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Permira pays £712m for Little Chef, TravelodgeUK private equity house Permira has agreed a deal with Compass to acquire its Little Chef and Travelodge divisions in a £712m transaction.
- Blackstone consortium has exclusive with Houghton Mifflin
A consortium of private equity firms led by Blackstone and Thomas H Lee looks set to acquire the US publisher for around E1.75bn.
- Senior partner quits Apax
Toby Wyles, head of Apax Partners’ leveraged transactions group in London, is to leave the firm after 13 years.
- UBS still writing down private equity
The Swiss bank is continuing to revalue the portfolio in its UBS Capital unit.
- Cinven, Candover onto next target
Following their E600m joint acquisition of Dutch publisher KAP, the two private equity houses look set to bid for Bertelsmann’s E1bn science publishing unit.
- Candover grows European team further
The UK-based buyout firm has hired former JP Morgan Partners director John Arney, in the firm’s second appointment in as many weeks.
- The mid market riddle
The mid market may be impossible to define, but those who understand it will reap rich rewards, says Simon Turner of Inflexion, the UK midmarket buyout firm.
- Big deals boost European Q3 data
A pick-up in top-end European buyouts has led to a twelve per cent increase in total deal value despite the number of deals falling by a quarter.
- HgCapital plans Fitness foray
The European buyout firm is preparing a £150m offer for the up-for-sale UK fitness chain, reflecting the sustained appetite for the sector among private equity buyers.
- CSFB close to £1.2bn Gala sale
European buyout firm BC Partners is in negotiations to acquire the UK casino operator, providing the bank with a strong return on its original investment.