion

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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