Deals
Hotels & More, a Inbound Tour Operator for group tours and individual travellers to the United Kingdom and Ireland, is pleased to announce a merger with Irish Welcome Tours, one of Ireland’s leading Inbound Tour Operators.
The agreement brings together two highly complementary businesses to create a market leading operator across both the UK and the Republic of Ireland. The deal builds on the sustained rapid growth achieved by Hotels & More since it was backed by Mayfair Equity Partners (‘Mayfair’) in a buyout in October 2015. Irish Welcome Tours, and its affiliated brands, were advised on the merger by
BGF (Business Growth Fund) has invested GBP6.5 million in private-owned, Scottish catering company Entier.
The Westhill-based company in the North East of Scotland plans to expand its overseas operations, building on its existing work at 38 remote locations in 23 countries. The business already has a presence in Australia, Canada, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States, and last year picked up a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade.
Revenues grew by 13 per cent in the year to 30 September 2016 to GBP44.9 million despite the industry downturn in the prices of oil and gas, with
Funds managed by Gamut Capital Management, a New York-based middle market private equity firm, are to acquire JPW Industries and its global affiliates (JPW), a manufacturer, designer and distributor of a wide range of machinery and equipment under the JET, Powermatic, Wilton, Edwards and Promac brands, from Tenex Capital Management.
Headquartered in La Vergne, Tennessee and founded in 1958, JPW’s branded specialty shop tools and equipment serves a broad range of applications and end markets. JPW products include metalworking and woodworking machinery, vises and clamps, ironworkers, lifting systems, air and hand tools and related parts and accessories. JPW operates in
Amicus Commercial Finance has provided a confidential invoice discounting facility to The Taunton Cider Company Ltd, one of the most famous British cider brands. The financing is set to help the century-old cider company make a return to the shelves.
Confidential invoice discounting is invoice financing that can be organised confidentially, enabling a business to receive capital against sales invoices before payment is received.
The Taunton Cider Company can trace its roots back to 1911 where a local churchman began making cider from locally produced apples at the Heathfield Rectory. In 1911 the Reverend Cornish joined forces with the
Private equity firm Stirling Square Capital Partners has invested inthe Isoclima Group (Isoclima) as part of a management buyout co-led by Isoclima co-founder Alberto Bertolini and industry veteran Bill O’Gara.
Isoclima is the global solutions leader in transparent armour and high-performance glass products. It is headquartered in Este, Italy and employs more than 700 staff in operations across Italy, Croatia and Mexico. Since its founding in 1977 by Augusto Gasparetto and Alberto Bertolini, Isoclima has emerged as the best-in-class producer of high-quality, high-complexity and high-performance glass solutions. For decades, Isoclima has shaped the industry’s leading technical boundaries of ballistic protection,
Flybits has raised USD6.5 million in a Series B funding round led by Information Venture Partners. New investor Portag3 Ventures LP and existing investors Robert Bosch Venture Capital and Trellis Capital also participated.
Robert Antoniades and David Unsworth, Co-founders and General Partners at Information Venture Partners, will join Flybits’ board of directors.
Flybits has raised a total of USD14 million in funding since launching in 2013 and has experienced sizeable month-over-month growth this year. Today’s announcement comes soon after the conclusion of a number of new global partnerships and the release of Flybits’ new Experience Studio, an intuitive visual interface that hides the complexity of
Noerr has advised US private equity fund Lexington Partners on the acquisition of a large part of the media-for-equity portfolio of SevenVentures, the investment arm of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE. London partner and office head Dr Thomas Schulz led the transaction.
Up to 16 minority interests held by SevenVentures and other companies in the ProSiebenSat.1 Group will be transferred to the newly founded fund Crosslantic Capital in the course of the transaction.
Lexington will acquire a majority share in the fund, and SevenVentures will continue to be involved as a media partner holding a minority interest of 24.5 per cent.
Ocorian is to acquire MAS International (MAS), an independent fund administration and corporate services provider. The business operates in Luxembourg and Mauritius in addition to representation in the US.
Expected to close towards the end of 2017, the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approvals, will realise the next stage of the progressive trajectory for Ocorian, following the management buyout and successive rebranding of Bedell Trust in 2016. The acquisition expands Ocorian’s international presence and service capabilities, providing further depth for their existing jurisdictions.
All staff from MAS’s administration and corporate services business will join the combined operation to
UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led a GBP3.5 million investment in Contego Fraud Solutions (Contego), to support the continued growth of the business.
The transaction is being jointly funded by Maven and NVM Private Equity (NVM) which are investing GBP1.8 million and GBP1.5 million respectively. The remaining GBP0.2 million is being funded by existing investors.
Contego provides an automated compliance solution across a wide range of industries, helping organisations in the property, banking, financial services and public sectors to gain a full understanding of their clients, customers and employees by automating onboarding, monitoring and data
Privacy engineering software company, Privitar, has raised USD16 million in a Series A funding round led by Partech Ventures with participation from CME Ventures and Salesforce Ventures.
Existing investors IQ Capital, 24Haymarket and Illuminate Financial have reinvested. Privitar will use the funds to accelerate the delivery of its product roadmap and core IP. The firm will also look to build on sales success in Europe with expansion to the United States and other key geographies.
The landmark investment signals the growing significance of the privacy engineering discipline, as data-driven organisations look to maintain customer trust and comply with legislation
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