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A Coventry-based manufacturer that provides specialist modification to vehicles in the automotive, aerospace, defence and rail sectors has received a GBP1million investment.
Penso City Vehicles will use the funding to invest in tools to modify the Mercedes Vito Tourer into a low emission taxi, including improving its turning circle and enabling side door wheelchair access. The deal will see the business create 20 new jobs and safeguard a further 50 in the next 12 months.
The firm, which currently employs more than 200 people at its new factory in Coventry, has more than 15 years’ engineering experience working with automotive
Union Oil and Gas Group (UOGG), a subsidiary of private equity firm Union Group, and state corporation Empresa Nicaraguense del Petróleo (‘PETRONIC), are to sign an agreement for future operations in four oil and gas blocks in the Sandino Basin offshore of Nicaragua.
The agreement, which is currently being finalised via governmental process, will grant UOGG priority rights to the exploitation of hydrocarbons in these blocks and marks the company’s first expansion into Central America after recent rapid growth in Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia.
“This is an important step towards our establishment of a major oil and gas
Larry Hatheway (pictured), Group Chief Economist and Head of Multi Asset Portfolio Solutions at GAM, looks at what happens next following the UK’s vote to leave the EU…
The UK’s historic referendum has, predictably, sent powerful shockwaves through global capital markets. Intra-day volatility in sterling, European equities and selected other asset classes has approached or even exceeded that seen during the most turbulent episodes of the global financial crisis. The market moves – particularly the sharp fall of sterling – are very much in line with the estimates made by most economists and strategists in their Brexit scenarios.
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ECM Equity Capital Management’s (ECM) German Equity Partners IV (GEP IV) has acquired a majority stake in Wieners+Wieners, a Germany-based provider of language services for business, advertising and financial texts.
Previous owner Caldec Holding, a corporate group that specialises in corporate succession situations and accompanying growth companies with its own capital and operational expertise, will continue to be invested in Wieners+Wieners following this transaction, as will the company’s management. The closing of the transaction will take place on 30 June 2016. The parties have agreed to not disclose the purchase price or any additional details of the transaction.
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Investcorp portfolio company SecureLink Group NV (SecureLink) is to acquire acquire Coresec Systems, one of Scandinavia’s largest managed cyber security service providers.
Established in 2003, Coresec offers integrated cyber security solutions and managed services to corporates and institutions. With more than 250 employees across seven offices and multiple 24/7 manned Network & Security Operation Centres, Coresec’s security experts provide relevant security advice and hands-on assistance to its diverse client base across Scandinavia and the Netherlands.
Carsten Hagenbucher, Managing Director in Investcorp’s Corporate Investment team in London, says: “A key pillar in our investment thesis when acquiring SecureLink in December
Private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners (Arlington) has acquired EOIR Technologies (EOIR), a provider of technology solutions to the Department of Defence and Intelligence Community.
EOIR has 35 years of experience providing advanced solutions in cloud computing, big data analytics, advanced visualisation, C4ISR, spectrum-related information dominance, smart sensing, training and simulation, and rapid prototyping. EOIR has approximately 400 employees in 11 U.S. offices as well as client sites domestically and overseas. In the last year, the Company has won prime positions on several large contract vehicles including Technical Information Engineering Services (USD995 million ceiling with US Army CERDEC), Electromagnetic Maneuver
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has completed the acquisition of Bomgar, a leader in secure access solutions, from TA Associates. Financial details of the deal have not been disclosed.
“Bomgar has established itself as a leader and innovator in secure access software, driven by its suite of remote access and security products and years of unwavering dedication to customers,” says AJ Rohde, a partner at Thoma Bravo. “We’re thrilled to partner with Matt Dircks and the entire Bomgar team to accelerate the expansion of core remote access products, and achieve our collective vision of becoming the choice for integrated remote
Law firm Howard Kennedy is advising Lebanese restaurant chain Comptoir Group on its AIM listing, raising some GBP16 million.
Comptoir Group currently operates 11 Comptoir Libanais restaurants, together with further franchise outlets. It also operates two smaller Lebanese and Eastern Mediterranean outlets under the Shawa brand, and a further two standalone high-end restaurants called Levant and Kenza.
The restaurant group was created by Tony Kitous, who came to Britain in 1998 with just GBP70 in his pocket. He opened his first restaurant in 1993 after selling harissa and merguez sandwiches and home-made lemonade outside his local football club. Comptoir Group
Financial service firms and technology providers around the world will spend more than USD1 billion in 2016 in the race to bring blockchain to capital markets, according to a new report from Greenwich Associates.
Financial service firms believe that blockchain (also referred to as distributed ledger technology (DLT)) has the potential to transform global capital markets. Blockchain technology is revolutionary because it allows, for the first time, a digital asset to be securely transferred from one party to another in near real time, without the need for a third-party intermediary.
In its latest in a series of DLT focused
Alignable, the network for local business owners, has added an additional USD1.5 million in a strategic investment from Recruit Strategic Partners, the Silicon Valley based venture capital firm.
This brings Alignable’s total raise to USD13.5 million with the most recent prior round being USD8 million in September 2015 led by Mayfield Fund and existing investors Saturn Partners, NextView Ventures and Lead Edge Capital.
Recruit Strategic Partners is a 100 percent subsidiary of Recruit Holdings from Japan and has invested in innovative startups, including 99designs, Bench, Docusign, Kabbage and Shipbob, amongst others. The investment from Recruit Strategic Partners will be used
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