Well-known Yorkshire dealmaker Roger Esler has launched a new office for specialist corporate finance advisory firm Dow Schofield Watts. James Dow, co-founder of Dow Schofield Watts which was established in 2002, said it decided to launch the Yorkshire office after … Continue reading →

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 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 →

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 →

Insider’s Deal of the Month for May is the sale of Cheshire central heating business PH Jones to Centrica for £30m. The company carries out more than 8,000 central heating installations every year through 28 contracts within the social housing … Continue reading →

The former boss of PH Jones, the heating specialist that was sold to Centrica for £30m yesterday, has retained the metering division and expects rapid growth on the back of the nationwide roll-out of smart meters. PH Jones’ managing director … Continue reading →

A family-owned company which provides central heating services to the social housing sector has been sold to energy giant Centrica for £30m in cash. PH Jones, based in Malpas Cheshire, was founded in 1971 by Phil Jones, who began his … Continue reading →

Centrica, the parent company of British Gas, has splashed out £30m on Cheshire central heating business PH Jones Group. The company is headquartered in Malpas and provides services to about 250,000 properties each year through its social housing business. Centrica … Continue reading →

Martin and Chris Jones have taken over the reins at Cheshire-based PH Jones’ utility services division after the company’s two other divisions – social housing and facilities management – were sold to British Gas owner Centrica in a £30m deal. … Continue reading →

A group of medical entrepreneurs who sold their last company for £60m has snapped up a Bolton-based chain of clinics and plan a huge expansion of the business over the next five years. Dr Newman’s Clinic, founded by a father … Continue reading →