KKR is to acquire The Brickman Group for USD1.6bn from Leonard Green & Partners and other shareholders. Founded in 1939, Brickman is a provider of landscape maintenance and snow removal services in the US. With nearly 10,000 employees nationwide, Brickman serves a diversified base of over 10,000 clients.   Andrew

CCS Healthcare has entered into an agreement with Merck Sharp & Dohme (Sweden) to acquire the pharmaceutical skin care product and trademark Propyless. Propyless is a lotion, based on active substance propylene glycol, used for dry skin, atopic dermatitis and psoriasis. Introduced in the late 1980s it is a well-known

The Honest Company has secured USD25m in a financing round led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) and joined by ICONIQ Capital, with participation from existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst Partners. The new round of funding adds to USD27m raised previously and will accelerate growth initiatives including international