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Brave Bison - MiniMBA acquisition for £19m produces second upgrade in a single month

July 2025

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Brave Bison (BBSN; 3.1p) has had a remarkable turnaround for a company that for most of its early quoted life lacked a clear strategy. That changed in 2021 when brothers Oli and Theo Green - whose father built Carlton Communications into a billion-pound TV giant - acquired a stake and took control. They cut costs, shifted towards scalable services and content, and they began building a marketing and technology business spanning owned social channels, influencer marketing and ecommerce. This was enough to attract the attention of Tory donor Lord Ashcroft who took a 23% holding, overtaking the Greens with 18%. Ashcroft is known for growing service businesses via M&A such as ADT, Impellam and Marlowe and I presume his influence ...

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