Private equity investor PAI Partners (PAI) is to acquire M Group Services, a service provider to the regulated infrastructure markets in the UK and Ireland, from First Reserve, a private equity firm exclusively focused on energy.  Jim Arnold, Chief Executive of M Group Services, says: “Over the past two years,

Direct Healthcare Group (DHG), a private equity-backed manufacturer of pressure care solutions, has completed the acquisition of Qbitus Products. Qbitus was founded more than thirty years ago and supplies bespoke, pressure relieving cushions to the NHS and Wheelchair Services.   Based in Caerphilly, DHG specialises in the development of clinically

TPG Growth has partnered with management to acquire HALO Branded Solutions, a leading marketing services platform that distributes promotional products and provides employee recognition services. TPG Growth acquired the company from Audax Private Equity. Financial terms of the transaction, which is expected to close in the second quarter, subject to

IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK Small Cap I Fund, alongside founders Maxime Aiach, Philippe Coléon and José Dinis, has acquired Domia Group (Domia), owner of French private tutoring market specialist Acadomia and French home cleaning provider Shiva, from Metric Capital Partners. Acadomia is the leading player in the primary, secondary,

A consortium of Finnish institutions, including LocalTapiola, Varma and Ilmarinen, together with Mehiläinen management and in partnership with lead investor CVC Capital Partners’ (CVC) Fund VII, has agreed to acquire Mehiläinen, a private healthcare and social care provider in Finland. The change in Mehiläinen ownership does not impact the company’s

Mecadaq Group, a provider of high precision manufacturing for the aerospace industry, has acquired Hirschler Manufacturing, a US based company specialised in hard metal machining. Based near Seattle, Washington, USA, with EUR9m in turnover, Hirschler Manufacturing produces high-precision mechanical parts made from hard metals such as titanium, stainless steel, and

Maroon Group has acquired J Tech Sales, a national distributor of specialty chemicals and ingredients. J Tech’s management team, led by Jeff Tannenbaum and Barry Tannenbaum, will remain in place and continue to actively manage the business as an operating vertical within Maroon Group. Tannenbaum and Tannenbaum will become significant

The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) has acquired The Crosspoint building on Liverpool Street in London from Amsprop in an off-market transaction. This investment adds to the Uncommon flexible office and co-working business that Carlyle and the Adir Group launched in June 2017.  Capital for this investment came from investment funds