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Palladian invests in Global Vehicle Group as H2 exits; Apheon-backed Haudecoeur adds two food businesses

Charterhouse Capital Partners has completed the take-private of York-based Animalcare Group.

4 min read · 31 July 2026

Palladian invests in UK leasing company Global Vehicle Group

Global Vehicle Group provides leased vans and cars to business customers across the UK, managing more than 70,000 vehicles across its Global Vans, XLCR, LCV and Fleet Alliance brands.

2 min read · 31 July 2026

Hg, EQT to sell Quantios to Vista Equity; OpenGate to carve out Knorr-Bremse’s HVAC unit

Quantios is a SaaS provider to global trust and corporate services.

3 min read · 30 July 2026

Vista Equity Partners to acquire software firm Quantios from Hg

Hg first invested in the business in 2022, then TrustQuay, and in 2023, merged it with ViewPoint, which was owned by EQT, to create Quantios.

1 min read · 29 July 2026

Number Crunch: The UK remains private equity’s cup of tea

Global macroeconomic concerns have pushed more investors towards Europe, leaving the UK to take a larger share of activity.

3 min read · 29 July 2026

Providence’s Karim Tabet: More sellers ‘realistic’ on must-move assets

New investment opportunities are arising in comms, live events and education against the backdrop of AI, according to the firm’s head of Europe.

5 min read · 29 July 2026

HIG acquires infrastructure services and engineering firm Avove

Avove is focused on the regulated water and power markets.

1 min read · 28 July 2026

Cinven, La Caisse agree to jointly acquire MGA Optio

Optio Group originates, underwrites and manages specialty risk on behalf of more than 60 third-party capacity providers across 15 countries.

2 min read · 27 July 2026

ECP, KKR agree to acquire DCC Energy in $7.7bn deal

DCC Energy, a multi-energy sales and distribution business serving customers across Europe and the US, will be taken private pending shareholder and court approval.

2 min read · 27 July 2026

Ridgeview in £545m take-private offer for automotive software company Pinewood; Bridgepoint to acquire asset intelligence biz

Bridgepoint has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Lansweeper, a technology asset intelligence platform headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.

4 min read · 27 July 2026

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