Fircroft has strengthened its position in the mining, minerals and natural resources industries with the acquisition of Australian-based One Key Resources. Established in 2011, One Key Resources is a specialist provider of workforce solutions to the mining industry and has become a market leader in the Asia-Pacific region.   The

Global energy and commodity price reporting agency Argus has agreed a strategic partnership with global growth equity firm General Atlantic. General Atlantic will acquire a majority stake in the business, enabling Argus to fuel its next phase of global expansion. Argus executive chairman and publisher Adrian Binks, who has led

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has backed the management buyout of CIPHR, a vendor of human capital management (HCM) software, to further develop its SaaS offering and expand its product range. CIPHR, which is headquartered in Marlow, provides HR management software targeted at small and medium sized organisations (SMEs) with

BGF (Business Growth Fund), a provider of growth capital to small and mid-sized businesses, is celebrating celebrates five years of growth during which it has invested nearly GBP850 million in a diverse portfolio of more than 125 companies including manufacturers, retailers, technology providers, restaurants and more. The milestone follows BGF’s

Rail rolling stock leasing company Beacon Rail Leasing, a portfolio company of Pamplona Capital, is to purchase 13 sets of five-car intercity carriages which will be leased to TransPennine Express Limited (TPE), a FirstGroup plc company. The carriages will be manufactured by Spanish manufacturer, Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (“CAF”)

Clearwater International Denmark has acted as financial advisor to the owners of StarCo in the divestment of major parts of their aftermarket business to German Bohnenkamp. The StarCo Group has been family owned and expanding for more than 55 years. Today, StarCo has more than 700 colleagues, is represented throughout

The outlook for the healthcare industry remains challenging thanks in part to uncertainty over the upcoming presidential election and the continued changes ushered in by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). However, despite the uncertainty and rapid changes across healthcare, private equity investors are still attracted to many real opportunities.  These

Synlab Bondco, a subsidiary of Cinven portfolio company Synlab Limited, has successfully priced a private placement offering of EUR190 million in principal amount of additional senior secured floating rate notes due 2022 at a price of 99.5 per cent. Synlab is the leading pan-European clinical laboratories business operating across 35

Commercial cleaning and outsourced facility maintenance company, Capital Contractors, has closed on a USD5 million financing facility from its current majority owner, an affiliate of Palladium Equity Partners, LLC.  Founded in 1932, Capital Contractors will use the proceeds from the financing to continue to expand its sales, operations and customer