Harvard Engineering is a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of energy saving control products and LED drivers for the lighting industry. Based in Normanton near Wakefield, Harvard has built an international reputation for delivering some of the most innovative and efficient products on the market.
Following a period of exceptional growth, the founding shareholders were keen to take on a private equity partner in order to release some equity value and raise some development capital for future growth.
Park Place acted as lead advisor on a highly competitive process that saw interest from a wide range of potential equity investors. The shareholders decided to partner with ECI who acquired a minority stake. Barclays Bank also provided a limited amount of debt to the transaction. Park Place have been retained as ongoing advisors.
Since 2006, we have guided UK and overseas clients on mergers, acquisitions and disposal activities, MBOs (and buy ins), broad-ranging strategic issues, corporate reorganisation and recovery and private equity.
Park Place advised the shareholders of My Pension Expert on the agreement of significant investment in the business by Palatine Private Equity.
Republic is a leading multi-brand fashion retailer operating throughout the UK with a distinctive customer proposition. Its product offering includes aspirational brands such as Bench, Hooch, Replay and G-Star, as well as up and coming niche brands and its own exclusive range.
Ebuyer is an online retailer of computer peripherals and other consumer electrical products. The Park Place team had previously advised the founder of Ebuyer on exiting two other businesses.
RMS is the largest independent operator of port facilities on the Humber and River Trent. It operates facilities at Goole, Grimsby, Immingham, Flixborough and Gunness. It also provides warehousing and logistical services.
Costcutter Supermarkets Group is one of the leading convenience retailers in the UK with around 1,400 stores. It was founded in 1985 by Colin Graves and remained owned by his family and their trusts.
Penthouse Carpets is a long established carpet manufacturer based in Rochdale. The business has been producing high quality carpets for over 30 years and has close relationships with numerous independent carpet retailers throughout the UK.
Allied Glass, based in Leeds and Knottingley, is a leading manufacturer and supplier of high value glass containers to spirits and food manufacturers, specialising in the production of complex bottles.
Eve is a leading provider of temporary access solutions ranging from roadways, walkways and barriers to the super fortress fence used at the Glastonbury Festival. The business was sold to Ashtead Group plc for £28 million, plus a £7 million earn-out in 2013.
Southdale Homes Limited is a construction management business specialising in social housing and public sector buildings such as schools, healthcare and community centres. The business is based in Halifax and is one of the North’s largest social housing developers.
Swift is the UK’s leading manufacturer of both touring caravans and of motor homes, and owns many of the leading brands in the sector. It also has a significant market share in the manufacture of holiday homes.
Springfield, one of Yorkshire’s and the North East’s leading care providers, has secured £7m of development capital funding from the Business Growth Fund and HSBC. Having advised Springfield on its previous fundraising Park Place again advised the company on a transaction.
Crossroads Truck & Bus is the Volvo commercial truck and bus dealership for Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. The business was the subject of an MBO in August 2005 funded by HSBC. Park Place conducted due diligence for the bank and established a close working relationship with the management team.
Shearings Leisure Group is one of Europe’s leading specialist operators of escorted tours and leisure hotels. The business offers coach, air, rail, cruise and hotel breaks to more than 170 destinations in the UK, Europe and Worldwide serving over 1.1 million passengers per annum.
Adare provides marketing and secure printing services to a wide range of commercial and public sector clients. Following a management buy out in 2006 the business embarked on a programme of non-core disposals.
The Cedar Court Hotels group consisted of 5 well-known hotels across West and North Yorkshire. Park Place were engaged in 2013 to assist the family shareholder base realise the value created in the 30 years since they developed their first hotel.
WHP are established providers of professional and network support services to mobile network operators. They are one of the UK's longest established providers of professional and network support services to the wireless telecommunications sector. WHP offer a complete range of end to end services.
Springfield, one of Yorkshire’s and the North East’s leading care providers, has secured £7m of development capital funding from the Business Growth Fund and HSBC. Having advised Springfield on its previous fundraising Park Place again advised the company on a transaction.
Turtle Wax is a long-established multinational developer of vehicle car products. Park Place were appointed to advise the EMEA division on a refinancing.
BioEden is the global leader in the extraction and storage of stem cells from dental pulp. The business uses its patented technology to extract mesenchymal stem cells from children’s milk teeth which are then cryogenically frozen and stored for future therapeutic uses.
ZyroFisher was originally formed in early 2016, when LDC backed the management buy-out of Zyro and supported the simultaneous acquisition of Fisher Outdoor Leisure. The merger created a business with sales of c.£75m which represents many market-leading global brands across all cycling disciplines.
de Poel is the UK’s leading Independent Vendor Neutral expert in procuring and managing the supply of temporary agency staff for large corporates.
The Coaching Inn Group is an operator of bespoke hotels. Established in 1996 the business has focused on historic old coaching inns and now to has fifteen iconic buildings in its portfolio.
Principle has defined and leads the global brand implementation market. Principle takes brand concepts and designs and makes them a physical reality, ensuring that brand standards are adhered to across sites around the globe.
ZyroFisher was originally formed in early 2016, when LDC backed the management buy-out of Zyro and supported the simultaneous acquisition of Fisher Outdoor Leisure. The merger created a business with sales of c.£75m which represents many market-leading global brands across all cycling disciplines.
Swift is the UK’s leading manufacturer of both touring caravans and of motor homes, and owns many of the leading brands in the sector. It also has a significant market share in the manufacture of holiday homes.
Arena is a leading independent specialist in hard copy and electronic data management. Established in 1991 the business provides hardware, software, service and expertise to a diverse range of clients in markets including education, financial and legal services.
Crossroads Truck & Bus is the Volvo commercial truck and bus dealership for Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. The business was the subject of an MBO in August 2005 funded by HSBC. Park Place conducted due diligence for the bank and established a close working relationship with the management team.
Founded in 1994, Acumen is one of the UK’s leading providers of industrial site services and waste management solutions, with offices and waste facilities in Keighley, York, Stockton on Tees, Immingham and Wolverhampton.
Park Place supported SimplyBiz, the leading independent provider of compliance and business services to financial advisers and financial institutions in the UK, on its acquisition of Defaqto for a total consideration of £74.3m. SimplyBiz, based in Huddersfield, is a long standing client of Park Place.
Lucion is a market leading multidisciplinary risk management business focused on hazardous materials, with a market-leading presence in the asbestos compliance market.
Park Place advised the management team of Pyroguard on an MBO backed by ESO Capital Partners. The investment accelerates Pyroguard’s expansion plans to further strengthen its position across the UK, Europe and selected wider global markets.
Qualter Hall & Company is an internationally recognised engineering business with a reputation for high quality design and manufacture having undertaken iconic projects around the world. It employs 120 people from its head office in Barnsley.
Park Place have advised on the Management Buy Out of Robinson Contract Services funded by ThinCats.
Park Place acted as lead advisor to Caledonian, a newly formed staycation leisure business focused on coach and self drive holidays in the UK and Europe, on the raising of equity funding from Mobeus Equity Partners.
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