Background Inflexion Private Equity completed the take-private acquisition of Ideal in a £78.3m transaction. The company was delisted from AIM on 22 June 2011. Ideal sells lifestyle and niche craft and hobbyist products to consumers through TV shopping channels, the … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2011
Case Study: Sale PH Jones Group £30.0M
Sale PH Jones Group Acquisition of the Utility Services Division of PH Jones Group Sale of minority shareholding in Plumbnations Background PH Jones carries out more than 8,000 central heating installations every year through 28 contracts within the social housing … Continue reading
Case Study: Sale of BAS (Energy Services Group) £40.0M
Background Bridgepoint Development Capital backed a management buyout of Building Automation Solutions (BAS) in December 2010. The Altrincham-based company, founded in 2006 following a buyout from Siemens, helps businesses reduce their energy costs and consumption. Under the deal, the owners … Continue reading
Handful of expert firms picked to advise companies on Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus
Five professional firms have been recruited to provide support to businesses based at a high-tech science park. CBG Group, Dow Schofield Watts, MSB Solicitors, Montpelier and Lloyds TSB Commercial will support more than 100 firms at Daresbury Science and Innovation … Continue reading
GB powers up with £11.2m swoop
GB Group, the Chester-based ID management systems provider, is to buy one of its major rivals in a £11.2m deal. The AIM-listed company will raise around £8m through a placing of 20 million new shares at 40p per share to … Continue reading
GB Group acquisition of Capscan
GB Group plc, the Chester-based ID management systems provider, is to buy one of its major rivals in a £11.2m deal. The AIM-listed company will raise around £8m through a placing of 20 million new shares at 40p per share … Continue reading
German trade buyer pays £112m for Multisol
Cheshire chemicals distribution firm Multisol has been acquired by German industrial group Brenntag in a deal worth more than £112m, Nantwich-based Multisol, which had been looking to list on AIM last year, was advised by Warrington-based corporate finance house Dow … Continue reading
Multisol Group sold to Brenntag for £112m
Cheshire chemicals distribution firm Multisol has been acquired by German industrial group Brenntag in a deal worth more than £112m. Nantwich-based Multisol, which had been looking to list on AIM last year, was advised by Warrington-based corporate finance house Dow … Continue reading
£5.0m Acquisition of ACS by GB Group PLC
Chester identity management group GB Group has bought Advanced Checking Services (ACS). ACS makes technology that electronically checks driving licences to help companies comply with health and safety and corporate manslaughter legislation. GB Group has paid £420,000 for the Glasgow-based … Continue reading
£7.2m MBO of Vickers Electronics
Energy management company Vickers Electronics has undergone a £7.2m management buyout in a deal backed by Enterprise Ventures, PHD Equity Partners and Yorkshire Bank Corporate & Structured Finance. The Trafford Park-based company designs, installs and maintains energy management systems which … Continue reading
