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Chiltern acquires Doby Verrolec
Chiltern is an evergreen investor that provides equity cheques of £3-15m of equity
TDR, Lone Star and Apollo make bids for Asda
Walmart is selling its majority share of the company and could command more than £7bn for the asset
New perspectives: How secondaries are reshaping PE's risk profile
With LPs increasingly hungry for PE, the boom of the secondaries market can shift perceptions around the risks associated with the asset class
YFM invests in ISS
Founded in 2009 and based in Pershore, West Midlands, ISS currently employs 31 people
Arbor-backed Steelite acquires William Edwards
Both companies will continue to operate from their current facilities in Stoke-on-Trent
VC-backed Red Driving School acquires NFE
Founded in 2003, NFE Group is a provider of fleet driver training services across the UK
Agilitas acquires Learning Curve from MML
Founded in 2004, Learning Curve is based in Durham and offers training and apprenticeships
CD&R-backed Capco bolts on Creative Construction
CD&R acquired a 60% stake in Capco Consulting Business from FIS for $477m in 2017
NorthEdge sells stake in Cubic Motion
NorthEdge made a commitment for a capital investment of up to £20m for a minority stake in 2017
Rockpool invests in MomentumABM
Rockpool is a growth equity investor that invests in profitable UK-based companies
LDC announces senior promotions
Current head of new business Andy Grove is promoted to a newly formed role of CIO
YFM exits GroupBC investment
YFM Equity Partners injected £3.35m into the company in 2014, carving it out from Unit4
Causeway's Bakers + Baristas and Patisserie Valerie merge
Causeway acquired Patisserie Valerie, a part of Patisserie Holdings, in February 2019
Palatine-backed TTC acquires Licence Bureau
Licence Bureau is the second acquisition for TTC Group following the acquisition of Business Driver
Dunedin's FRA secures £100m refinancing
FRA recently opened offices in the Nordic region, as well as in New York, Dallas and Philadelphia
MML sells Altius to Avanade
Avanade recently acquired Germany-based Alnamic, a provider of business transformation services
Advent-backed Rubix acquires Barlotti, Walter Gondrom
Unquote understands the acquisitions were not backed by fresh equity from the firm
TA- and Hg-backed Access acquires JMI-backed CoreHR
Alongside JMI Services, US-based private equity firm JMI Equity invested in CoreHR in January 2016
Limerstone buys Patricia Whites and Country Cousins for £14m
Grant Thornton was engaged to explore an auction process for the assets in December 2019
BGF and Coutts announce UK Enterprise Fund
Specific initiatives and programmes will be put in place to support female-led businesses
Frontline closes FrontlineX fund on $80m
Frontlinex has already made investment in TripActions’ series-B and People.AI’s $100m series-C
Legal & General promotes Fitzpatrick to managing director
Fitzpatrick is expected to explore ways to deploy capital and enhance returns across alternatives
CVC Credit finances Sun European’s WesCom acquisition
CVC’s European Private Debt business will provide a senior term loan and acquisition facilities
FPE-backed Optimity acquires Pebble IT
Optimity makes the acquisition using a mix of new equity from FPE and debt from Clydesdale