Project Stories

Interfloor

Interfloor

Rutland formed the business Interfloor in 2002 through an SBO-IBO deal buying two rival UK underlay businesses both struggling in a tough retail market. The key to making this Europe’s largest and most successful underlay business lay in creating a new can-do culture
Edinburgh Woollen Mill

Edinburgh Woollen Mill

When Rutland acquired Edinburgh Woollen Mills (EWM) in 2001 retail was an unfashionable sector for financial buyers and no more so than clothing for the over 50s. As an unloved subsidiary of Grampain Holdings with a poor recent trading record EWM fit Rutland’s investment criteria perfectly.
Advantage Healthcare

Advantage Healthcare

On exit Advantage Healthcare was a leading UK provider of home healthcare and healthcare staffing services with a network of 27 branches and a large database of healthcare workers. The business worked with Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), insurers and private individuals.
Pulse Home Products

Pulse Home Products

Pulse Home Products (Pulse) was one of the leading providers of branded goods to the UK home products market, most notably under the Breville name. Pulse’s products were designed and engineered in the UK, then manufactured by third parties in China.