Bridge Leisure Parks, which is backed by Phoenix Equity Partners, has continued its rapid growth on the back of the UK’s buoyant staycation market by acquiring three new holiday parks for a total investment of GBP11million. The three new parks are Ashbourne Heights on the edge of the Peak District

Elaghmore Partners, a UK-focused private equity firm, has acquired Kesslers International (Kesslers), a designer and manufacturer of retail displays and merchandising for world famous brands and leading UK high street retailers.  Elaghmore has bought the business from Enact which invested in Kesslers in February 2016.   Founded in 1893, Kesslers

Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) is to acquire French insurance software vendor Prima Solutions, in partnership with its management team. The transaction is expected to close on 30 September, 2017, subject to approval from the relevant authorities. Carlyle Europe Technology Partners III, a EUR657 million Carlyle fund

Global performance improvement solutions provider GP Strategies Corporation has acquired certain assets and the business of CLS Performance Solutions Limited (CLS), an independent provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) end user adoption and training services in the United Kingdom. CLS will operate as part of GP Strategies’ Performance Readiness Solutions group

Private equity firm Activa Capital’s portfolio company Mecadaq, a provider of high precision manufacturing for the aerospace industry, has acquired Armoa, a specialist in high precision machining. The acquisition takes place 18 months after the creation by Activa Capital of a consolidation platform in aerospace subcontracting. This is the second

Shore Capital Partners platform company Argentum Medical has acquired the TheraBond family of products from Alliqua BioMedical (Alliqua). These products, branded TheraBond with unique SilverTrak technology, include contact dressings, island dressings and wraps for burn care, surgical site care, and wound care.   “Alliqua has done an excellent job establishing

Enghouse Systems Limited has broadened its contact centre portfolio by acquiring San Francisco-based Survox. Survox is a well-established, multi-mode, voice-based survey automation software and services provider.  Its offerings enable market research, facilitate opinion polling and enhance brand equity by efficiently conducting surveys.   The company’s open survey automation development platform delivers

LBO France has partnered with Bertrand Talbotier and the company’s management team, plus investment fund AfricInvest Europe, BNP Paribas Développement, BPI and Trocadéro Capital Partners, to acquire a majority stake in PIEX. PIEX is a specialised distribution company which was founded in 1979 by Robert Jamain, incumbent CEO, and is

Funds advised by Apax Partners (Apax Funds) are to acquire a majority stake in matchesfashion.com, a leading digitally innovative global luxury-fashion brand. The founders, Tom and Ruth Chapman, as well as existing venture capital backers Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) and Highland Europe, will retain minority stakes in the business. The

Healthcare services company Surgery Partners has successfully completed its previously announced acquisition of National Surgical Healthcare (NSH), an owner and operator of surgical facilities in partnership with local physicians. On 9 May, 2017, Surgery Partners announced a definitive merger agreement under which Surgery Partners would acquire NSH from Irving Place