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CH&CO, a portfolio company of Equistone Partners Europe, has acquired Mitie Catering, comprising Gather & Gather and Creativevents, the workplace catering and events businesses of Mitie.
This is the first bolt-on CH&CO has made since Equistone’s initial investment in May 2019 and marks a continuation of the company’s acquisitive growth strategy.
This deal brings an increase in turnover of GBP137m to CH&CO, 330 more sites across the UK and Ireland and an additional 3,600 team members to the CH&CO family.
Joining the CH&CO portfolio of businesses, Gather & Gather will benefit from being part of a company that
Peterson Partners (Peterson) has sold Performance Systems Integration (PSI), a leading provider of fire and life safety services in the Pacific Northwest to The Riverside Company (Riverside).
PSI, founded in 2002, is based in Portland, Oregon with an office in Seattle, Washington. The company provides a single point of management for compliance services and solutions for all its customers’ fire protection and life safety needs. PSI’s primary services include system design, installation, testing and inspection, service, repair and monitoring.
Since Peterson’s investment in 2014, PSI has grown significantly under CEO Travis Everton’s leadership. PSI increased sales and market share in
UK private equity fund Elaghmore has acquired English Architectural Glazing Limited (EAG). Founded in 1985, EAG specialises in complex and dynamic building facades and is at the forefront of the envelope cladding sector. Elaghmore has acquired the business from its existing management team who will remain with the Company.
EAG provides envelope cladding packages to an established base of long-standing clients including Stanhope, Kier, BAM and Skanska. EAG operates from three sites in Attleborough (Norfolk), Mildenhall (Suffolk) and Cannock (Staffordshire), employing 125 people. The business is focused on London and the South East and works in a variety of sectors
CSL Capital Management has launched CSL Ventures, a new investment initiative focused on early stage and technology-focused opportunities across the energy services industry.
The new strategy will be part of the firm’s latest fund CSL Energy Opportunities Fund III. The energy industry is entering an era where technological innovation has become essential to facilitate cost reduction, efficiency improvement, and meet new environmental and social goals. In this environment, there is a growing need to provide long-term sustainable capital, operational knowledge and guidance to emerging energy technology companies.
Charlie S Leykum, Founding Partner of CSL Capital, says: “We are launching CSL
Genuine Parts Company is to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary EIS, the Electrical Specialties Group of Motion Industries, to Audax Private Equity (Audax).
GPC intends to use the net cash proceeds from the transaction in accordance with its disciplined capital allocation strategy. The use of these funds may include potential investments for both organic and acquisitive growth, reinvestments in the business, share repurchases and the repayment of debt. The transaction is expected to close by the end of September 2019, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
EIS is a well-established and growing North American fabricator, converter and distributor of
Alpine Investors (Alpine), a middle-market private equity firm that focuses on people to build enduring companies, has sold Perennial EdTech (Perennial), its platform of market-leading education software companies, to Frontline Education, a provider of school administration software.
Terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Since Alpine launched the Perennial platform in 2017 shortly after the firm’s acquisition of Escape Technology, which was rolled into Perennial, it has significantly broadened the product portfolio and more than quadrupled revenues over the past two years. Perennial now includes five market-leading software companies in the K-12 education space:
• Escape
Sunstone Management, a diversified capital management and investment firm based in Long Beach, California, has launched a new fund to facilitate the growth of startups participating in the Long Beach Accelerator program.
The fund, designated LBA Sunstone Fund I, will offer investors an opportunity to aid exciting early-stage companies while also generating attractive returns on investment.
The Long Beach Accelerator program, the first of its kind in the City of Long Beach, is a public-private partnership between Sunstone Management, the City of Long Beach and California State University Long Beach. Expected to welcome its first cohort this fall, the accelerator
ClearCourse Partnership (ClearCourse), a group of technology companies providing software, services and digital capabilities to the membership, events & bookings and sports & leisure sectors, has acquired e-clinic, a patient and clinic management software provider.
The deal is ClearCourse’s 13th since its foundation in October 2018 and represents an expansion of Partnership’s product offering into the healthcare industry.
e-clinic was founded in 2002 and continues to operate from its headquarters in Shipley, West Yorkshire, where it employs seven people. Its intuitive proprietary cloud-based software package, ‘e-clinic 2’ is used by clients around the world, from small private medical practices to
New research from insurance broker and risk adviser Marsh has found that warranty and indemnity (W&I) claims notifications across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) have increased significantly since 2016.
Rising claims notifications – up 293 per cent from 2016 to 2018 – correlate with increasing demand for W&I insurance by buyers and sellers to protect M&A deals.
Released today, the Transactional Risk Insurance Claims Study draws on Marsh JLT Specialty’s claims data between 2009 and 2019, and details 175 loss notifications across 24 countries in EMEA. It charts the growth of W&I insurance over the last decade
Novasec has launched a new investment platform, which connects investors with unique opportunities in the fast-growing renewable energy sector.
Through a careful project selection process, Novasec’s platform combines the renewable energy sector with digital securities, providing investors the potential for lower-risk, competitive returns.
“Novasec is proud to help fund the future of the energy industry, offering accredited investors access to attractive renewables opportunities,” says Michael Tishler, CEO and Co-Founder. “Our team of professionals brings together experience from across the financial services, private equity and renewable energy industries, which has allowed us to build a unique end-to-end platform that will benefit
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