Business Sale Report

🤝Scottish engineering group Wood has completed the sale of its stake in Aberdeen-based EthosEnergy to private equity firm One Equity Partners. 💰 The deal for Aberdeen-based EthosEnergy is worth $138 million (£111 million) and was first announced by the London Stock Exchange listed John Wood Group in August 2024. It was officially completed on New Year’s Eve. Link to the full story and quote to follow below 👇 -- Business Sale Report is your number one UK M&A marketplace. #engineering #bsr #UK #scotland #investment #sale

🤝North Shields-based boat equipment firm Marine Chandlery has bought the assets of peer Bayside Marine. ⛵ Brixham-based Bayside Marine served the boating community for more than 20 years. It began in 1998 as Becconsall Fishing Gear Supplies, providing goods to commercial fishing fleets from its Devon base before expanding into the leisure market and launching an eBay store front. 🚢 Marine Chandlery, previously known as Storrar Marine, launched earlier this year after being acquired by West Nautical. Link to the full story and quote to follow below 👇 -- Business Sale Report is your number one UK M&A marketplace. #boating #BRS #UK #marine #investment #growth

🤝A Northern Irish holiday park business is targeting M&A after securing investment from private equity firm @Melior Equity Partners. 🏖️ Blair’s Holiday Parks was established in 1978 by Tom Blair, the uncle of the current co-owner and managing director Colin Mayrs. 🏢 It operates three parks in Portrush including Hilltop, Craigahulliar and Blair’s and Castlewood on the eastern shores of Lough Neagh. Link to the full story and quote to follow below 👇 -- Business Sale Report is your number one UK M&A marketplace. #holiday #BRS #UK #vacation #investment #growth

🤝Building compliance and energy assessment services provider Green Zone Surveys has bought Enviroduct to ramp up its offering to clients. 📈 North East-based Green Zone Surveys said the strategic deal was a ‘significant milestone’ in its growth, increasing its workforce and profit and boosting its service offering in the TR-19 market. ♻️ Enviroduct, established in 2015, is one of the largest ductwork cleaning companies in the Northern region with operations spanning the UK. Link to the full story and quote to follow below 👇 -- Business Sale Report is your number one UK M&A marketplace. #building #BRS #energy #acquisition #investment #growth

🤝Private equity backed Titan Wealth has bought UK peer, Independent Wealth Partners, for an undisclosed sum. 🏢Titan Wealth,backed by Parthenon Capital Partners, Ares Management and Hambleden Capital, provides a range of wealth and asset management services. 💲Warwickshire-based Independent Wealth Partners, founded in 2019, has grown by acquiring like-minded firms across the UK. It now has over 130 financial planners. Link to the full story and quote to follow below 👇 -- Business Sale Report is your number one UK M&A marketplace. #peer #BRS #buyout #privateequity #investment

🚢 ShipVet Services Ltd Services, a company that carries out safety assessments and sanctions screening for clients chartering vessels has undergone a management buy-in. 🤝 The deal, backed by a seven-figure loan from Frontier Development Capital (FDC), gives control of the business to a team led by James Stairmand, who has more than 20 years' experience in the commodities sector and who founded and sold the digital marketplace OnlineFuels.’. ⚓ Captain Fintan Cullen, who has owned and led ShipVet for more than 25 years, will retain a stake in the business and continue in his role as managing director. Link to the full story and quote to follow below 👇 -- Business Sale Report is your number one UK M&A marketplace. #boat #BRS #buyout #ship #navigation

💲 European private equity group IK Partners has taken a majority stake in Birmingham-based Dains Accountants. 🤝IK Partners will succeed fellow private equity firm Horizon Capital as the majority shareholder, with the management team also ‘significantly reinvesting’. 💻 Established in 1926, Dains provides a comprehensive suite of accounting and business advisory services to fast-growing small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK and Ireland. Link to the full story and quote to follow below 👇 -- Business Sale Report is your number one UK M&A marketplace. #software #BRS #acquisition #Uk #accounting

💲 Software investor Software Circle has secured a £16.7 million loan facility from Shawbrook to drive future M&A opportunities. 📈 The Manchester-based vertical market software acquirer has already completed seven acquisitions across the UK and Ireland since it was founded 20 years ago. 💻 Software Circle started its buy and build programme in 2022 with an aim to expand its portfolio and product offering while enabling business owners to fulfil their exit strategies. Link to the full story and quote to follow below 👇 -- Business Sale Report is your number one UK M&A marketplace. #software #BRS #acquisition #Uk

🤝 Grimsby-based Card Industry Professionals has been bought by New York-listed payments group Shift4, whose founder is set to be the new boss of NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 💲 Card Industry Professionals provides card terminals, point of sale and online payment solutions to thousands of SMEs such as retailers, hair salons and hospitality venues. 🙌 It now employs a 20-strong team in Grimsby, has a nationwide network of over 150 sales agents and processes over £60 million worth of transactions per month. Link to the full story and quote to follow below 👇 -- Business Sale Report is your number one UK M&A marketplace. #finance #payments #BRS #acquisition #NASA #onlinepayment

🐟Grimsby-based Arctic Fish Products has plunged into administration. 🏭The fish processing specialist, founded in 2005, ceased trading and called in administrators after experiencing a sudden loss of turnover. ➡️ Jamie Miller and Gareth Harris of RSM UK Restructuring Advisory LLP were appointed joint administrators on 4 December 2024. Link to the full story and quote to follow below 👇 -- Business Sale Report is your number one UK M&A marketplace. #fishery #fish #BRS #administration