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HR software provider CIPHR has today completed the acquisition of its long-term strategic software and services partner, Payroll Business Solutions (PBS), in a deal that will double the number of customers it can reach through its integrated services.
CIPHR and PBS have worked together for more than 10 years and already have more than 50 joint customers that benefit from integrated HR and payroll systems, including household names such as bed manufacturer Dreams, delivery service CitySprint and property company ZPG. As a result of this acquisition, the Marlow-based business is announcing two new solutions to its market-leading services: CIPHR Payroll
Inflexion-backed Shimtech Industries has acquired Fastener Technology Corporation (FTC), a North Hollywood based supplier of high-strength specialty fasteners for commercial and military aerospace applications.
FTC was founded by Bulent Gulistan in 1979 and has built a strong reputation as an innovative and reliable supplier serving more than 400 customers. Some customer relationships span multiple decades, including those with Lockheed Martin, Click Bond, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Raytheon, and Wesco. The existing management team, led by President Dennis Suedkamp, will continue to operate and grow the business, now aided by Shimtech’s additional group resources.
Shimtech is owned by Inflexion Private Equity and
Foresight Group (Foresight) has made a GBP2.0 million investment as part of a GBP3.3 million round into award-winning novel thin film ultrasound technology company Novosound Ltd (Novosound).
The Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund led the round, investing GBP1.5 million alongside GBP500,000 from the Foresight Scottish Growth Fund, financed by the Scottish Growth Scheme through a combination of Scottish Government funds and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), and GBP1.3 million from existing shareholders including Par Equity, Kelvin Capital, Gabriel Investments, the University of the West of Scotland, and the Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise.
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Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) has appointed Anna Elmfeldt as Managing Director and Head of Nordics.
Reporting to Jiri Zrust, Head of Country Coverage and Origination for MIRA in Europe, Ms. Elmfeldt will be responsible for identifying new investment opportunities in the Nordics for MIRA’s suite of infrastructure and real asset funds. Elmfeldt will also oversee asset management activities and engagement with stakeholders for MIRA across the region.
Leigh Harrison, Head of MIRA EMEA, says: “We have been an investor in the Nordics for more than 15 years and today manage critical infrastructure businesses in Denmark, Finland and Sweden.
Bruin Sports Capital (Bruin) is to acquire Two Circles, a consumer data analytics, sports marketing, and technology practice from WPP. Terms of the agreement, which is subject to regulatory approval, have not been disclosed.
WPP will continue to hold a minority stake in the company.
Two Circles’, proprietary data-management platforms aggregate and analyse massive volumes of consumer data to inform new business development strategies and state-of-the-art marketing programs. Annually, Two Circles processes tens of billions of data points on global sports fans – more than any other sports organisation. Its roster of clients includes the NFL, Premier League, UEFA, Formula
Healthcare specialist private equity investor Apposite Capital’s dentistry group, Riverdale Healthcare, has acquired Eston Dental Practice in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, further expanding in the North East of England.
Eston Dental Practice, which was formerly owned by a father and son team, Asif and Shabir Hussain, for over 30 years, has 9 treatment rooms delivering both NHS and private dental care.
Chris Aylward, Chief Investment Officer of Riverdale Healthcare, says: “We are really excited to have Eston Dental Practice join our group. Asif and Shabir have developed a great dental practice with a fantastic team of professionals who share the
HIG Growth Partners (HIG), the growth capital investment affiliate of HIG Capital, has invested in the Series D growth financing for Passport Labs, a mobility management platform.
Founded in 2010 and based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Passport serves nearly 1,000 clients worldwide, helping them solve mobility challenges with solutions for parking, enforcement, permits, transit, and micro-mobility. Passport processes more than 100 million curbside transactions each year, resulting in more than USD1.5 billion processed to date. The Company’s suite of solutions enables cities to take control of the curb, optimise mobility and create an interface between cities’ infrastructure and vehicles.
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Cinesite announced has secured investment from Gryphion Capital Investments along with new banking facilities from Barclays and NatWest which amount to USD112 million.
Working together Barclays and NatWest will initially provide Cinesite with up to USD52 million for general funding and revolving credit facilities. The independent studio group has a further USD20m in future flexible facilities to deal with acquisition or expansion. In parallel, Gryphion Capital Investments has taken a minority equity position in the company which will further support Cinesite’s strategy for growth.
Headquartered in London, the Cinesite Group operates world class facilities in Berlin, Montreal, Munich &
Dust Mobile, an innovative “secure-by-design” mobile network operator, has raised an initial EUR3 million to launch its commercial deployment. Dust Mobile aims to become the European leader in secure mobile communications with an offer that meets the growing need for protection against cyber threats.
Founded by Jean Michel Henrard and François d’Ormesson in mid-2017, Dust Mobile sells secure proprietary SIM cards – compatible with all smartphones and connected objects – combined with a fully fledged secured mobile communications plan. This offer provides not only full voice, SMS and data communications encryption, but also protects against attacks on cellular network signalling
The Carnrite Group has added Senior Director, Geoff Angulo, to its team. Angulo brings over 25 years of experience in energy banking and management consulting.
“We have worked with Geoff before, and are excited to add him to the team. He is a great addition to our growing group,” said Alan Carnrite, CEO.
Angulo is an executive with over 25 years of experience in the upstream and midstream oil and gas industry. In his most recent role at Jefferies LLC, Geoff led the execution of more than USD38 billion of oil and gas industry transactions, including asset acquisitions/dispositions, corporate mergers
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