Companies Receiving Investment - Private Equity / Bank Funding |
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| | 18 May 2012 | £3m bank financing secured - international expansion plans - potential new jobs | S&P Casuals, a Nottinghamshire-based designer, importer and distributor of clothing has secured £3m funding from Santander. The company plans to expand internationally, targeting growth of 20% year-on-year. It operates a warehouse in Nottinghamshire and has offices in New York, China, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Jobs are expected as a result of the expansion strategy. | | | | | 2 |
| | 21 May 2012 | £35m management buy-out - private equity investment - potential new jobs | London-based Leisure Pass Group has been sold to its management team in a £35m buyout, supported by private equity firm Primary Capital. The company will now expand its customer offering in existing and new markets. The ongoing growth strategy has the potential to create jobs. 2010 turnover was £27.6m. | | £28m | £5m | 9 | 2 |
| | 18 May 2012 | £1m revenue from Olympics - £121m debt facility secured - expansion in London | Student accommodation provider Unite Group expects Olympic contracts to add up to £1.75m to its revenue. A total of 3,600 of its rooms will be used in relation to the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Unite is acquiring two planned schemes in Stratford and Camden and has secured a £121m debt facility with Legal & General. 2010 turnover £193.4m, 913 employees. | | £193m | £30m | 913 | 7 |
| | 18 May 2012 | £10 private equity investment - acquired by Endless | Private equity firm Endless has invested £10m in the acquisition of Cinesite from Kodak. Digital effects company Cinesites operates in a high-growth where there are significant opportunities. Endless is recapitalising the business in order to give film-makers the confidence to award it new contracts. | | £26m | £3m | 329 | 3 |
| | 21 May 2012 | UK Steel Enterprise investment - major expansion strategy - potential new jobs | Stourbridge rail supply chain management company, SCG Solutions has secured funding from finance from UK Steel Enterprise, a subsidiary of Tata Steel. It will now expand into new markets in the Far East, Middle East and Australasia. The ongoing growth of the company has the potential to create employment opportunities. | | | | | 1 |
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Companies Receiving Investment - Private Finance Initiatives / PPI Initiatives |
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| | 16 May 2012 | £18m investment - workforce to treble - acquired by BASF - new manufacturing facility | German chemical company BASF has acquired life sciences firm Equateq and is investing £18m to create a new manufacturing facility on the Isle of Lewis. In an agreement with the government, BASF is creating 90 jobs at the facility, expanding production of Omega 3 fatty acids. Equateqs 2010 turnover was £1.1m. | | £1m | £-0.8m | | 2 |
| | 21 May 2012 | Manchester office opened - funding secured for hospital developments | Robertson Group is to commence work on two major hospital developments in Cumbria. Funding has been secured for the £11m Cockermouth Community Hospital and £4m Cleator Moor Health Centre. Robertson opened a new office in Manchester in April 2012. 2011 turnover £204.5m, 1,039 employees. | | £205m | £1m | 1,039 | 1 |
| | 22 May 2012 | HICL takes stake in Birmingham hospital project | HICL Infrastructure, which invests in infrastructure projects, has taken a sizeable interest in the Birmingham New Hospitals public finance initiative (PFI) project. | | | | | |
| | 15 May 2012 | Approves 4.4m of schemes - 3,000 jobs to be created | The Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership has approved schemes worth 4.4m in total, to enable developments that will create more than 3,000 jobs to go ahead. Funding was secured from the government Growing Places Fund. A further 9m of investment funds are available for projects in the next round. | | | | | 1 |
| | 17 May 2012 | 27 jobs created - Creative Jobs Fund successful | A piltot project launched by Northern Film & Media to create jobs in the creative industries has provded successful, with companies adding 27 full-time posts in spring 2012. The company launched the £72,000 Creative Jobs Fund in February 2012. 2011 turnover £3.5m. | | £3m | £-0.2m | | 1 |
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Companies Receiving Investment - Venture Capital |
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| | 16 May 2012 | £30m investment in shopping centre - 500 new jobs - 18 new retail premises | Surrey Quays Limited (a joint venture between British Land and Tesco) has been granted planning permission for a 110,000 sq ft extension to Surrey Quays Shopping Centre at Canada Water in South East London creating 18 new shops and restaurants plus four new kiosk units. An extensive refurbishment of the existing shopping centre is also proposed. The project will cost £30m to complete and 500 permanent positions will be created as a direct result. David Pollock is Retail Development Manager for British Land. | | £6m | £6m | | 2 |
| | 16 May 2012 | £2.5m investment - Business growth - Sales up 50 per cent - New jobs created | Manufacturer I-Plas, based in Halifax in Yorkshire, has received £2.5m from a venture capital investor to help finance product development. As a result sales have increased by £2m, from £4m to £6m, following the development of new products. The company has also increased its sales team. Grahame Hall is Chief Executive of I-Plas. | | £5m | £-1.6m | 70 | 1 |
| | 16 May 2012 | £1m investment in data centre | Communications specialist Daisy Group, based in Lancashire, has invested £1m in a state-of-the art data centre in the former Bank of Engaldn gold bullion vault in Manchester City Centre. The new ultra-secure facility, is its most advanced and also most energy efficient in the companys portfolio. | | £266m | £-15.8m | 2,213 | 4 |
| | 16 May 2012 | £1bn extra spending - 300 jobs created - Increased demand | Car giant Jaguar Land Rover is to spend an extra £1 billion with suppliers in the UK over the next four years, and plans to create 300 jobs. The company has seen increasing global demand for its cars. The jobs will be based at the new logistics facility in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, which will open in summer 2012. | | £9,871m | | 17,255 | 1 |
| | 22 May 2012 | Profits soar at Intermediate Capital | Intermediate Capital, the mezzanine financing company, has hiked its dividend and grown profits despite strong Eurozone headwinds. | | | | | |
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