Early talent recruitment market specialist Careerpass has secured a GBP2 million investment from BOOST&Co to support the acquisitions of Gradcore.com and Graduate-jobs.com. This move will add to the firm’s growing number of brands that consolidate the early talent recruitment space, to continue building the workforce of tomorrow. A leader
Growth capital investor, BGF has exited its investment in J&B Recycling, generating a 2.4x return. The company is specialist in waste management and recycling in the UK, providing an end-to-end service for commercial and local authority customers across the North and England and Scotland. Urbaser Ltd – the UK
Corporate Finance advisor BCMS has advised leading UK independent medical communications agency Spirit Medical Communications Group Ltd (Spirit), on its sale to OPEN Health. Founded in 2006 by Asif Zaman, and based at premises in Didsbury, Manchester and Alderley Park, Cheshire, Spirit offers full-service medical communications throughout the product lifecycle,
Ridgemont Equity Partners, a middle market private equity investor, has made an investment in Sparus Holdings (Sparus), a provider of outsourced field and professional services for utility and industrial customers. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Sparus and its subsidiaries, Southern Cross and The Spear Group, provide
Lonsdale Capital Partners (Lonsdale), a private equity firm focused on the lower mid-market, has completed the sale of Cross Rental Services (CRS) to Elysian Capital LLP and Company Management, creating a significant return for Lonsdale, the founding shareholders and management. This comes in the same week that Lonsdale announced the
Palatine-backed Construction Testing Solutions (CTS), a provider of construction consulting and testing services, has completed the acquisition of Silkstone Environmental Limited (SEL), a multi-disciplined consultancy specialising in minerals and waste management planning & permitting, site investigation, environmental monitoring and surveying. Based in Sheffield, Silkstone Environmental employs 12 staff and operates
BGF-backed Evoke Creative Ltd – a specialist in kiosk, digital signage and interactive solutions for the retail, hospitality and public sectors – has acquired Liverpool-based app design and development agency, Apposing Ltd. Under the agreement, Apposing will continue to operate as an individual brand from its city centre creative studio,
Babcock Wanson, a specialist in the design and maintenance of industrial boiler rooms, has completed its first acquisition with the purchase of Steam Plant Engineering (SPE), a specialist in the field of industrial boiler services. The acquisition has been made thanks to the support of Kartesia, which recently became its
Private equity firm Genstar Capital has reinvested, out of its most recent fund, in Association Member Benefits Advisors (AMBA), a national affinity-based membership and marketing insurance agency, in partnership with AMBA’s management team. Under Genstar’s ownership AMBA has transformed into an essential partner to its association clients, offering membership development,
Private equity firm Twenty20 Capital has signed a deal to transfer ownership of its high volume recruitment asset, PMP Recruitment to Challenge-trg Group. The deal reinforces Twenty20 Capital’s focus on creating value for shareholders whilst remaining well-positioned to support Cordant’s sub-brands: Cordant People, Premiere People and Staffgroup – building momentum
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