Graphite Capital, a UK mid-market private equity specialist, has backed the management buy-out of Hanson Wade, a conference organiser and provider of information services, focused primarily on the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Hanson Wade’s management team is led by Tom Richardson, who has overseen a period of rapid expansion since

Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) is to acquire a majority stake in Omnicare, a pharmaceutical wholesaler operating throughout Germany, that primarily distributes finished medicinal products to compounding pharmacies for the patient-specific production of cancer drugs.  Omnicare is being bought from a consortium of shareholders which will retain a stake in the

RSK, a UK-based integrated environmental, engineering and technical services consultancy, has acquired domestic subsidence investigation specialist Geocore Site Investigations Ltd.  The announcement marks the fifth acquisition for the fast-growing RSK group this financial year. Geocore Site Investigations is a company of 30 people based in Redcar, North Yorkshire. Founded in

IRIS Software Group is to acquire FMP Global, a provider of payroll and HR services to international and UK based Small and Medium sized Enterprises. Set to be the largest acquisition by IRIS to date, FMP Global is closely aligned with the Group’s mission to be the most trusted provider

M Group Services, a provider of services to essential infrastructure markets in the UK, with a turnover of over GBP1.2 billion, has acquired KH Engineering Services (KHES). With a turnover of GBP14 million, KHES is one of the UK’s leading providers of mechanical and electrical (M&E) engineering solutions covering the