Companies Receiving Investment - Private Equity / Bank Funding |
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| | 07 Feb 2012 | £8.5m management buyout of electromagnetic components company | Aero Stanrew, the Devon-based supplier of electromagnetic components to the aerospace sector, has been bought by its management for £8.5m. Private equity for the acquisition came from WestBridge Fund Managers, with HSBC providing structured debt. The business employs 170 staff in Barnstaple and its base in Tunisia. The management team is led by Clive Scott and also includes Chris Evans, Owen Rolfe and Peter Vaughan. Phil Crawford-Smith of Westbridges Co-Investment Club is Independant Chairman. | Aero Stanrew Limited | £10m | £1m | 133 | 4 |
| | 09 Feb 2012 | £70m refinancing - business expansion strategy - potential new jobs | Rotherham-based Energy Alloys UK Ltd, which provides oil field metals and equipment to energy companies, has secured a £70m senior secured credit facility to fund future growth and provide working capital. The company's expansion has the potential to create business and employment opportunities. Energy Alloys employs 110 staff in the UK. | Energy Alloys UK Ltd | £36m | £2m | 119 | 5 |
| | 07 Feb 2012 | £4.2m investment - Aero Stanrew MBO | Cardiff-based private equity firm WestBridge Fund Managers has invested £4.2m as part of a £8.5m management buyout at Devon-based aerospace component manufacturer Aero Stanrew. The investment is WestBridge's largest to date. | Westbridge Capital LLP | £0.0m | £0.0m | 0 | 1 |
| | 09 Feb 2012 | £100m bank refinancing secured - Majority stake of business sold | Healthcare at Home, based in Burton on Trent, Staffordshire has sold a majority stake of the business to private equity house Vitruvian Partners. The company has also secured £100m of bank refinancing with RBS and HSBC. As a result of the investment the executive management team is to expand. Mike Gordon is Chief Executive of Healthcare at Home. | Healthcare At Home Limited | £814m | £20m | 664 | 16 |
| | 07 Feb 2012 | £1.5m funding secured - technology development strategy | Cheshire-based technology company eoSemi has secured a £1.5m second tranche of funding from existing investors EV, NESTA investment an Capital-E. eoSemi will continue developing silicon replacements for the quartz crystals currently used in electronic devices with a view to bringing the technology into a $4bn market. | eoSemi Ltd | £0.0m | £0.0m | 0 | 1 |
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Companies Receiving Investment - Private Finance Initiatives / PPI Initiatives |
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| | 06 Feb 2012 | £30,000 funding secured - 32 new jobs - opening 25th store | Parsons Bakery Ltd has secured £30,000 funding from the government's Regional Growth Fund. It is opening a new store in Chippenham, Wiltshire, its 25th outlet, and plans to expand its chain to 30 stores by the end of 2012. The expansion will create up to 16 full-time and 16 part-time jobs. | Parsons Bakery Limited | £0.0m | £0.0m | 0 | 1 |
| | 07 Feb 2012 | £1.15m funding secured - 12 new jobs - capital investment | Eco Plastics Ltd has secured £1.15m funding from not-for-profit lender WRAP to expand its Lincolnshire base. The expansion will allow the site to recycle an additional 15,000 tonnes of rigid plastic packaging each year. Bottle sorting and processing facilities will also be extended and 12 jobs will be created. | Eco Plastics Limited | £13m | £-1.6m | 106 | 3 |
| | 06 Feb 2012 | Seven NHS trusts given cash to pay PFI hospital costs | Seven NHS hospital trusts are to be given a government bail-out of 1.5bn to meet payments due under Private Finance Initiative contracts. | | | | | |
| | 06 Feb 2012 | Potential new jobs - £129m operations base - PFI initiative | Avon and Somerset Police Authority is building a £129m base in a private finance initiative led by Blue Light consortium. Blue Light, led by Bilfinger Berger Project Investments, will build, finance and operate the base. It will include custody and crime investigation centres, police stations and a firearms training centre. New jobs are expected. | Avon and Somerset Police Authority | £0.0m | £0.0m | 0 | 1 |
| | 06 Feb 2012 | Plymouth City Council cash capital investment of £673,000 | OVER the next five years,Plymouth City Council is proposing to put a cash capital investment of £673,000 towards the Waterfront Business Improvement District (BID). | | | | | |
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Companies Receiving Investment - Venture Capital |
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| | 09 Feb 2012 | £24m investment received - 20% share of company sold | Audio equipment company Bowers & Wilkins Group Limited based in Worthing, West Sussex.London has received a £24m investment from London based investment trust company Caledonia Investments. Caledonia Investment will own a 20% of the company as a direct result. | Bowers & Wilkins Group Limited | £0.0m | £0.0m | 0 | 1 |
| | 09 Feb 2012 | £24m investment in audio equipment company - 20% share acquired | London based investment trust company Caledonia Investments has invested £24m for a 20% share in audio equipment company Bowers & Wilkins Group Limited based in Worthing, West Sussex. | Caledonia Investments PLC | £206m | £0.0m | 797 | 1 |
| | 09 Feb 2012 | £2.3m investment received - Management buy in | Packaging manufacturer Viscose Closures, based in Swansea in Wales has received £2.3 investment from fund management company Finance Wales as part of a £5m management buy-in. | Viscose Closures Limited | £8m | £0.5m | 57 | 1 |
| | 09 Feb 2012 | £2.3m investment into packaging manufacturer | Fund management company Finance Wales has invested £2.3m into Swansea-based packaging manufacturer Viscose Closures as part of a £5m management buy-in. | Finance Wales Plc | £8m | £8m | 91 | 4 |
| | 08 Feb 2012 | £150,000 investment - new jobs | Northumberland-based Wood Heating has secured a £150,000 investment to recruit new staff following an increase in sales. The investment was from Finance for Business North East’s accelerator fund. Guaranteed government financial subsidies are expected to significantly increase demand for the firm's biomass boilers. | Wood Heating Company (Stoves) Ltd (The) | £0.0m | £0.0m | 0 | 1 |
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