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DSC plans Focus part-exitThe collapse of the IPO market may persuade Duke Street Capital to sell part of its interest in the DIY retailer to a rival private equity firm.
- Taylor to run PE teams at Duke Street
Peter Taylor is Duke Street’s new head of private equity with responsibility for investment in the UK, Germany, Spain and France.
- Duke Street drives fitness consolidation
The private equity firm has compounded its presence in the UK health and fitness sector with the secondary purchase of Invicta Leisure from Electra.
- Duke Street buys into healthcare
The private equity firm has continued its recent spate of activity with the acquisition of Thornbury Nursing Services, a UK nursing agency.
- DSC continues drinks buy-and-build
Duke Street's Marie Brizard has acquired French specialist wine producer Les Chais Beaucairois in a E23m transaction.
- Esporta looks beyond DSC
Leisure group Whitbread is the latest company to be linked with a move to acquire the UK fitness and leisure chain.
- Holmes joins peers on PE radar
Confirmation that Holmes Place is exploring buyout possibilities could be the signal for the latest in a series of private equity investments in the health club sector.
- Esporta courts broader PE interest
The UK fitness and leisure chain is reported to have spoken to a number of private equity firms about backing a possible MBO as it seeks to rebuff Duke Street Capital's hostile offer.