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August-backed Amtivo acquires Certification Europe for €6m
Based in Dublin and founded in 1999, Certification Europe has offices in the UK, Japan and Italy
Consortium backs £100m round for Cazoo
Online car buying marketplace was backed by investors including DMG Ventures and Eight Roads
Dunedin exits Kingsbridge
Kingsbridge was a Dunedin Buyout Fund III portfolio company, which closed on ТЃ300m in June 2013
UK holiday parks advised to close: Portfolios affected
British Holiday and Home Parks Association has advised its members to close all holiday parks
KKR buys Viridor from Pennon in £4.2bn deal
Enterprise value of the company equates to 18.5x its adjusted 2018/19 EBITDA of ТЃ225.4m
Viridor/KKR shows sponsor route to waste opportunities in Covid-19 market
Waste management, and particularly energy-from-waste, is fast becoming an area of heated dealflow
UK industry welcomes rescue package, but concerns remain
Package includes ТЃ330bn in loans, ТЃ20bn in other aid and a postponement of business rates
Omers-backed ERM acquires MJ Bradley & Associates
GP in 2015 paid an enterprise value of $1.7bn to acquire ERM from Charterhouse Capital Partners
Baird Capital backs Aura Futures
Baird is currently investing from its maiden globally focused private equity fund, which closed on $310m
BGF leads £9m investment in Localised Group, Retail Services
As part of the deal, John Davison joins both companies as non-executive director
Axia buys insurance business Direct Gap
Gordons provides legal advice and Naylor Wintersgill provides financial due diligence services
CBPE sells SpaMedica to Nordic Capital-backed Ober Scharrer
Nordic Capital is currently investing from its ninth fund, Nordic Capital IX, which closed on тЌ4.3bn
ECI-backed IT Lab acquires Sol-Tec
Unquote understands ECI Partners provided no fresh equity for the acquisition of Sol-Tec
UK sees advisory boom amid PE market maturation
UK & Ireland sees an increase in the number of corporate finance firms participating in PE deals to more than 160
Inverleith-backed Planet Organic buys As Nature Intended
Deal reportedly makes Planet Organic the UK's largest organic grocery chain
ESO backs facilities service Churchill
Current executive directors Joel Briggs and Phil Moxom will continue to lead the company
Chiltern acquires Doby Verrolec
Chiltern is an evergreen investor that provides equity cheques of ТЃ3-15m 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 ТЃ7bn for the asset
LDC invests £11m in James and James Fulfilment
LDC's Chris Baker and Lawrence Dean will join the company board as non-executive directors
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