Company sale

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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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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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 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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Ethos Recruitment business sale to Staffline Group plc

March 17, 2011

Staffline Group plc, a national outsourcing organisation providing people and operational expertise to industry, today announces the acquisition of Ethos Recruitment Limited (“Ethos”), a Daventry-based recruitment agency. The acquisition is in line with Staffline’s business strategy of making selective bolt-on acquisitions to broaden both revenue stream and customer base. Ethos Recruitment is a leading supplier [...]

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Sale of marketing business Core (Blimey) Ltd

January 28, 2011

Client Business The Core was founded in Hull in the early 1990’s by Alistair Whiteley.  Whilst his co-founder left the business, Alistair continued to grow The Core and in 2006 brought Nick Green in as Managing Director.  Nick had worked with the team on numerous occasions in his prior role managing various brands within Unilever. Subsequent [...]

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Brand Valuation

January 27, 2011

Brand, and therefore brand valuation, is a specific intangible asset that a great many business owners aspire to and which under the right circumstances can lead to greatly enhanced values for businesses as a whole. However it is worth remembering that a brand in itself has no value unless it provides a greater draw to larger [...]

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EBITDA Multiples

July 27, 2010

EBITDA Multiples represent the most common method used by corporate finance advisors, Private Equity and corporate acquirers for valuing businesses. The acronym specifically relates to Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation.  As a profit figure it is therefore independent of these features – independent of tax, independent of artificial accounting policies that relate to [...]

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