Consumer
Carlyle’s Puccini sells Planet Sports
Carlyle acquired portfolio of clothing businesses in 2010
Nordic Capital buys Unisport
Second add-on acquisition for Sportmaster in a year
BGF injects £5m into Xercise4Less
Gym operator to expand into London and south-east England
Elixir Capital injects $4m into Annelutfen
Investment to form cornerstone of Elixir's Asian e-commerce programme
Axcel exits VPG and fully realises fund
Exit comes after 14 years' ownership of the troubled company
Prezzo shareholders approve TPG take-private
Deal values UK restaurant chain at £303.7m
Lion Capital's Findus buys La Cocinera from Nestlé
Frozen food producer enters Spanish ready meals market
AAC’s Lucas Bols to float
AAC currently owns a 75% stake in the business
Goldman Sachs leads $40m Mister Spex round
Scottish Equity Partners, XAnge, DN Capital also take part in round
CVC, Bencis fined in Dutch flour cartel case
Two firms fined around €1m each
Exponent-owned Trainline to float on LSE
Majority owner set for partial exit
General Atlantic invests in bus network
Holtzbrinck Ventures-backed Flixbus to partner with MeinFernbus
Westwing raises €25m in series-D funding
Backers include Summit Partners and Tengelmann Ventures
Better Capital's City Link divests assets to DX
Administrators to make further announcements in coming weeks
CVC increases Deoleo stake to 48%
News comes shortly after GP ups its offer to regulator's fair price recommendation
Investindustrial and KKR withdraw Club Med bid
Fosun and Ardian set to acquire listed holiday resorts business
Better Capital-backed City Link enters administration
EY appointed as administrator for parcel delivery and courier company
BC finalises Migros sale
GP is selling a 40.25% stake
Electra acquires TGI Fridays in £225m deal
GP invests £100m of equity to finance deal
Change Capital exits Hallhuber in trade sale
GP had bought business for €29m in 2009
BGF provides Boost with follow-on funding
Deal brings GP's investment in juice bar business to £3.9m
Phoenix buys Riviera Travel
Deal for over-50s tour operator reportedly worth £130m
Inflexion acquires Scott Dunn
Luxury holiday provider to expand property portfolio
3i’s Action completes €840m refinancing
Transaction marks second refinancing for Action under 3i's ownership