ITV has secured an asset based finance facility with Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance, which allows the broadcaster to draw up to GBP125m over a five year period. This follows ITV’s recently announced nine month figures, where group revenues were up 11 per cent to GBP1,456m on 2009. The asset
Octopus Investments has made an investment of GBP2m into Diverse Energy, a company that builds low-cost, low-carbon power generators for off-grid telecommunications applications. Diverse Energy builds an emission-free, low-cost power solution for mobile phone communication towers in rural areas of developing countries. It has developed the PowerCube, a standalone replacement
KRG Capital Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of Consolidated Equipment Parts and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Consolidated Commercial Controls d/b/a AllPoints Foodservice Parts & Supplies and Tundra Specialties from Pfingsten Partners. AllPoints is a distributor of maintenance, repair and operation (MRO) parts, supplies and equipment
Black Pearl Capital Partners has added another UK renewable energy site to its UK portfolio in Bromborough, Wirral. The site consists of 46 acres with facilities for bio-diesel refining, blending, processing as well as storage. "Today’s purchase comes on the heels of another renewable energy site we acquired in Castleford,
The Gym Group, a UK low-cost gym operator, has secured GBP20m to fund its expansion plans. Financial backing for the growth strategy consists of further incremental commitments from lead investor Bridges Ventures and a revolving credit facility from HSBC. Chief executive John Treharne says: “Prevailing economic conditions mean that for
Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has agreed to purchase a 55 per cent stake in Claren Road, a long-short credit hedge fund with USD4.5bn in assets under management, in exchange for cash, an ownership interest in Carlyle and performance-based contingent payments. Claren Road founders will reinvest substantially all
Law firm Nabarro & Hinge has advised Syntagma Capital, a private Belgian investment firm, on the acquisition of Tyco International’s fire and safety entities in Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary and Sweden. Tyco International is a provider of electronic security products and services. The sold entities of the fire and safety
FleetMatics, a provider of GPS tracking applications for commercial fleets, has closed a USD68m growth equity financing. Institutional Venture Partners invested with Investcorp Technology Partners, FleetMatics’ majority owner. New World Ventures also participated as a new investor. Over 12,500 businesses globally use the FleetMatics tracking system. In conjunction
Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Acquisition Finance has provided a senior debt facility to support Sovereign Capital’s acquisition of The IMS Consulting Group, a provider of consulting and integrated business support to the wholesale asset management and securities industry. The acquisition finance team acted as sole mandated lead arranger for the
Dunedin, a UK mid-market private equity firm, has provided acquisition funding to support the ongoing buy and build strategy of CitySprint, a UK distribution network. The deal sees Dunedin employ its trademark DebtBridge product and is Dunedin’s second deal in five months from its GBP250m fund, following the management buyout
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