Langholm Capital backs Bart Spices’ MBO

Mid-market private equity player Langholm Capital, has acquired Bart Spices in a management buy-out backing CEO Matthew Shaw.

Bart Spices was established in Bristol in 1963, and has grown into one of the UK's leading quality herbs and spices suppliers.

Its broad range of cooking ingredients, sourced from around the world, has been at the forefront of Fairtrade and Organic innovation.

Multi-family office has seen strong appetite, with investor base growing since 2016 to more than 90 family offices, Meiping Yap told Unquote

Sponsor deploys Permira VIII to ride new wave of take-privates; Blackstone commits GBP 200m in financing for UK-based CRO

Sponsor acquired the public software group in July 2017 via the same-year vintage Partners Group Global Value 2017

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