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Management buyout for specialist crane supplies firm

By JMW @ Jun 28, 2010 in

A management buyout has resulted in the managing director of a company which supplies electrical equipment to the crane industry becoming its major shareholder. SIMBAL was founded in 1979 and now has a turnover of £1.5m, with more than 600 customers around the world for its electrical...

Corporate finance moves enable Daisy to focus on telecom strengths

By JMW @ Jun 22, 2010 in

A management buyout for a nominal sum of one section of its business and the sale of licences held by a subsidiary are part of corporate finance moves by Aim-listed telecommunications group Daisy, which has headquarters at Nelson, Lancashire. UK Broadband, part of the PCCW Group, has bought...

Major MBO boosts North West region quarterly figures

By JMW @ May 28, 2010 in

Two major management buyouts (MBO) in the first quarter of 2010 boosted the value of sales in the North West region to more than £1.25billion, according to corporate finance research specialists. Out of town retailer Pets at Home, which was acquired by private equity house KKR for...

Corporate buyouts rise to £5billion in first quarter of 2010

By JMW @ Apr 19, 2010 in

Confidence is returning to the UK corporate market in the first quarter of 2010, according to a survey by the Centre for Management Buyout Research. It says that the overall value of MBOs in the first quarter of 2010 at more than £5 billion was the highest since the third quarter of 2008...

Management buyout for dental services company

By JMW @ Mar 31, 2010 in

A company which provides radiography services, health and safety training and compliance services to dentists has been sold to private equity firm Synova Capital which has backed a management buyout (MBO) of the business, Dental Buying Group, for an undisclosed sum. The 20-year-old Winsford...

Corporate finance deal boosts Manchester-based internet travel firm

By JMW @ Jan 21, 2010 in

Manchester-based online travel agency Traveljigsaw has sealed a £16m corporate finance facility from Yorkshire Bank in a move aimed at providing working capital and repaying private equity firm ISIS part of its investment. Traveljigsaw, which is one of Europe's largest independent car...

Partial management buyout for Blackburn electronics firm

By JMW @ Nov 18, 2009 in

A Blackburn company, which develops and makes electronic components and was placed in administration in September after negotiations with a Chinese customer broke down, has been subject to a partial management buyout The former management of Blackburn Microtech Solutions has bought some of the...