Fircroft Engineering Services, a provider of technical recruitment services backed by Equistone Partners Europe, has strengthened its board with the appointment of Philip Gore-Randall as a non-executive director. Gore-Randall (pictured) brings almost 40 years of international experience to the board. He started his career at professional services firm Andersen, working
The share price of companies undertaking recent IPOs on London’s Main Market in the past two years have outperformed the FTSE100 overall, according to research from Deloitte, the business advisory firm. Deloitte’s IPO Barometer shows the share price of 10 Main Market trading company IPOs that occurred in 2011 and
Infrastructure investment firm Alinda Capital Partners has appointed Alex Black as a partner with responsibility for the implementation of operational improvements for the firm’s portfolio companies. Black joined Alinda in 2008 to lead portfolio management and, prior to this announcement, he was a managing director in the firm. He
Panattoni Europe has disposed of two portfolios of logistics assets located in Poland, totalling 402,000 sq m of space, to affiliates of LogiCor, the pan-European logistics platform established by real estate funds managed by affiliates of The Blackstone Group. The first transaction closed in October 2012 and consisted of four
Silicon Valley Bank, financial partner to the technology, life science, cleantech, private equity and venture capital industries, has appointed Andrew Hunter as relationship manager with its UK branch to spearhead its new business efforts in Ireland. Hunter currently works within Silicon Valley Bank’s accelerator and growth group based in London,
A private equity fund managed by Blackstone on behalf of its private equity investors has acquired a controlling interest in two Maldives-based seaplane operators – Maldivian Air Taxi (MAT) and Trans Maldivian Airways (TMA). Following the transaction, Lars Erik Nielsen (founder of MAT), Lars Petré and Hussain Afeef (majority shareholders
International investment bank Altium has formed a partnership with Allegro Advisors, a full service investment bank in India. The partnership will strengthen Altium’s global presence and provide the firm’s clients with access to a strong international M&A advisory network. Allegro provides a range of services including M&A, capital raising, debt
Bain Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of Apex Tool Group, a tools manufacturer. The purchase from Danaher Corporation and Eaton was valued at approximately USD1.6bn. Apex Tool is one of the largest global producers of industrial hand and power tools, tool storage, drill chucks, chain, and electronic soldering products
Chase Templeton Group, one of the UK’s largest private medical insurance (PMI) specialist intermediaries, has secured investment from Palatine Private Equity. Chase Templeton was founded in 2002 by Kevin Amphlett and is the major consolidator in the PMI broker sector having undertaken 10 acquisitions over the past few years. The
The media:tech sector team at Livingstone Partners has sold Taste Festivals to IMG Arts and Entertainment, part of IMG Worldwide, the sport, entertainment and media company. Livingstone advised Taste Festivals’ parent company, Brand Events, and its investor Ingenious Media Active Capital on the transaction. Taste of London and the company’s
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