Broadstone, one of the UK’s leading employee benefits and pensions consulting businesses, has acquired Bristol-based BBS Consultants and Actuaries. This is Broadstone’s fourth and largest acquisition in 2019 following the purchases of Liverpool-based CS Financial Solutions, Thomson Dickson Consulting in Glasgow and the London-based 3HR Benefits Consultancy.   Founded in

ARQIS has advised SkyFive on the acquisition of the core assets of the Air-to-Ground (A2G) business division from Nokia. Both parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. Nokia’s A2G technology is designed to provide broadband telecom connectivity for continental air travel and has significant technology and cost advantages

Middle market private equity firm One Rock Capital Partners is to acquire Innophos Holdings (Innophos), an nternational producer of essential ingredients, for USD32.00 per share in cash in a transaction valued at approximately USD932 million, including the assumption of debt.  The transaction has been unanimously approved by Innophos’ Board of

Global investment manager AMP Capital has agreed to acquire Expedient (Continental Broadband,), a leading US provider of cloud computing and data centre services, from Landmark Media. Expedient offers an integrated suite of colocation, cloud, managed services and network access products to a highly diverse base of over 1,200 customers. The

Middle-market private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP) has completed the acquisition of ORS MEDCO, a wholesaler of maintenance and repair focused non-discretionary and consumable industrial and automotive aftermarket products, from Essendant. in a corporate carve-out transaction. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Headquartered in Deerfield,

Whitney, Bradley & Brown (WBB), a portfolio company of HIG Capital (HIG), a global private equity investment firm with over USD34 billion of equity capital under management, has acquired BRTRC Federal Solutions (BRTRC). Headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, BRTRC is a provider of support services across the Army and other US

Endless, a private equity investor, has acquired Victoria Plum from TPG Capital. Founded in 2001, Victoria Plum provides a range of predominantly own-branded bathroom products, including bathroom suites, bathroom furniture and accessories. Victoria Plum currently employs more than 300 people and the investment from Endless will support the online bathroom

Global beauty brand SLG has acquired three high street brands – Amie Naturally Kind Skincare, Johnny’s Chop Shop Grooming and COLAB Dry Shampoo. The three deals amount to a consideration of over GBP15 million.   SLG Brands was incorporated in 1985 and has evolved from contract manufacturer to award-winning multi-category

Funds advised by YFM Equity Partners (YFM) have backed a GBP4.5 million investment into SharpCloud Software Limited (SharpCloud) to support the continued growth and roll out of its enterprise SaaS product. YFM’s investment comes from its two advised VCTs, British Smaller Companies VCT plc and British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc,