
UK - Barclays Private Equity invests £15m in powered machine hirers merger
Barclays Private Equity has invested £15m 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 UK’s fastest growing powered access rental businesses which has 15 depots generating a turnover of £20m in 2006.
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