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MBO at Warrington marketing specialist

Mon, 06 Jan 2020 | MBO/MBI
Warrington-based marketing company QBase has undergone a management buyout (MBO), led by its Chief Executive Rob Jones. QBase founders Ian and Anita Johnstone have sold a majority stake of 77.8 per cent in the company to the MBO... continue reading

Fashion retailer files for administration

Fri, 03 Jan 2020 | ADMINISTRATION
Fashion retailer Joy has filed notice of its intention to appoint administrators, with reports suggesting it has put KRE Corporate Recovery on standby. The retailer sells clothes and jewellery, among other fashion products, and ... continue reading

Quilter completes sale of assurance business

Thu, 02 Jan 2020 | DIVISION SALE
Wealth management firm Quilter has completed the sale of Quilter Life Assurance (QLA) to ReAssure Group for £445 million. The deal was first announced in August of 2019 for an agreed fee of £425 million, the addition... continue reading

MBO at Welsh mineral water company

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 | MBO/MBI
Mineral water brand Brecon Carreg has returned to Welsh ownership after being acquired from Belgian company Spadel in a management buyout (MBO). The MBO was lead by Brecon Carreg’s commercial manager David Stockley. All of... continue reading

SCISYS Group acquisition completed

Thu, 19 Dec 2019 | BUSINESS SALE
The acquisition of SCISYS Group by Canada-headquartered IT services company CGI has been completed. CGI agreed the deal to acquire Dublin-based SCISYS in June for £78.9 million, it was expected to complete in November but wa... continue reading

The Book People goes into administration

Wed, 18 Dec 2019 | ADMINISTRATION
Online and pop-up book retailer The Book People has gone into administration, announcing that it has appointed advisers from PricewaterhouseCoopers. PwC administrators have said that there will be no immediate redundancies and t... continue reading

MBO at Gloucester-based Window Widgets

Tue, 17 Dec 2019 | MBO/MBI
Gloucester-based manufacturing firm Window Widgets has been acquired from US-based Masonite International Corporation by its UK management team in an MBO. Window Widgets, situated on Gloucester’s Quedegely West Business Pa... continue reading

NG Bailey acquires substation specialist

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 | DIVISION SALE
Building services contractor NG Bailey has acquired Schneider Electric’s Substation Engineering Services (SES) division. Schneider is a provider of power engineering and facilities solutions, with its SES division operatin... continue reading

SSE sells retail business to OVO Energy

Sun, 15 Dec 2019 | DIVISION SALE
Power utility SSE has announced it has completed the sale of its retail arm SSE Energy Services to OVO Energy for £500 million. SSE will use the proceeds of £400 million cash plus a £100 million loan note to tr... continue reading

Gateley acquires T-three

Fri, 13 Dec 2019 | BUSINESS SALE
Commercial law and professional services firm Gateley has acquired development company T-three in a £3.4 million deal. Gateley says that the deal will create “one of the largest specialist human capital consultancy bus... continue reading

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