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UK unquote

Pubs and bars
Patron, Heineken acquire Punch Taverns in £1.8bn EV deal

Transaction will see the GP acquire 1,300 pubs with the trade investor acquiring the remaining 1,900

  • Buyouts
  • 13 February 2017
Caravans and recreation vehicle equipment
Palatine's Verdant bolts on Crosslaw Caravan Park

Deal marks the third acquisition made by the leisure park operator since the GP's initial investment

  • Portfolio management
  • 13 February 2017
People moves and promotions
Draper Esprit bolsters Dublin office with McClafferty

Venture firm hires Irish online entrepreneur Nicola McClafferty as investment director

  • People
  • 13 February 2017
Pensioners' services and life insurance
CVC acquires stake in Pension Insurance Corporation

Deal reportedly values the pensions insurance group at around £2bn and will see the GP take a 10-20% stake

  • Expansion
  • 13 February 2017
Insurance brokers
Sovereign backs MBO of Arachas

Irish insurance brokerage will undertake an acquisitive growth strategy under its new ownership model

  • Buyouts
  • 10 February 2017
Sofas and furniture
Advent sells remaining 12.1% stake in DFS for £58.5m

Divestment values shares in the sofa retailer at 24% less than when the GP sold a 14% stake 10 months ago

  • Exits
  • 10 February 2017
Fundraising in dollars
Bregal Sagemount closes second vintage on $960m

Bregal's second fund is its first private equity vehicle to seek commitments from outside investors

  • Funds
  • 09 February 2017
Freight trains and logistics
SL Capital hits £516m final close for maiden infrastructure fund

Fund launched in June 2014 with a £400m target and already has four portfolio companies

  • Funds
  • 09 February 2017
Cloud computing and internet services
Lyceum acquires Timico in deal worth more than £50m

Acquisition of the IT business marks the GP's second investment in the sector over the past seven months

  • Buyouts
  • 09 February 2017
Ha Long Bay in Vietnam
Great Hill sells Momondo to The Priceline Group for $550m

Transaction values the online travel search business at more than three times its valuation at the time of the GP's initial investment

  • Exits
  • 08 February 2017
Microwavable foods
Endless and GCP sell Excelsior to Mondi for £33m

Deal comes four years after GCP first backed the packaging company and two year after Endless's initial investment

  • Exits
  • 08 February 2017
New appointment
Silicon Valley Bank hires Rees as market manager

Gavin Rees joins the US-based high-tech-focused commercial bank’s UK office

  • People
  • 08 February 2017
New hires and promotions
BGF hires Lloyds' Gibson

Fiona Gibson joins the Business Growth Fund as a portfolio specialist

  • UK / Ireland
  • 07 February 2017
Manchester's Town Hall
Waterland opens UK office to capitalise on Brexit

Dutch GP will look to expand UK companies into Europe as part of a currency-related investment thesis

  • UK / Ireland
  • 07 February 2017
Pubs and bars
Patron, Heineken set for £1.8bn Punch Taverns take-private

Private equity house will join trade investor Heineken to acquire the pub business, which will be divided between the parties

  • PIPEs
  • 07 February 2017
Pet food and animal products
Inflexion invests in Medivet

Deal is the latest in a number of private equity investments in the veterinary sector

  • UK / Ireland
  • 06 February 2017
Prosthetic hands and arms
Dunedin sells Steeper's BeBionic to Ottobock

Sale of the prosthetics company's division is the final exit for the GP's 2000-vintage debut fund

  • Exits
  • 03 February 2017
Sound engineers and mixing desks
Deal in Focus: Epiris sells Audiotonix to Astorg

Sale of the audio mixing console business will generate a return of 4.8x and IRR of 51% for the vendor

  • Buyouts
  • 03 February 2017
Men's fashion retailers and designers
Oxford Capital leads $1.8m round for Spoke

British VC was joined in the round by Forward Partners and Seedcamp

  • Expansion
  • 02 February 2017
UK fund closes and launches
Beechbrook closes UK SME fund on £150m

Alternative debt provider will also open an office in Manchester in the first half of 2017

  • Funds
  • 02 February 2017
Currency exchange
NorthEdge-backed Ramsdens to float with £26.5m market cap

IPO of the UK pawnborker and foreign exchange business will return £10.6m to existing investors

  • Exits
  • 02 February 2017
Electricity infrastructure
ECI divests stake in Clarke Energy to Kohler

Deal is widely reported to value the energy equipment business between £300-350m

  • Exits
  • 02 February 2017
Market research and customer feedback
Primary Capital's Maru acquires Usurv

Deal value and financial terms for the bolt-on were undisclosed

  • Expansion
  • 02 February 2017
Opthalmology and eye care
Phoenix invests in Rayner

Deal for opthalmic implant business marks the second investment from Phoenix's 2016-vintage fourth vehicle

  • Buyouts
  • 31 January 2017
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