Leep Utilities (Leep) has completed its purchase of SSE Water, the New Appointments and Variations (NAV) company, from SSE plc.   The acquisition covers SSE’s water and sewerage networks and makes Leep the largest UK operator in the New Appointments (NAV) market and gives the business over 20,000 new customers across 28 sites in southern England and Wales. As part of the transaction, Leep welcomes to its team six members of staff with over 130 years’ combined industry experience. Leep Utilities is backed by Ancala Partners (Ancala), a mid-market infrastructure investment manager, and the Peel Group (“Peel”), one of the UK’s

Private equity firm The Riverside Company has acquired La Galvanina (Galvanina), a fourth generation, family-owned, Italian producer of premium private label and branded mineral water and traditional and organic soft drinks.  Galvanina sells its products to a global customer base comprised of leading retailers, department stores and wholesalers in more than 35 countries, with the US, Italy and Canada representing its largest markets in 2018.   Galvanina has more than 70 years of experience in the large-scale production of premium branded and private label mineral water and soft drinks. The company is known for its healthy, high-quality, pure organic, “Made

UK private equity fund Elaghmore has acquired Gardners, a designer and manufacturer of large format visual displays for world-famous brands and leading UK retailers. Elaghmore has bought Gardners from its management, who will remain with the business. Based in Cardiff and employing over 100 people, Gardners was an early pioneer in digital print technology. Today, from its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, Gardners now provides large format graphic solutions to leading brands, retailers and agencies. Gardners offers a full end to end solution, from creative design, through to complex installation. Gardners works with customers across the retail, logistics, construction and leisure sectors.

Silverbear, a member of the ClearCourse Partnership and a membership and CRM solutions provider for professional organisations, trade associations and the wider Not-for-Profit sector, has acquired Decisions, a provider of CRM solutions, application development and support for membership associations.  The deal was financed by ClearCourse and represents the first acquisition made by one of its companies since the Partnership was set up seven months ago.   Decisions provides configurable, integrated management software and consultancy and events management services to member-driven associations, societies, clubs and professional institutes, such as the British Association for Shooting and Conservation and the Society of Genealogists.