Private Equity
The US and UK-based investor has paid £571m for 290 managed pubs from Punch Taverns, its largest deal in Europe to date.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Following an increased offer of 850 pence per share from Richard Balfour-Lynn’s Alternative Hotel Group, Permira has asked shareholders to take no action as it considers whether to make its own bid.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
BC Partners, a London-based private equity firm, and AXA Private Equity, the private equity arm of the French insurance group, have teamed up to acquire Médica, a French nursing home business.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Alternative Hotel Group’s third offer for De Vere, valuing the company at about €767m, has seen off Permira’s interest in the UK hotel and leisure chain.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Mecom, the AIM-listed, media investment group, has acquired another European publisher with the purchase of Norway’s Orkla Media Group.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
UK firm Apax Partners, owner of HIT Entertainment, a children’s TV rights company, is looking again at the sector after its approach for ITV was rebuffed earlier in the year.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The London-based investor, founded by former 3i executives, has made its fourth investment from its vintage 2004 £400m debut fund.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
London-listed private equity firm 3i has generated a 5x money multiple on its £182.5m sale of voice and data services business Azzurri Communications.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Global private equity firm 3i has followed its recent investment in builders’ merchant MKM Building Supplies with the disposal of a 49.9% holding in Belfast-based JP Corry Group.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
British gas and oil services company Expro will buy First Reserve’s oil well testing platform.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
