UK private equity fund Elaghmore has acquired UK signage specialist, Blaze Signs Holdings Ltd (Blaze). Based in Broadstairs, Kent, and with a substantial manufacturing and service centre in Birmingham, Blaze designs, manufactures, installs and maintains high-quality signage for well-known brands, including Lloyds Bank, Vision Express, Tescos and Sainsburys. During the pandemic,

CenterOak Partners’ (CenterOak) portfolio company Service Champions has acquired ASI Hastings (ASI), a provider of residential HVAC and plumbing services in San Diego, California.  

Limerston Capital Partners I has acquired Forensis Group Limited and Forensic Axis Limited, (trading respectively as Forensic Access and Axiom International, specialists in forensic science services and international institutional reform and capacity building.    Operating from state-of-the art facilities in Wantage (Oxfordshire), Forensic Access was established by Professor Angela Gallop in

Squla (Futurewhiz), a portfolio company of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), has acquired Scoyo, an online learning platform for primary and secondary school students in the German market.Squla is the leading consumer education company in the Netherlands and provides interactive educational tools for primary school pupils (Squla) and secondary school

Private equity-backed soft drinks manufacturer Clearly Drinks is to invest in a new canning facility at its Sunderland headquarters following support from NorthEdge.The multi-million-pound investment is set to provide state-of-the-art canning capabilities, designed by BW Integrated Systems, allowing Clearly Drinks to manufacture 160 million cans each year. This will enhance

Pemberton, an asset manager backed by one of Europe’s largest insurers, Legal & General Group, is supporting Advent International’s acquisition of a majority stake in Hermes UK, a consumer delivery company, with the provision of debt financing, together with Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division and PSP Investments.Hermes UK is one

Varagon Capital Partners (Varagon) is serving as Administrative Agent, Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner on a senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of Sila Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc by Astar Heating and Air, a Dubin Clark portfolio company.Astar Heating and Air, LLC was founded in 1976

IQ-EQ has acquired Conseil Expertise & Synthese (CE&S), an independent accounting business based in Paris. This latest acquisition, the firm’s second in 2020, adds further scale and a strong client book to its French operations enabling is to offer an extensive suite of funds, corporate and private wealth services.Led by