Sale of Glide to CableCom Networking

Sale of Glide to CableCom Networking

Fast-growth Birmingham utilities payments company Glide has been acquired by a group specialising in broadband, TV and telephony services for the student and landlord market. Glide, which makes sharing bills simple for tenants and property businesses, delivering one monthly bill for all utilities and services, will become part of CableCom. The Somerset-based group serves more…

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Sale of Archive 2000 to Dublin based OASIS

Sale of Archive 2000 to Dublin Based OASIS

Cattaneo LLP has advised shareholders Paul and Sandra Byrne on the sale of Archive 2000 to Dublin based Offsite Archive Storage and Integrated Services (Ireland) Limited (“OASIS”). Birmingham-based Archive 2000 offers off-site document storage and retrieval services to local and national clients. In addition to storage facilities, it offers other archival services such as box…

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Employee trustee takes over Avidity IP

Employee Trustee Takes Over Avidity IP

Cattaneo LLP has advised on the recommended cash offer by the Avidity Employee Ownership Trustee Limited for Avidity IP Group PLC. The offer sees the employee trust gaining majority ownership of Avidity for the benefit of its employees. Headquartered in the Midlands, Avidity IP is a firm of European Patent and Trade Mark attorneys with…

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Palletforce £30m sale to Forcefield Bidco

Palletforce £30m Sale to Forcefield Bidco

The sale, recommended by the Palletforce Board, has become effective under a Companies Act scheme of arrangement. The Palletforce executive management have invested in Forcefield Bidco alongside EmergeVest. EmergeVest is a Hong Kong based investment management business with over $300m under management. It already has interests in the UK logistics and transport sector with a…

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Shield Group buys APC for £6 million from Alumasc

Shield Group Buys APC from Alumasc

In Autumn 2014, the Alumasc Board announced that the focus of the Group’s future strategic development would be to accelerate the growth of its market‐leading Building Products activities and, as a consequence, it was seeking a buyer for APC, the larger of the Group’s two Engineering Products businesses. Alumasc is pleased to announce that it…

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Sale of online retailer, VioVet, to Pethealth Inc

Sale of Online Retailer VioVet to Pethealth Inc

Cattaneo LLP, the Birmingham based corporate finance adviser, has advised on the sale of VioVet, one of the UK’s leading online pet supply retailers, to PetHealth inc of Ontario, Canada for an undisclosed sum. Headquartered in Luton, VioVet has grown rapidly since it was founded by Luke Cousins in 2008 when he was 16.  The…

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SDI sale to Dematic for £23m

SDI Sale to Dematic for £23m

Cattaneo advises on second cross border takeover in a week. The Birmingham based corporate finance advisor, has started 2015 by advising on two UK Takeover Code offers in a week. Advising Hertfordshire headquartered SDI Group which is being taken over by Luxembourg based Dematic Group S.A.R.L in a deal which values SDI at £23m. SDI Group…

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Riverview Takeover Narborough Plantations

Cattaneo LLP, the Birmingham based corporate finance advisor, has started 2015 by advising Riverview Rubber Estates Berhad in Malaysia on its takeover offer for the Narborough Plantations PLC. Riverview is a plantation company with a 75 year history and is listed on the main market of the Bursa Malaysia. Riverview’s main operations comprise four wholly-owned…

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Preston Innovations sold to Zebco Brands of the US

Preston Innovations Sold to Zebco Brands

Preston Innovations is the UK’s leading match fishing brand as well as having a growing presence in the coarse, carp and bait segments of the market with its brands Korum, Avid Carp and Sonubaits.  The business, which has turnover in excess of £17 million, is growing rapidly on the back of strong growth in Europe…

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£30m Cross border Management Buy Out of Prism UK

£30m Management Buy Out of Prism UK

Cattaneo LLP has advised the management team & Newco on the buy-out of Prism UK Medical Limited from Toronto based TSX Venture Exchange listed business, Prism Medical Limited. Led by CEO Stuart Meldrum, Prism is the market leader in the provision of safe patient handling solutions that enable the mobility disadvantaged to live at home…

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