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Private equity snaps up WK education arm.

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Byline: Daniel Griffin

Private equity snaps up WK education arm

Daniel Griffin

In a move to encourage growth and pay off its debts, information provider and publisher Wolters Kluwer has agreed to sell its education division to private equity firm Bridgepoint Capital.

Bridgepoint partner Mike Black said the division had "potential", citing "expansion plans in e-learning".

Wolters Kluwer will use the ...

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