David Andrews

3 weeks ago | ldc.co.uk | David Andrews

As featured in Private Equity News. Media businesses are primed for private equity backing as the industry evolves. By David Andrews. Media is one of the UK’s most innovative and exciting sectors. The way we all consume and engage with media content continues to evolve, which combined with a steady flow of new technology, opens the door to significant opportunity for differentiated businesses, and for those with niche market offerings to stand out.

3 weeks ago | wilx.com | David Andrews

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) -A well-known mid-Michigan businessman puts a face on a little-known disease, hoping to convince other men to go see the doctor.            Ralph Shaheen is one of Mid-Michigan’s most popular pitchmen, selling cars for the past fifty years.           The past year has been the most trying for the 74-year-old. It all began during a routine workout session.

1 month ago | wilx.com | David Andrews

EATON COUNTY, Mich. (WILX) -The term “misfit” is used to describe someone or something that just doesn’t seem to fit in or belong. On a farm in rural Eaton County, it’s actually a term of endearment, thanks to a woman who has cultivated a special way of caring for animals in need of a forever home. Victoria Worthy has turned 28 acres just west of Lansing into a place that caters to displaced farm animals. There are goats, sheep, a horse named Timmy who shares a pen with a mini donkey named Lexi-Lou.

1 month ago | wilx.com | David Andrews

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) -It is National Police Week, a time when we pay tribute those those who take the oath to protect and serve their community. At the Lansing Police Department, there is one woman who has faithfully upheld that oath and passed it on to those closest to her. Kristi Pratl has been a fixture at the Lansing Police Department for nearly 25 years. She started as a road patrol officer, moved to community policing, and for the past six years has been solving crimes as a detective.

1 month ago | wilx.com | David Andrews

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) -When Liam “LJ” Rivers started crying uncontrollably and couldn’t express what was wrong, parents Maddie and Cody knew something was wrong with their happy one-and-a-half-year-old boy. They took him to University of Michigan Health-Sparrow, where he was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia, an aggressive form of childhood cancer. “I think as parents, you do anything you can. For your kids.