Successful off-market bolt-on acquisition

Our client is a UK national provider of Integrated Facilities Management (IFM) with a number of private and public sector clients, including ‘prestige’ properties and large complexes. Having grown the business successfully from a soft-services background, our client appointed us to help them expand into technical services to complement their own operations in this sector, […]

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Successful bolt-on acquisition with no distraction to core business

Our client is a successful cleaning and soft services provider who operates nationally, but after a strategic review by the CFO it was clear that a large proportion of their income was derived from three key regions in the UK and two clients. They were therefore seeking to grow, not in terms of service diversification, […]

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Sale of a manned guarding business to a trade buyer

We were retained by our client, who had built his business over a period of 15 years, in order to work confidentially to sell his business. Our client had created his business from scratch, originally undertaking guarding duties for groups he knew personally and then eventually winning contracts and successfully providing a range of guarding […]

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Sale of fire and security detection/monitoring business to a PE group

We were retained by our client, who had built his business over a period of 12 years, in order to discreetly sell his business. From our initial meeting we established his key reasons for selling and agreed a short-term plan so that he could maximise his exit position and also remain engaged in the business […]

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Increased profit and cash generation within 18 months of appointment

Our client had been a successful technical installation and service business, but its profitability had decreased and growth had stagnated despite increased expenditure in sales and on marketing. Although the company had launched new sales materials and a refreshed website with detailed videos explaining their services, neither turnover nor profit had grown. At the same […]

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