Voyage Care (Voyage), the UK specialist care provider for people with learning disabilities, brain injuries and other complex needs, has acquired Solor Care. Solor Care was previously owned by Barclays Ventures, Royal Bank of Scotland and Management. The acquisition makes Voyage the UK’s clear leader in the provision of learning

Health Safety and Engineering Consultants (HSEC), the engineering risk management consultancy, has undergone a GBP2.7m management buy-out backed by venture capitalist EV. Debt facilities were provided by The Co-operative Bank and included funding to support the company’s future growth.   EV has secured a substantial minority stake in the business,

AIRCOM International, a portfolio company of HIG Europe, the European arm of global private equity investment firm HIG Capital, announces the acquisition of Symena Software & Consulting GmbH (Symena). AIRCOM is the world’s largest independent provider of network planning management and optimisation tools and services to the mobile telecoms industry;

Mid-market private equity firm, CapVest Limited is selling United Coffee (Cafe2011 Holdings Limited trading as United Coffee) to UCC Holdings Limited. United Coffee is the largest independent coffee business in Europe with leading market positions in the UK, Netherlands, Switzerland and Spain and a growing presence in France and Scandinavia.

Sterling Infosystems, Inc, a company owned by management and private equity firm Calera Capital, has acquired BackCheck.  BackCheck, a provider of background checking products and services, is the market leader in Canada and one of the largest providers in the United Kingdom. Sterling, already one of the largest background checking companies

AllianceBernstein has closed its first private equity real estate fund, AllianceBernstein US Real Estate Partners, LP, with capital commitments of USD680 million.  Commitments to the Fund were received from several large, global institutional investors, including Temasek, the Singapore-based investment company, Alberta Teachers Retirement Fund, as well as institutions from the

Private equity firm North Castle Partners has completed an investment in Palladio Beauty Group, in partnership with CEO and owner Philip Solomon, further extending North Castle’s presence in the personal care sector.  The terms of the investment have not been disclosed. Based in Hollywood, Florida, Palladio Beauty Group is a

Opera Finance BV Class A noteholders have voted to accept a credit bid from Utrecht Holdings Sarl, an entity established by private equity funds separately managed by TPG Capital LP and Patron Capital GP LP IV.  The decision ends a 10-month Special Servicer led process which sought to protect the

Queensgate Investments LLP, a new private equity real estate fund manager, set up by Jason Kow, and LJ Investment Group, has launched a new fund, the Queensgate Investments Fund I, a Luxembourg CSSF regulated Fund. The Fund has closed with around GBP100 million (USD158 million) of direct, discretionary investment equity