Dragon Linney splashes £100,000 in biggest-ever Den deal

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Outsourcery boss digs deep to secure a slice of publishing business

Outsourcery boss Piers Linney has signed the biggest-ever deal on Dragons' Den after splashing out £100,000 for a stake in a tech firm which creates personalised children's books. LostMyName pub...

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