Pizza Hut

The Business Pizza Hut Restaurants is a leading UK casual dining chain, operating at acquisition 330 dine-in restaurants. The business was the UK master franchisee of Yum! Brands but was underinvested, with a dated estate, declining customer metrics and limited operational independence. The focus was on dine-in, with separation required from the Delivery business and […]

Millbrook

The Business Leading European testing services provider offering real-world and laboratory-based test and validation services to the transport and energy sectors. Established in 1969. Millbrook is one of the most comprehensive testing facilities in Europe and one of only two such facilities in the UK. The business is strategically located at the heart of the […]

H&T Group

The Business Harvey & Thompson (H&T) is UK’s largest pawnbroker. At acquisition it operated 58 high street stores with a high concentration in the London area. The core business was a pledge book consisting of >95% of gold items. Unredeemed pledges were either scrapped, sold at auction or retailed through the stores. In addition, the […]

Gardman

The Business Gardman is the UK’s leading supplier of wild bird care products, tooling, lighting and gardening sundries. The business supplies products, sourced mainly from Asia to both the fragmented independent garden centre market and to national chains. The company offers over 3,700 mainly slow moving and difficult to source SKU’s providing by far the […]

CeDo

The Business CeDo is one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of household disposables such as refuse sacks, bin liners and other speciality kitchen and household disposable products. It supplies the majority of Europe’s largest supermarkets and discounters with own-label products as well as some branded sales elsewhere. The business had a strong focus on the UK, […]

Buy As You View

The Business Buy As You View is a retail and consumer finance business selling a range of electrical and household goods on three-year hire purchase agreements. Customers have limited access to credit and make low regular weekly payments without the requirement of an upfront deposit or conventional credit check. Payment discipline is managed through a […]

Brandon Hire

The Business Brandon Hire is a leading tool and equipment hire business with headquarters in Bristol which operated a national network of over 140 depots. The business services a wide range of customers with c.30,000 local trade and smaller business accounts as well as national contracts with larger customers. Customers principally operate in a range […]

Attends Healthcare

The Business Attends is the trading name of the European operations formerly known as PaperPak. Attends manufactures and supplies a wide range of branded and own label healthcare products used to assist both users and carers dealing with incontinence. In general, the products have historically been reimbursed to the ultimate user and sold through a […]

Armitage Pet Care

The Business Armitage is the largest independent supplier of pet treats and accessories in the UK. The business has a number of brands but the most significant is “Good Boy”, a leading premium dog treats brand. From its operations in Nottingham, Armitage supplies to a broad customer base, however its focus is increasingly on selling […]

AFI – Uplift

The Business The AFI Group is a leading specialist equipment hire business that provides mobile elevating work platforms as well as complementary specialist skills and compliance training and resale operations. The Group comprises of a comprehensive network of branches both in the UK and Middle East (Bahrain, UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia). Customers in the […]