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PayPoint operates a nationwide network of approx 23,500 terminals
located in convenience stores and similar outlets, at which
over-the-counter cash payments of utility bills can be made. In
addition, the network is now being used for the top-up of pre-pay
mobile telephones, the payment of the Congestion Charge in
London, bus ticketing, TV Licensing and similar payments.
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Venture, an oil production company, was established in 1996. Venture
acquires and exploits stranded reserves - typically known oil and
gas reserves where recovery factors have been low and where there
remains potential to increase the total oil recovered by using
modern methods of analysis and production. Venture does not take
high levels of exploration risk, compared to other junior oil
companies and has focused its operations in the North Sea.
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MessageLabs Group provides a range of internet applications
and services to the business sector. The Group has two operating
subsidiaries; MessageLabs, a leading provider of email security
services, assisting its clients in combatting the threats of
email carried viruses, spam and other unwanted material and Star
Internet, an ISP which provides a range of value-added services
such as email filtering, access and hosting.
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MGt is the leading UK provider of outsourced support services
specialising in the digital broadcast and new media markets.
These include customer or subscriber contact management,
fulfilment, billing and collection. MGt customers include digital
television broadcasters, companies in the financial services
sector and local authorities.
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UK Specialist Hospitals was established to develop and operate
specialised treatment centres under long term contracts from the
NHS. By combining best US and UK clinical practices, UKSH
provides for the efficient delivery of elective surgery in
orthopaedics, ophthalmology and general surgery, and adds
capacity to the UK healthcare system. The company’s first
hospital opened in Somerset in 2005 and has achieved excellent
overall performance targets.
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KRI SA is Poland's second largest gas distribution company.
KRI undertakes traditional pipeline distribution but, in
addition, specialises in the condensation and re-gasification of
LNG for industrial customers and municipalities and through its
subsidiary company PGS, undertakes LNG transport. This investment
was made jointly with Lime Rock Partners www.lrpartners.com , a specialist energy
fund.
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