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Endless's Go Plant acquires assets from Gulliver's
Deal for the embattled truck rental company comes shortly after it entered into administration
Beringea leads £6.5m funding round for Exonar
Downing Ventures and Amadeus also take part in the round for the data management business
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: High-water marks and PE larks
Listen to the latest episode of the Unquote Private Equity Podcast, wherein the team discusses the 2019 Annual Buyout Review, Nordic PE's record year and more
Mayfair holds £650m final close for second fund
Total committed is more than 150% of the amount raised by the firm's maiden vehicle
BGF invests in BioCity
Life sciences business incubator will expand its provision of accelerator programmes
Northzone in £26m series-B round for MarketInvoice
UK-based invoice finance company will build up its team and expand its business loans division
Lonsdale acquires majority stake in CC&A
Deal is the eighth to be made from Lonsdale's debut fund, which writes equity cheques of ТЃ10-15m
Apposite's Swanton Care bolts on Courtyard Care
Acquisition of the specialist childcare company comes 18 months after the GP's primary investment
Circularity invests in ZigZag
E-commerce software company will look to accelerate the international roll-out of its software
FRP appoints AlixPartners' Cox as partner
New recruit leaves AlixPartners after four years, during which he co-founded its debt advisory arm
Albion leads $6.5m series-A for Avora
Existing investor Crane also took part in the round for the data analytics software company
BGF exits Jumpstart via trade sale to Visiativ
Sale of the GP's minority stake in the tax consultancy comes five years after its initial investment
BGF-backed Hawk Group enters into administration
Development comes three years after the GP invested ТЃ8m in the construction equipment business
Beringea leads £9m round for AccessPay
Deal brings the total amount raised by the corporate payments processing software firm to ТЃ13m
Ratos acquires remaining stake in TFS for €11m
Transaction comes three and a half years after the GP acquired a 60% stake in the business
Horizon's Sabio bolts on Callware
Deal is the fourth bolt-on made by the enterprise software company since Lyceum acquired it in 2016
L Catterton partially exits Steiner via $900m Elemis sale
Sale of the skincare brand to L'Occitane is worth marginally less than the original deal for its parent
Inflexion opens Boston office
GP chooses the same city as its rival UK mid-market player Livingbridge for its US base
Gresham House acquires minority stake in Rockfish
Fish and chips restaurant chain aims to increase the number of Rockfish-branded restaurants to 16
Beechbrook backs Shuttercraft MBO
UK-based blind and shutter manufacturer has recently opened a new branch in Oxford
Panoramic backs Online Home Retail MBO from Grafton
Deal for the bathroom retailer, which trades as PlumbWorld, is the seventh from the GP's second fund
LDC exits Inprova via dual sale
GP sells the company's energy division to Inspired for ТЃ19.5m and the non-energy arm to management
BGF sells Petrotechnics stake in trade sale to Sphera
Risk management software provider was exposed to the dramatic oil price drop in 2014-2016
Hg- and ICG-backed Iris bolts on BioStore
Acquisition of the ID and cashless sytems provider comes eight months after the GPs acquired Iris