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UK - Hogg Robinson float back on

Permira-backed Hogg Robinson is to be listed after all. The IPO was planned for last week but then pulled at the last minute due to uncertainty in the market.

  • Exits
  • 06 October 2006
UK - Close Venture Management changes name to Close Ventures

Close Ventures, one of the UK’s leading venture capital providers is pleased to announce a new name, new website and new home.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 05 October 2006
UK - Candover appoints Clive Dolman and Alexis Dormandy as Operations Partners

Candover has announced that it has appointed Clive Dolman and Alexis Dormandy, both of whom join as operations partners. The role of operations partner is a new position at Candover, and will involve focusing on value creation in Candover’s portfolio...

  • People
  • 05 October 2006
UK - Northgate next private equity target

Shares at Northgate Information Solutions, a specialist software and IT services group, have risen over the last few months and are now approaching 100p per share on the back of rumours that the company will be delisted by private equity.

  • Buyouts
  • 05 October 2006
UK - Foresight funds millionaire games creator Zoo Digital

Foresight Venture Partners has led a £4.2m fundraising for Zoo Digital Group Plc, the AIM listed video technology company. Zoo's technology has powered the rise of interactive DVDs, including a new type of computer game that can be played on any DVD...

  • Expansion
  • 03 October 2006
UK - Refinancing of Saga paves way for IPO

Saga, the provider of services to older consumers, has been refinanced allowing its backers, Charterhouse, to repay all the company's debt and acquire new debt on more attractive terms. The refinancing is reported to have saved £32m on interest. It is...

  • Exits
  • 03 October 2006
UK - Hastings Infrastructure Fund in £665m secondary buyout of South East Water

Hastings Fund Management, an infrastructure fund owned by the Australian bank, Westpac, has acquired South East Water from Macquarie in a £665.4m secondary buyout deal. Commentators have suggested that Macquarie's timely exit is evidence of its keenness...

  • Buyouts
  • 03 October 2006
UK - Close Brothers Corporate Finance makes new appointments

Close Brothers Corporate Finance has made several senior promotions. Appointments include a further three directors in the UK, a new director in France and senior promotions in Germany. The three new UK directors are Gareth Davies, Darren Redmayne and...

  • People
  • 02 October 2006
UK - Endless acquires six-site Mercedes-Benz dealership

Endless is pleased to announce that it has supported the management buyout of H&L Garages Ltd (H&L) from its parent, PD Ports Group Ltd, part of quoted Australian company Babcock & Brown Infrastructure, for £8.5m. Funding for the buyout was also provided...

  • Buyouts
  • 02 October 2006
UK - Sir Ronald Cohen to re-enter the arena

One of the founders of Apax Partners, Sir Ronald Cohen, who left the business in 2005, is set to indirectly re-enter the private equity world. He is teaming up with Lord Jacob Rothschild to set up Portland Capital, a fund which will invest in commodities,...

  • People
  • 02 October 2006
UK - Palamon to acquire British payment card issuer Retail Decisions Plc

Retail Decisions Plc, a London Stock exchange-listed company which assists retailers, telecommunications companies, oil companies, e-commerce retailers and banks to prevent the fraudulent use of payment and credit cards, has received a cash offer from...

  • Buyouts
  • 02 October 2006
UK - Britvic offer abandoned by Permira

Permira has abandoned a planned bid for soft drinks maker Britvic. The offer would have valued the company which sells brands such as Pepsi and Tango at around £600m.

  • Buyouts
  • 02 October 2006
UK - Anglia water to be acquired by Colonial First State consortium

Anglia Water (AWG) has recommended a takeover approach from a consortium led by Colonial First State, the fund management arm of Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the government pensions fund of Canada, CPP Investment Board. 3i's infrastructure fund...

  • Buyouts
  • 02 October 2006
UK - 3i realises its investment in Vibration Technology

3i has announced the sale of its minority stake in Vibration Technology Ltd, a developer of wireless solutions for the oil, gas and mineral exploration sector, to Sercel, a division of Compagnie General de Geophysique. 3i's proceeds from the sale of £6m...

  • Exits
  • 29 September 2006
UK - Imperial Innovations backs environmental technology developer Lontra

Imperial Innovations Group Plc, one of the leading technology transfer and commercialisation companies in the UK, has invested £150,000 in environmental technology developer Lontra Ltd. This brings the total Imperial Innovations has invested in Lontra...

  • Expansion
  • 29 September 2006
UK - PPM Capital to acquire restaurant group Paramount

The restaurant group behind Chez Gérard and Caffè Uno is expected to be acquired by PPM Capital in a deal worth £108m. In the last financial year the restaurant group which is known as Paramount, which trades from 80 sites, generated sales in excess...

  • Buyouts
  • 29 September 2006
UK - August Equity announces appointment of Keith Davidson

August Equity Ltd has announced the appointment of Keith Davidson as Investment Manager. Davidson joins August Equity from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he has been since 2002. Keith qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen in 2002 before...

  • People
  • 28 September 2006
UK - HitecVision and Ferncliff back Noble Denton Holding Ltd

The shareholders of Noble Denton Holding Ltd have today agreed to sell the company to a consortium of Norwegian investors consisting of HitecVision and Ferncliff. Key employees of Noble Denton will retain a significant 40% share of the business going...

  • Buyouts
  • 28 September 2006
UK - Duke Street Capital acquires 2e2 from Gresham in £130m deal

Duke Street Capital (DSC), has agreed to acquire leading IT services business 2e2 in a £130m secondary management buyout from Gresham Private Equity. 2e2, which has operations in the UK, Channel Islands, Holland and the Isle of Man, operates in a number...

  • Buyouts
  • 27 September 2006
UK - Alexander Forbes launches Private Equity and Corporate Acquisitions Practice

Alexander Forbes International Risk Services (AFIRS) has launched a Private Equity and Corporate Acquisitions Practice (PECAP) to provide insurance and risk transfer services to businesses undertaking corporate and M&A activity. Oliver Crispin, previously...

  • UK / Ireland
  • 26 September 2006
UK - Electra Quoted Management helps fund Find Portal’s acquisition of Defaqto

Electra Quoted Management Limited (EQML) is pleased to announce, that alongside FF&P Private Equity it has made a follow on investment in Find Portal Limited (Find) on behalf of funds under its management, in addition to investment in May 2005. Find has...

  • Expansion
  • 26 September 2006
UK - Permira pulls Hogg Robinson IPO

Hogg Robinson, the Permira-owned business travel company, has had its proposed IPO pulled with sources citing the current state of the market.

  • Exits
  • 26 September 2006
UK - 3i and Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures back series B for DeepStream

3i has joined DeepStream Technologies as new investor, leading its £8.1m Series-B equity funding. The funding will be used to expand the company’s range of solution platforms for new markets, particularly energy management, medical and appliance sectors,...

  • Expansion
  • 26 September 2006
UK - Gresham-owned Whitworths up for sale

Dried fruit packager, Whitworths, is being sold by current backers Gresham at a competitive process run by Rothschild. Several private equity firms including Lion Capital, European Capital, HgCapital and Barclays Private Equity are in the process of preparing...

  • Buyouts
  • 26 September 2006
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