-
2 months ago | 
theparliamentmagazine.eu | Eloise Hardy |Emma Salisbury
As the EU country debates a proposal that would expand its media regulator’s powers, questions loom over how well the rules would address digital propaganda in an age of war. Estonia is looking to grant a regulator new powers to limit the broadcast of Russian and Belarusian state propaganda channels. But questions remain about whether the new rules will be enough for the age of digital propaganda.
-
Feb 7, 2025 | 
theparliamentmagazine.eu | Emma Salisbury |Eloise Hardy
With increased damage to underwater infrastructure in the Baltic, decision-makers are left searching for the correct level of response to potential sabotage. The incidents of cable damage in the Baltic Sea are becoming a pattern. The four since October each seem to have involved merchant ships dragging their anchors over underwater cables. The Baltic Sea is a busy shipping area with a great deal of undersea infrastructure.
-
Jan 27, 2025 | 
warontherocks.com | Emma Salisbury
It is no secret that the American commercial shipbuilding industry is struggling. The U.S. Merchant Marine fleet is small, aging, and will be unable to provide the U.S. military with significant additional sealift capability during wartime.
-
Jan 17, 2025 | 
graphitecapital.com | Emma Salisbury
Graphite Capital is delighted to announce that it has been shortlisted by Real Deals for ESG Champion of the Year (Mid-Cap). Being shortlisted for this award is a reflection of Graphite’s commitment to furthering the sustainability agenda, working with its charity partners and supporting its portfolio companies to improve their own ESG performance.
-
Nov 26, 2024 | 
graphitecapital.com | Emma Salisbury
Congratulations to nGAGE Talent for being recognised by the Financial Times as achieving the most sustained growth of any UK Talent organisation over the last decade. Ranking 8th in “Employment Services” across Europe and 1st among UK firms, nGAGE has achieved the 12th highest growth of any company from the UK in any sector.
-
Nov 26, 2024 | 
graphitecapital.com | Emma Salisbury
Ten10 the leading provider of software quality engineering, automation and business analysis services, has acquired The Scale Factory, an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner specialising in B2B SaaS and cloud infrastructure services. This strategic acquisition marks a significant milestone in Ten10’s growth journey.
-
Nov 26, 2024 | 
graphitecapital.com | Emma Salisbury
nGAGE Talent has acquired Science Solutions Recruitment Limited the specialist Life Sciences and Chemical Engineering recruitment business. As part of the transaction, the business will be re-branded into two niche brands to focus on its specialisms, Smart4Sciences and Smart4Chemicals, with both retaining their great people, relationships and expertise.
-
Nov 7, 2024 | 
graphitecapital.com | Emma Salisbury
Portfolio company Storal, an operator of nurseries and pre-schools across England, has announced the acquisition of the Children 1st, one of the highest quality nursery groups in this sector. This acquisition leads Storal towards being amongst the largest and highest rated nursery groups in the country, offering over 5000 places across 53 nurseries.
-
Oct 1, 2024 | 
graphitecapital.com | Emma Salisbury
Congratulations to our portfolio company nGAGE Talent for winning ‘Most Effective Back Office Operation’ at the Recruiter Awards last week. Well done to their teams in HR, Finance, Legal, Compliance, IT and Marketing across the globe for creating a highly effective and market leading support platform. We would also like to congratulate Retinue Solutions, nGAGE’s MSP division for winning the ‘ESG initiative of the year’ prize at the TIARA Awards.
-
Sep 20, 2024 | 
graphitecapital.com | Emma Salisbury
We are delighted to announce that Explore Learning has won the ‘Excellence in Impact’ category at this year’s British Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards. Explore Learning is the UK leader of centre-based and online tuition for children aged between 5 and 16 with a national network of around 100 centres. The company’s online tutors also use Explore’s unique, in-house-developed, adaptive e-learning tool.
