UK - Barclays Private Equity invests £15m in powered machine hirers merger

Barclays Private Equity has invested ТЃ15m in the merger of AFI Aerial Platforms and Uplift Platforms, hirers of powered access machines. Barclays Private Equity will hold a significant stake in the enlarged business. AFI Aerial Platforms, based in Wakefield, is one of the UKт€™s fastest growing powered access rental businesses which has 15 depots generating a turnover of ТЃ20m in 2006.