Cairngorm Capital Partners has merged two of its portfolio companies, Grant & Stone Group and Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG), creating a builders’ merchant group with 123 branches, revenues in excess of GBP500 million and over 1,700 employees. The new Group extends from Cornwall to Kent and comprises builders’ merchants,
Browne Jacobson’s national private equity team has advised North West based Access Creative College (ACC) on its Apiary-backed acquisition of the sound and music institute, dBS for an undisclosed consideration.
3i Group (3i) is to invest in Dutch Bakery, a bakery group specialised in home bake-off bread and snack products. Headquartered in Tilburg, Dutch Bakery operates six bakeries across the Netherlands. 3i is investing to drive the company’s international growth strategy in the fragmented European private label market for bake-off
Swapi, a brand-new loyalty e-wallet platform, has closed its latest funding round at GBP860k ahead of its launch this October. This new injection of funds will help bring the app to market, while ensuring a strong customer experience as well as providing the means to expand the Swapi’s growing team.
Funds affiliated to Lightyear Capital (Lightyear) have agreed to acquire assets from and partner with Schellman & Company (Schellman) in forming a new venture that will set the standard for the delivery of information technology and cybersecurity compliance services. Going forward, Schellman, a licensed CPA firm, will provide attest services,
HIG WhiteHorse, a credit affiliate of global investment firm HIG Capital (HIG) has arranged a GBP55 million unitranche financing package for AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap) in support of its sector growth and consolidation strategy in the UK wealth management platform industry. To date, AnaCap, a leading specialist European financial services
Gresham House Energy Storage Fund, a UK fund investing in utility-scale battery energy storage systems, has agreed a new five year GBP180 million debt facility with a syndicate of banks including Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Lloyds Bank, NatWest and Santander. The Facility comprises a GBP150 million capex term facility and
ARQIS has advised Megger Group on its acquisition of a an equity stake in the IPS group and the formation of a strategic partnership between the two companies. IPS was founded by Dr. Zeljko Schreiner in 2004 and is now one of the leading providers of Asset Performance Management (APM),
Mid-market investment firm Access Holdings has completed a transaction that will allow it to continue to manage portfolio company Foundation Partners Group (FPG). Access Holdings is fully committed to its partnership with Foundation Partners Group and believes that it is positioned for long-term growth. Coller Capital, a leading investor in
Leading healthcare investors Avista Capital Partners (Avista Capital) and Nordic Capital are to o sell Acino, a Swiss pharmaceutical company headquartered in Zurich, to ADQ, one of the region’s largest holding companies with a broad portfolio of major enterprises spanning key sectors of Abu Dhabi’s diversified economy. In partnership, Avista
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