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UK consumer deals slump as GPs heed Brexit warnings
Strong consumer spending figures in the months following the EU referendum have not translated to increased PE investment in the sector
BGF appoints EY's Skade
BGF expands its team in the south-west England region
Draper Esprit leads £9m round for POD Point
VC has invested ТЃ5m in the electric vehicle charge point company as part of the deal
Ventech joins DN Capital in Hostmaker round
UK-based Airbnb management company has raised ТЃ7.5m to date across two rounds of funding
NorthEdge sells Fine Industries to Lianhetech in £103m deal
Trade sale of speciality chemicals business marks the GP's fourth exit in seven months
Catalyst hires Silk and Cox
London-based corporate finance outfit adds Alex Silk and Shannon Cox to its team as principals
Livingbridge invests in Stowe Family Law
Deal marks the second investment made from the GP's 2016-vintage sixth vehicle, which closed on ТЃ660m
Maven to manage £58m for Northern Power House fund
Fund will buy ТЃ50,000-2m equity tickets in small-and medium-sized businesses
Bridgepoint's Zenith bolts on CVL
Acquisition marks the first bolt-on for the vehicle rental business under the GP's tenure
Intrinsic acquires Ham Baker divisions from administrators
GP has invested ТЃ5m alongside Alycidon Capital to acquire the flow divisions of the water-related engineering business
CBPE's OH Assist acquires Working On Wellbeing
Acquisition of mobile healthcare provider comes 14 months after the GP acquired OH Assist from Atos IT Services
Blackstone buys majority stake in Cloudreach
Blackstone has acquired a majority stake in Cloudreach, a global cloud service provider headquartered in London.
Epiris's Axio sells OAG to Vitruvian for $215m
Deal brings the total returns generated by the GP's investment in the data and analysis group to 3.9x
CBPE's Xafinity floats with £190.3m market-cap
Divestment of the pension consultancy generated a 4.3x return for the GP after a four-year tenure
Cairngorm's Polyframe acquires Customade
New enlarged group has revenues in excess of ТЃ100m, following an MBO in August 2016
LDC invests £6.5m in Blue Bay Travel
Deal comes shortly after the GP supported a bolt-on acquisition by another travel business, Away Resorts
Beringea in £2m round for Perfect Channel
Online auction and trading platform will invest in product development and marketing activity
MMC in £3.75m round for Bloom & Wild
Deal for flower delivery platform comes 19 months after the VC led a ТЃ2.5m investment in the company
Connection backs £10.2m ACT Clean MBO
GP invests ТЃ5m to support the buyout of the cleaning and kitchen portering business
KKR to acquire Travelopia from TUI in €381m deal
GP has invested from its fourth European fund in a deal that values the specialist travel group at 7.7x underlying EBITDA
Patron, Heineken acquire Punch Taverns in £1.8bn EV deal
Transaction will see the GP acquire 1,300 pubs with the trade investor acquiring the remaining 1,900
Palatine's Verdant bolts on Crosslaw Caravan Park
Deal marks the third acquisition made by the leisure park operator since the GP's initial investment
Draper Esprit bolsters Dublin office with McClafferty
Venture firm hires Irish online entrepreneur Nicola McClafferty as investment director
CVC acquires stake in Pension Insurance Corporation
Deal reportedly values the pensions insurance group at around ТЃ2bn and will see the GP take a 10-20% stake