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Rockworth successfully completes Teamseer sale to the Access Group

April 19, 2013
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We are delighted to announce the successful acquisition of software as a service business, Teamseer Limited, by the Access Group. Teamseer is the leading absence management solution to both SME’s and blue chip clients. The solution automates the entire absence management process, providing HR, senior executives and line managers with visibility and control of staff [...]

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Rockworth advises on successful fund-raising for Oxford Nanosystems

January 30, 2013

Rockworth recently advised the team at Oxford nanoSystems, a developer of cutting edge nanocoating technologies, on its private placing that will provide funds to take the company through to its next stage of development. Based at the European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre in Harwell Oxford, Oxford nanoSystems are using emerging technologies to refine longstanding [...]

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Sale of publishing business The Almanac Gallery

October 28, 2012

Client Business The Almanac Gallery is one of the leading brands within the UK Greeting Card industry.  Founded in the early 1990′s by Honor Williams and her husband Darryl the business grew successfully on the basis of its core style and association with high quality art.  Based in central London, the company has well over 500 [...]

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Rockworth advise Kittiwake Developments Limited on their sale to Parker Hannifin Corporation

July 17, 2012
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We are pleased to announce that Rockworth Managements Partners, acting as sole lead advisor, have advised the shareholders and management team in their successful sale of the company to Parker Hannifin Inc.  Alongside our other ongoing work in the engineering sector, Rockworth worked with the team for nearly a year, resulting in wide range of interested parties and offers [...]

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Fund-raising of expansion capital for Absolute Radio International

March 5, 2012
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Rockworth have advised the owners of Absolute Radio International on their successful capital raising to further develop their new digital media business. Client Business Absolute Radio International is one of the leading players in the UK radio industry, founded by Donnach O’Driscoll and Clive Dickens, they not only manage the London radio station of the [...]

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Capella University Acquires Resource Development International Ltd

February 9, 2012
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Capella Education Company, a provider of online post-secondary education through its wholly owned subsidiary Capella University, Monday announced that it has acquired Resource Development International Ltd (RDI), an independent provider of United Kingdom (UK) university distance learning qualifications, for £9.3 million ($14.9 million). Capella’s acquisition of RDI enhances the Company’s leadership through access to the [...]

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MBO of Creare Communications backed by Sovereign Capital Partners

November 10, 2011
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Sovereign Capital has backed the MBO of Creare Communications The management team at digital marketing agency Creare Communications has successfully completed a management buyout of the business with funds from Sovereign Capital. Creare Communications is one of the UK’s leading providers of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) services and today helps over 1,000 clients. It works [...]

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UK lower mid-market continues to strengthen

September 30, 2011

The volume and value of deals in the the UK lower mid-market completed in the first three quarters of this year has increased year on year for the past three years. According to Lyceum Capital and Cass Business School’s UK Growth Buyout Dashboard, a quarterly analysis of UK-headquartered private equity deals in the £10m (€11.6m) [...]

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The Budget—what impact on Private Companies and M&A in 2011?

March 29, 2011

The March budget provided many interesting announcements relevant to Rockworth clients.  The rate of income tax relief available to investors under the Enterprise Investment Scheme will go up from 20% to 30% and the annual investment allowed will increase from £500k to £1m (as of 2012). Coupled with the existing exemption from Capital Gains Tax [...]

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UK M&A Deal values on the up

March 21, 2011

Multiples for good quality private companies involved in UK M&A deals increased in 2010 and are likely to continue to rise this year, driven by interest from both trade and private equity buyers, various research shows.  One survey suggests Private equity firms on average paid 12.2 times multiples for companies in 2010, compared to 11.6 in [...]

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