Mobile home holiday operator, European Campaign Group, has started exclusive negotiations to acquire Palmiers Ocean, a French tour operator specialising in mobile home holidays, based in La-Roche-Sur-Yon (Vendee). With over 20 years’ experience, Palmiers Ocean offers over 20,000 trips across 56 destinations, including 48 in France, six in Spain and

Cairngorm Capital Partners has acquired timber merchant Arnold Laver & Co Limited, which, with Cairngorm Capital’s other timber brands; Thornbridge, North Yorkshire Timber and Rembrand will create the largest independent timber business in the UK. Revenues are close to GBP250 million for the combined business, which will now be known

OpenGate Capital, a global private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of AICO, an Italian manufacturer of residential stoves, fireplaces, boilers and cookers from Ambienta SGR, a European private equity group. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. OpenGate Capital Founder and CEO, Andrew Nikou, says: “An integral part

Motive Partners, a global private equity firm focussed on growth investing, has acquired a controlling interest in LPA. Headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and founded in 1999, LPA is a financial technology solutions provider with a focus on capital markets and wealth management participants. LPA offers a broad suite of software