LDC
LDC exits Ellis Whittam to Marlowe in £59m deal
Sale ends a four-year holding period for LDC, which owned a minority stake in the company
LDC exits Mitrefinch
LDC invested ТЃ20m in Mitrefinch in 2016 for a minority stake and has supported the company in doubling revenues
UK deal pipeline: live, expected and pulled sale processes
A round-up of sale processes ongoing or expected to launch in the coming months in the UK, courtesy of Unquote sister publication Mergermarket
Blackstone leads £50m capital injection for NEC
Blackstone originally invested in NEC in 2018, drawing equity from its Total Alternatives Solution IV
LDC-backed Babble acquires CMT
Acquisition is expected to bolster Babble's cloud services offering across the UK
LDC's Onecom bolts on Glamorgan Telecom Group
Add-on is the first since LDC and Ares provided financing of ТЃ100m to the telecoms company in 2019
LDC-backed Ensek acquires NrgFin
LDC acquired a significant minority stake in Ensek with HSBC providing leverage in October 2017
LDC in exclusive talks to acquire Excell – report
Excell Group provides bespoke managed communication services primarily for clients in the UK
LDC backs £30m DoubleEdge, Foehn and Metaphor IT merger
Leadership team at the new group, which will be named Kerv, will be led by Alastair Mills as executive chairman
LDC invests in Aker
Tom Burnet, currently a non-executive director for BMO Private Equity Trust, will join Aker Systems
LDC's makes 18 investments in H1 2020
In a half-year update, the firm announced the majority of the deals were completed since March
LDC takes minority stake in Connect Health
For the year ending on 30 June 2019, Connect Health reported revenue of ТЃ31.2m, up from ТЃ25.4m
LDC-backed Linley & Simpson acquires Link Agency, Dawson Wake
Previous acquisitions were financed by Santander Corporate and Commercial Banking
Palatine invests in Acora
Acora was sold in an auction, which saw Inflexion Private Equity and LDC make bids
LDC invests £11m in James and James Fulfilment
LDC's Chris Baker and Lawrence Dean will join the company board as non-executive directors
LDC acquires stake in healthcare company Ashtons
Founder Laurence Sprey will exit the company, with LDC backing the management team
LDC launches Newcastle office
Gareth Marshall has been promoted to head of Newcastle to lead the new office
LDC exits Keoghs
Keoghs CEO John Whittle and the management team will continue to lead the business
LDC sells Pure Cottages to Vitruvian's Sykes Holiday Cottages
Vitruvian acquired a majority stake in Sykes from Livingbridge last year
LDC invests in Global Autocare
NatWest will continue to support the fleet management business as its incumbent senior lender
LDC acquires Commsworld
Mark Kerr, head of LDC in Scotland, and investment director Colin Bennett will join the board
LDC invests £30m in Croud
Fresh capital will also go towards further global expansion and expansion of its range of services
LDC-backed Linley & Simpson acquires Beercocks
Financing for the acquisition was provided by Santander Corporate and Commercial Banking
LDC-backed Eque2 acquires ClipIt
LDC acquired a significant minority stake in Eque2 from Livingbridge in a ТЃ16m deal in 2017