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26 August 11:05:51 AM	Mike Midgen, VP Sales & Business Development of award-winning company Data Transfer & Communications Ltd (www.dtandc.com), says he is struggling to find a manufacturer for the i-migo, a device which helps prevent the loss of smartphones and data.   i-migo
23 August 4:32:10 PM	David Pick, a former EMI executive and music business veteran, is the founder of Vintage TV (www.vintage-tv.tv) ) for the over-50s which launches on Sept 1 - "The baby-boomers get their very own TV channel..." More in The Telegraph.   Daily Telegraph
18 August 2:51:03 PM	Clive Fretwell has launched a new gastropub concept. The White Brasserie Company (www.whitebrasserie.com) has acquired 'The Queens Head' in Weybridge and 'The Kings Head' in Teddington. Raymond Blanc has an interest in the company. More at C&IT.   C&IT
13 August 4:23:54 PM	Tim Levene and Richard Matthews, founders of Augmentum Capital (www.augmentumcapital.com), enjoy the support and backing of Lord Rothschild. They aim to invest in technology and internet companies in the UK and Hong Kong. More at PrivateEquityWire.   PrivateEquityWire
13 August 4:22:37 PM	TOTO (http://eu.toto.com), the Japanese sanitary ware maker, is almost unknown in the UK. UK general manager Jill Player-Bishop is hoping to change this with the hi-tech Washlet top-the-of-the-range lav costing aound £8,000. More in The Guardian.   The Guardian
10 August 4:17:36 PM	Charles Dunstone has joined the board of Jensen International Automative (www.jensen-cars.co.uk) and is thought to have made an investment in the company that produces around 18 hand-built Jensen Interceptor S cars annually. More in The Telegraph.   Daily Telegraph
10 August 11:35:24 AM	Backed by private equity funding, NetJets founder Richard Santulli has launched Milestone Aviation (www.milestoneaviation.com) to offer "a substantial new source of capital globally to the helicopter and private jet markets." More in The Telegraph.   Daily Telegraph
9 August 3:39:38 PM	Holly Tucker and Sophie Cornish, founders of Notonthehighstreet.com, have attracted a £7,500,000 investment from Index Ventures and Greylock Partners (www.greylock.com) for their online operation which sells 35,000 products sourced from small retailers.   Index Ventures
4 August 10:57:12 AM	Andrea Radrizzani, CEO of international sports media company MP & Silva (www.mpsilva.com), is negotiating a 6-year deal with Arsenal for the club's digital media rights. More on this new aspect of football finance at the Arsenal FC website.   Arsenal FC
4 August 10:48:50 AM	The attempt by Kenny Huang to buy Liverpool Football Club (www.liverpoolfc.tv) underlines the growing awareness of the revenue potential from using broadband and multi-platform content to connect with an overseas fanbase. More in the Guardian.   The Guardian
29 July 11:28:15 AM	Craig Donaldson, CE of Metro Bank (www.metrobankonline.co.uk), has opened the Holborn doors of "the first high street bank to launch in the UK for more than 100 years..." Industry response was muted. More in The Standard.   Evening Standard
28 July 1:13:15 PM	Vladimir Lasocki, MD of Carlyle (www.carlyle.com), is taking the group into a majority stake in Companeo (www.companeo.co.uk), "Europe’s Largest B2B Online Lead Generator", at a price thought to be less than £80,000,000.   Carlyle Group
25 July 3:26:25 PM	Guy Ritchie, film director and owner of The Punch Bowl (www.punchbowllondon.com) pub in Mayfair, is reported to be planning a micro-brewery Ashcombe House, his estate in Wiltshire. More at MailOnline.   MailOnline
23 July 12:00:57 PM	Stephen Thomas, former CE of Luminar (www.luminar.co.uk), is relaunching the Chicago Pizza Pie Factory (www.chicagopizzapiefactory.com) brand in the UK. Word is that he is talking to investor group Hotbed (www.hotbed.uk.com). More at The Independent.  The Independent
22 July 4:14:45 PM	Dragons' Den week 2 - find out which investment proposals were rejected by the Dragons in the second week at DragonsDen (www.ezap.me/DragonsDen).   DragonsDen
22 July 4:12:27 PM	Peter Jones (www.peterjones.tv) has won a deal for Worthenshaws (www.worthenshaws.co.uk) after investing in the firm on Dragons' Den - "R&R Ice Cream (www.rr-icecream.eu) will make and distribute the range, rebranded as Freedom." More at The Express.   Daily Express
20 July 4:45:52 PM	Simon Thomas, the entrepreneur who founded and sold Beacon Bingo (www.beaconbingo.co.uk) is spending up to £30,000,000 of his own money to turn The London Hippodrome into a 24-hour casino which should be ready by mid-2011. More in The Telegraph.   Daily Telegraph
18 July 2:55:50 PM	Serial entrepreneur Richard Farleigh (www.farleigh.com) has launched H2O Markets, a "derivative advisory brokerage based in the City of London that provides research, analysis and advice" and an online CFD platform for serious players.   H2O Markets
17 July 12:32:17 PM	Soft porn war - Penthouse is trying to take over Playboy. Hugh Hefner replies on Twitter (http://twitter.com/HUGHHEFNER) - "If I can satisfy my minority shareholders, I think taking Playboy private can help reinvigorate the brand." More in The Guardian.  The Guardian
17 July 10:24:53 AM	TV presenter Dermot O'Leary is opening a second FishyFishy. A sister restaurant opens at Dolphin Quays in Poole shortly. The FishyFishy concept offers "simple local produce and unhurried service with dishes dominated by fresh fish and seafood..."  FishyFishy
15 July 12:20:29 PM	The new series of Dragons' Den has started. Star of the first show was Kirsty Henshaw with Worthenshaws (www.worthenshaws.co.uk) ethical frozen desserts. Click on the DragonsDen link for the winners and losers from week 1.  DragonsDen
13 July 5:23:23 PM	Former property tycoon Paul Kemsley is pressing ahead with his plans to revive the the New York Cosmos (www.nycosmos.com) brand. He is seeking the necessary funding and "...is understood to be aiming to launch in December..." More in The Telegraph.   Daily Telegraph
7 July 3:59:12 PM	Tony Bromovsky has chosen Fulham for the first Union Market (www.unionmarket.co.uk) outlet. Backed by hedge fund manager Crispin Odey, he plans to turn his "upmarket grocer" concept into a "nationwide chain." More in The Independent.   The Independent
7 July 12:16:05 PM	Peter Jones (www.peterjones.tv), telecoms entrepreneur and Dragons' Den panellist, plans to turn his Aim company Expansys (www.expansys.com) into an online retailer "to challenge Carphone Warehouse and Currys." More at the FT.   FT.com
6 July 6:04:18 PM	Ambar Paul has bought Christopher's (www.christophersgrill.com) in Covent Garden. He plans a revamp to appeal to a younger clientele before rolling out the operation whilst retaining the American bar and grill concept. More at Yahoo! News.   Yahoo! News
6 July 5:40:27 PM	Robin Terell, head of online operations at House of Fraser (www.houseoffraser.co.uk) reckons online sales are growing by more than 100% year-on-year. They currently represent 2% of total sales. He's aiming for 15% within 3 years. More at The Telegraph.  Daily Telegraph
6 July 3:45:26 PM	Nigel Hunter, MD of Fuse 8 (www.fuse8.com), is reversing the online marketing operation into PLUS (www.plusmarketsgroup.com) company Award International Holdings Plc. He will be CE of the enlarged group which will move up to Aim. More at Investegate.   Investegate
4 July 4:35:19 PM	Leisure veteran Nick Basing has joined Monkey Bizness (www.monkey-bizness.co.uk) as chairman as joint-MDs Jason Ward and Alex Cheney look for £1,500,000 to expand the chain of indoor children's activity centres from 8 to the target of 25 units.   Monkey Bizness
30 June 3:11:44 PM	Michael Birch, who sold social networking site Bebo to AOL for $850 million, has launched a political social networking site called Jolitics (www.jolitics.com) and "his own technology incubator company, Monkey Inferno, in San Francisco." More at the FT.  FT.com
22 June 4:51:33 PM	Elisabetta Gucci (www.elisabettagucci.com), great granddaughter of the founder of Gucci, plans to open her first hotel at the end of 2010 in Dubai. She is planning for another 39 over the next 15 years. More at MailOnline.   MailOnline
21 June 11:49:33 AM	Entrepreneur Ian Schrager (www.ianschragercompany.com), co-founder of Studio 54, opens the inaugural Edition (www.editionhotels.com) hotel in October. The Waikiki Edition is the first unit in a $500 million JV with Bill Marriott. More at the LA Times.  LA Times
19 June 11:51:17 AM	US media giant has agreed to sell social networking site Bebo (www.bebo.com) to Criterion Capital Partners for a price reported as "less than $10 million." AOL paid $850 million for Bebo not quite 2 years ago. Techcrunch has the story.   TechCrunch
15 June 11:15:13 AM	Robert Anderson has set up new credit rating repair service Xpedient Finance (www.xpedientfinance.com). According to the FT Xpedient "will claim for compensation in a small claims court and take a 20 per cent cut of any payout."   FT.com
15 June 10:56:35 AM	Serial e-entrepreneur Dan Wagner (MAID, Venda) has launched Powa (www.powa.com) as a one-stop solution - "There is no credible, branded e-commerce or website solution in the European market for small business and sole traders..." More in The Telegraph.   Daily Telegraph
14 June 4:13:50 PM	Jonathan Wachsmann, founder of antique watch company Pieces Of Time (www.antique-watch.com) is setting up a watch auction house in London - "Watches don't have a lower-end auction market in London..There is space for competition." More in the FT.   FT.com
13 June 3:09:54 PM	Russian entrepreneur Arkady Novikov has plans to expand in London. His Novikov Restaurant Group (http://eng.novikovgroup.ru) has "taken the vacant 50 Berkeley Street in London’s Mayfair to open a restaurant and bar..." More at PropertyWeek.   PropertyWeek
11 June 11:04:43 AM	Creative consultant Lisa Tse (www.lisatse.com) has founded The Sorority, "an exclusive members-only club for inspiring professional women" in London. Membership is £1,000 per annum.   The Sorority
8 June 5:05:10 PM	Four students at NYU have raised $200,000 through funding site Kickstarter (www.kickstarter.com) in just one month for Diaspora (www.joindiaspora.com) a "privacy-aware, personally controlled, do-it-all, open source social network." More in The Guardian.   The Guardian
8 June 4:53:50 PM	Richard Longdon, CE of engineering software provider AVEVA (www.aveva.com), reckons that the potential market for new product AVEVA NET - "Google for engineers” - could be worth £500 billion. More at TimesOnline.   TimeOnline