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by Alistair Hardaker Manchester-based venture capital investor Praetura Ventures has appointed four new operational partners in Colin Greene, Dominic McGregor, Catherine Barber-Brown and Mark Slade.  The newly created role is hoped to “bring significant intellect, energy and commercial experience on board to support the founders and entrepreneurs it backs.” McGregor (pictured center-left) is the co-founder and ex-COO of Social Chain, who alongside co-founder Steven Bartlett, helped grow t...

The chief executive of regional newspaper giant JPI Media has been ousted, weeks after the company’s £10.2 million takeover. It is understood that David King left JPI, which owned titles including the Scotsman and the Yorkshire Post, earlier this month alongside other members of the company’s leadership team. On New Year’s Eve, the publisher was snapped up by National World, the media takeover vehicle led by former Mirror Group boss David Montgomery. The PA news agency understands the ch...

by David Prior Jeremy Clifford, editor-in-chief of JPI Media and a former editor of the Yorkshire Post and Sheffield Star, is among five executives who will leave the publisher in the wake of its recent sale. Earlier this month, JPI Media was bought by National World, an investment vehicle led by industry veteran David Montgomery, in a £10.2m deal. And the company has now announced that Clifford, interim chief financial officer Cormac O’Shea, group commercial director Andy Sumner, company se...