Betaville hits 20 million!

Little old Betaville has hit another milestone - today it reached a total of 20 million page impressions from readers.

It's been great fun breaking stories and cracking jokes. But it's now time to think about taking Betaville to the next level.

Retail titbits - part 4

Oh look - I see another one of little old Betaville's stories has been confirmed this morning with the announcement that Radley has been sold to Bregal Freshstream, a new (ish) private equity firm.

In case you don't recall, little old Betaville was the first global media outlet to "exclusively reveal" that Bregal Freshstream, which is backed by a wealthy Dutch family, was participating in the Radley auction.

Imaginatik said to be working on £2 million equity fundraising

Imaginatik, in which controversial businessman Rob Terry has been re-building a substantial stake, is preparing a £2 million equity fundraising.

City sources told little old Betaville that Finn Cap, Imaginatik's brokers, is working on a plan to raise £1.5 million via a placing and £500,000 via an open offer to investors.

Confirmations, confirmations and confirmations for, er, little old Betaville

I see Watkin Jones has this morning issued a statement about its listing on AIM, which saw the Welsh property developer raise £131 million.

Here is a link to today's statement:

Happy birthday Betaville

It's been just over a year since I kicked off Betaville, a cheeky blog that likes to break serious business stories, dig up stock market gossip and crack a few jokes, too.

Now, I could talk about a whole bunch of brilliant things Betaville has done over the last twelve months but instead I will provide a link to a self-congratulatory piece I did over the New Year. Here is a link: http://betaville123.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/betaville-in-2014-and-what-happens-next.html

Back on Tip TV talking about S&N, InterMune and a $60 billion financing package

Betavillers can check out my new celebrity haircut on today's clip from Tip TV in which I talk about Smith & Nephew, InterMune and talk of a $60 billion financing package being put together by a US corporate for a European deal. Enjoy: http://www.tiptv.co.uk/archives/tip-tv-highlight-ben-harrington-06-06-2014/

AO.com's business card part 2

I have just managed to obtain John Roberts's business card thanks to a loyal Betaville reader.

Mr Roberts is the chief executive AO.com and just made a cool £86m from the float of his online white goods retailer (good for him, by the way).