Omar Group is pleased to announce major investment in a new production facility and showground near Ringwood in Dorset. This new production facility will significantly expand the Group’s production capacity and provide a strategic hub in the South of England for all Group operations. The establishment...
Rutland Partners is delighted to announce that Omar Group has acquired UK Sundecks. In recent years Omar Group has increasingly seen itself as a solutions provider to the park home and luxury lodge marketplace as more customers seek turnkey solutions. With an already strong brand portfolio...
Rutland Partners is delighted to announce that Aston Barclay has acquired The Car Buying Group (TCBG), one of the largest independent consumer car buying companies in the UK, extending its reach into the consumer car buying sector. Selling over 10,000 cars nationwide on behalf of car...
Walstead is delighted to announce the acquisition of NP Druck GmbH. Established in 1874, NP Druck is the third largest web offset printing business in Austria. Revenue in the financial year ended 31 December 2017 was €51.3 million. The company specialises in the production of low-...
Rutland is pleased to announce that AFI has acquired Kimberly Rentals Group (‘Kimberly’). This deal further strengthens AFI’s position within the powered access equipment rental sector bringing its annual turnover to nearly £100m. The acquisition will bring the number of machines in the Group’s rental...
Rutland Partners is pleased to announce Millbrook's acquisition of Test World, a world leading winter vehicle and tyre testing business based in Ivalo, Northern Finland. The acquisition of Test World is a significant step by Millbrook to increase its capabilities and expand its relationships internationally. It...
AFI-Uplift has recently acquired Hampshire Plant & Access (HPA). This deal is the fifth bolt-on acquisition since Rutland first invested in the AFI Group in May 2013, when it successfully completed the simultaneous merger of three companies; AFI-Uplift and Hi-Reach in the UK and Access...
Rutland Partners is delighted to announce that its Fund II portfolio company, Buy As You View ("BAYV"), completed a £30m financing on 15 August 2014 with Hayfin Capital Management. The proceeds will be used to repay £23m of Rutland's £34m investment in BAYV made in October...
Rutland Partners, the specialist turnaround and restructuring investor, is pleased to announce that Brandon Hire has acquired Phoenix Surveying Equipment, a leading supplier of construction related electronic surveying and safety equipment. Brandon Hire was acquired by Rutland in September 2010 from Wolseley PLC for £43m. Phoenix...
Rutland Partners, the UK private equity partnership, announces that one of its portfolio companies, Wolstenholme Group Limited (“Wolstenholme”), has today announced the sale of the business, certain assets and goodwill of its metallic effect pigment and metallic printing ink business (“the Metallics Business) to Eckart...