Turnspire Capital Partners (Turnspire), a special situations-focused private equity firm, has created a new company, Crane Carrier Holdings, to acquire the specialty vehicle group of Hines Corporation, which designs, manufactures and sells heavy-duty truck chassis, complete vehicles and aftermarket parts for specialty markets.  Headquartered in New Philadelphia, Ohio, Crane Carrier

Crestline Direct Lending, a part of the opportunistic investment group of Crestline Investors (Crestline), has closed a Senior Secured Credit Facility to support Schweiger Dermatology Group’s (SDG) expansion.  SDG is a portfolio company of LNK Partners, LLR Partners and SV Health Investors. Crestline served as administrative agent and joint lead

BGF has invested GBP6 million in TIG, a managed service provider which supports mid-market companies transitioning to the cloud.  The investment is being used to support the business’s organic growth and acquisition strategy, beginning today with the acquisition of netConsult, a specialist company providing IT transformational services and cyber security

Red Industries, the hazardous and non-hazardous waste management business, has secured a GBP39 million funding package from BGF, the UK’s most active investor in growing businesses, and HSBC. The funding has initially supported the acquisition of Environmental Resource Group (ERG), and the newly expanded business is now one of the

Private equity firm Apposite Capital has teamed with management to make a substantial investment in Riverdale Healthcare and part fund its investment in Alpha Vitality Group. Debt for the investment has been provided by Metro Bank. Alpha Vitality Group is a ten practice dental group operating in North East England

Inflexion Private Equity has completed a minority investment in UKFast, a UK cloud hosting provider. The investment is being made by Inflexion’s dedicated minority investment fund, Partnership Capital. The deal sees the firm valued at GBP405 million. Founded in 1998, by Lawrence Jones MBE and Gail Jones, Manchester-based UKFast has

Omnes has carried out a primary off-market Management Buyout deal (MBO) investing in engineering and industrial innovation advisory firm ABMI. Omnes has invested EUR10.8 million through its third generation small-cap fund. With the support of its financial partners, notably MACSF and Momentum Invest, Omnes has become majority shareholder alongside company

Varagon Capital Partners (Varagon) is serving as administrative agent, lead arranger and bookrunner on a senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of Pediatric Home Service (PHS) by InTandem Capital Partners. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Roseville, MN, Pediatric Home Service is the largest provider of complex and

Parklands Group, an independent care home provider in the north of Scotland, has received a GBP5m investment from BGF to further accelerate its growth. Set up in 1993 in Buckie by Ron Taylor, Parklands provides high-quality residential care for older people at eight care homes across Moray and the Highlands,