ECI Partners
ECI reaps 3.6x from Great Rail Journeys sale to Duke Street
Deal ends a five-year holding period of the luxury rail holiday provider for ECI
ECI-backed ATG buys Lot-tissimo
Combined group will host 18,000 auctions a year, with more than £2bn under the hammer
ECI appoints three, promotes two
Daniel Bailey, Isa Maidan and Laura Morrill join the GP's investment team
Gee leaves ECI to co-launch new firm Hillwood
New business will invest in UK business services and TMT companies valued at up to £10m
ECI backs Make It Cheaper
Fresh capital will be used to scale up the company's customer acquisition and increase its depth of service
Aerospace investments taking off for PE
As evidenced by the recent VistaJet and Pattonair deals, PE is increasingly looking at the aviation and aerospace sectors for opportunities
ECI buys minority stake in Media IQ
London-based software business aims to use the fresh capital to boost product development
ECI reaps 3.3x on sale of Kelvin Hughes to Hensoldt
Sale price has not been disclosed but ECI is reporting a return of 3.3x on its original investment
Equistone's Chartco bolts on Docmap
Norwegian company is the first add-on for Docmap since it was carved out from ECI's Kelvin Hughes Group
Incisive Media to divest Insight division to TowerBrook's Infopro
PE houses Inflexion, Bowmark and ECI were also rumoured to have been in the running
Debt advisory: Holding the cards in sell-side processes
Advisory firms often hold all the cards when pre-emptively introducing potential lenders to future sales processes
ECI divests stake in Clarke Energy to Kohler
Deal is widely reported to value the energy equipment business between £300-350m
ECI acquires minority stake in Edenhouse
Deal marks the GP's second investment in the tech consultancy segment in the space of six months
ECI promotes Pike and Roberts to director
Pike is promoted to origination director in the GP's London office, while Roberts will be investment director in Manchester
ECI reaps 3x on sale of Rhubarb to Livingbridge
Deal for luxury catering company marks the first investment by Livingbridge's sixth fund
Political and economic uncertainty drives PE to UK staycations
Private equity players are increasingly looking to cash in on the shift in Britons' holiday habits
In Profile: ECI Partners
As part of our In Profile series, unquote" speaks to managing partner David Ewing about deploying the GP's 10th fund and debt-market developments
ECI finds UK high-growth firms want single-market access
Research from the private equity firm finds 82% of respondents want access to the EU single market
Deal in Focus: ECI and Livingbridge sell Reed & Mackay to Inflexion
Vendors' sale of the corporate travel company is their latest in a string of successful investments within the travel and tourism sector
ECI and Livingbridge reap 3.4x on Reed & Mackay exit
Inflexion acquires the travel firm following its international expansion strategy
ECI promotes Dent to partner
Investment director Caroline Dent is promoted to partner at the UK mid-market buyout firm
ECI acquires IT services company IT Lab
London-based business will expand via acquisitions and new services
ECI promotes Watt and Hayhurst
Watt and Hayhurst's promotions come as Tim Raffle retires from the firm after 26 years
Equistone buys ChartCo from ECI for £55m
SBO marks the 10th investment for Equistone Partners Europe Fund V