UPDATE: UK: Langholm aims to "do a Dorset Cereals" with Barts Spices
By Dean Best | 4 May 2010
Private-equity firm Langholm Capital is aiming to build new acquisition Barts Spices in a similar way to Dorset Cereals, a food company previously in its portfolio.
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Private-equity firm Langholm Capital is aiming to build new acquisition Barts Spices in a similar way to Dorset Cereals, a food company previously in its portfolio.

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