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Better Capital LLP

Commercial airlines and flight booking platforms
UK government intervenes in sale of Better's Northern Aerospace

Better Capital agreed to sell the business to former portfolio company Gardner, now Chinese-owned

  • Exits
  • 20 June 2018
Jon Moulton of Better Capital
Better Capital extends 2009 fund term

BECAP Fund will now run to the end of 2019, with a further one-year extension possible

  • Funds
  • 25 April 2018
Aerospace parts and long distance logistics
Better Capital reaps 7x on £326m Gardner sale to SLMR

Aerospace components manufacturer was the GP's maiden investment and generated £254.1m in net proceeds

  • Exits
  • 13 June 2017
Fashionable investing
Better Capital-backed Jaeger enters administration

Development comes a week after the GP reportedly sold the retailer's debt to Edinburgh Woollen Mill

  • Exits
  • 11 April 2017
An airplane propulsion system
Better Capital in exclusivity over £326m Gardner sale

Sale price would be above the figure sought for the aerospace company when it was first put up for sale

  • Exits
  • 18 November 2016
Private equity has long struggled to shed its reputation as a job cutter and not a job creator
Is UK private equity a job slasher or creator?

Does private equity deserve its job-cutting status?

  • Performance
  • 07 May 2015
Better picks up CAV for £40m

Aerospace business will not be combined with Gardner Aerospace

  • UK / Ireland
  • 24 March 2015
New players are heralding a return to traditional values
New UK players going back to private equity's roots

New UK players have adopted an innovative approach to traditional values

  • Fundraising
  • 11 March 2015
Sinking ship on rocky coastline
Private equity on the ropes: when assets turn sour

unquote" takes a look at five recent examples of deals gone awry

  • Exits
  • 06 February 2015
Agathos sets up shop with £20m fund

Former Rcapital and Better Capital investors launch new London-based fund

  • UK / Ireland
  • 19 January 2015
City Link administration a bad start to 2015 for private equity
City Link: embattled start to 2015 for private equity

An in-depth look into the fall of City Link and the implications for private equity

  • UK / Ireland
  • 14 January 2015
Better Capital's City Link divests assets to DX

Administrators to make further announcements in coming weeks

  • Exits
  • 06 January 2015
Better Capital-backed City Link enters administration

EY appointed as administrator for parcel delivery and courier company

  • Exits
  • 02 January 2015
Better Capital buys Intertain's debt

Capital commitment includes allocation for future funding requirements

  • UK / Ireland
  • 10 November 2014
Better acquires OfficeTeam in £90m deal

All-equity transaction sees additional £10m provided for restructuring

  • Buyouts
  • 25 July 2014
Better invests additional £7.5m in Jaeger

Fresh capital to be invested in outlets and online operations

  • Consumer
  • 28 March 2014
Trophy investments
Trophy investments: Land and sea

Trophy investments

  • Consumer
  • 10 September 2013
Better Capital raises £185.6m

Better Capital has raised £185.6m via a share issuance for the firm’s 2012 Cell, listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.

  • Funds
  • 13 August 2013
Richard Favier from Better Capital
Better Capital hires Richard Favier

Richard Favier, Better Capital

  • People
  • 05 August 2013
Better Capital posts 42% NAV growth

Listed private equity firm Better Capital has posted 42.08% value growth combined NAV and distribution for Fund I.

  • Credit/Special Situations
  • 28 June 2013
CD&R in potential Balfour and Rentokil deal

Clayton Dubilier & Rice is in talks over a potential merging of the office maintenance business of Balfour Beatty and Rentokil Initial.

  • Support services
  • 04 June 2013
Volume and value of European turnaround deals
Turnaround deals hit five-year low

Turnaround deals

  • Restructuring
  • 22 May 2013
Better Capital acquires City Link for £1

Turnaround player Better Capital has bought UK courier company City Link Ltd from Rentokil Initial plc through its Becap12 fund for a symbolic £1.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 29 April 2013
Jon Moulton of Better Capital
Moulton predicts 10x increase in dealflow

Q&A: Jon Moulton

  • UK / Ireland
  • 14 March 2013
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