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Acquisitions Wanted
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ALL COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL |
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Industrial/Service Sector Businesses Sought
in UK
Strong Growth prospects - EBIT at least £500,000 ideally higher - MBI sought with management willing to stay in business - 60 per cent acquisition sought (Ref. REINDSERV)
Target Value: £5,000,000 to £100,000,000
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COMMERICAL
in UK
Investment company - All commerical and industrial considered; except IT, textiles and retail - - Minimum turnover £10m - Maximum turnover £100m - Anywhere in the UK - Ideally in the North West (Ref. Commercial)
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Property Development/Investment Company
in SE. England or East Anglia
Existing management retainable - Commercial or residential property - Land bank and/or income producing properties - Essex, Suffolk, Herts, North Kent and London based portfolio (Ref. 12502)
Target Value: Upto £5,000,000
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Construction & Refurbishment, Building & Fitters |
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Fencing Contractor
in NW. England (incl N. Wales)
Turnover £600,000 plus - Northwest based - Contract or domestic work - Ability to run under management - Some manufacturing ability ideally (Ref. Borders)
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Social Housing Repair & Maintenance
in SE. England, S. England or East Anglia
Companies are sought that are providing Social Housing Repair & Maintenance Services - Fast growing trade buyer showing sustained growth of £25-30M per year, with over 300 staff operating in South/South East of England - Core revenues from full development, new build, regeneration and refurbishment services to Local Authorities and Registered Social Landlords - Integration to provide significant up sell opportunity of services to the client bases of both businesses - Our client has funds available (Ref. 5168)
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Electronics & Electrical Equipment |
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Acqua Electro seeks small-medium online based retailers in electronic products
in UK
UK wide companies considered - Loss making or small profits considered - Preference to high-margin (Ref. Acqua Electro)
Target Value: £500 to £2,000,000
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Acquisition Requirement: High Voltage / Electronic Components
in UK
Electrical Design / Engineering - Electrical Panel Assembly / Build - High Voltage Cable Products / Services - Turnover: £500,000 to £3 million - Profitability: Preferred, but turnaround considered - Location: UK, anywhere (Ref. A13286)
Target Value: £500,000 to £3,000,000
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Manufacture |
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Store Display Fixtures / Systems OR Portable Display Systems OR Exhibition Systems
in UK
A successful Exhibition & Display System Company based overseas is looking to acquire a company which - Manufactures innovative products and systems for retail fixed display OR retail portable display OR for exhibitions. - Profitable and unprofitable companies considered: the product or system is the point. - Location can be anywhere in the UK. - Target companies should have a minimum turnover of €3m and a maximum of €15m (£2m – £10m) (Ref. 10149)
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Manufacture & Installation of Steel Doors
in Midlands / Central England, N. England or Scotland
Manufacture and installation of steel doors - Midlands, North of England or Scotland - Ideally the Manager, sales team, manufacturing team and installers are retainable, although other situations will be considered. - Turnover from £500,000 to £1,500,000 - Either freehold or leasehold premises would be considered (Ref. 3489)
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Petrochemical, Pharmaceutical & Cosmetics |
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Chemical or Health Distributor required
in UK
UK Based - Turnover £5-50M - Export business is preferred - Strong Management team in place ideal - MBO/MBI structured deal considered - Chemical or Health distributor focused business required (Ref. 3382)
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Printing & Promotional goods |
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Photo Copier Suppliers
in SE. England
Turnover: £250k - £2.5m - Prefer profitable, but turnaround considered - Prefer South East but would consider other locations - Prefer handover or retainable management - Client has cash available immediately for acquisitions (Ref. 3630)
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Wholesale & Distribution |
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Fencing, gate and decking supply businesses WANTED.
in SE. England
Distribution & Supply of Fencing Materials. - Turnover Range £500,000 - £3,000,000 - Location South East England (Ref. 3526)
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Janitorial Supplies: Wholesale & Distribution
in SW. England (incl S. Wales), SE. England or W. Midlands / W. Central England
Small to Medium sized companies - Good spread of Customers - Including customers from one or more of the following sectors : Education, Tourism, Medical, Industrial - Core business should be paper, chemicals and plastics – but may also include medical, catering or safety supplies - Leasehold or Freehold premises considered - Geographical area: most of Southern England , South Wales and South Midlands (Ref. 10182)
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Agencies |
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Residential Lettings / Property Management Business
in S. England
Our clients are interested in Property management businesses OR Estate agencies with interesting Lettings sections - They have a family business based in Berkshire and wide experience of both property sales and management - They wish to make one or more acquisitions in the Berks / N Hants / W. Wilts / South & West Oxon area - They wish to retain staff and management where possible, but are also interested in acquiring a loyal customer base - They intend to pay a fair market valuation for any business which they purchase - They are fully funded and able to move quickly (Ref. 10183)
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Residential Property Management Businesses
in SE. England
Small-medium sized business with good profits - Looking for continuity of operations and a loyal customer base - Ability to retain management and staff where posssible - Vendor willing to provide reasonable period of handover or consultancy (Ref. 10183)
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Facilities Management |
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Facilities Services (UK)
in UK
Hard Services such as Air Conditioning, Heating & Ventilation, Mechanical and Engineering - £500,000 to £2.5million T/O - Profitability preferred but turnaround considered - Location - anywhere in the UK (Ref. 3627)
Target Value: £500,000 to £2,500,000
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Commercial Cleaning
in SE. England, W. Midlands / W. Central England or S. Wales
Commercial cleaning, from office cleaning, exteriors cleaning, window cleaning, carpet & upholstery cleaning and specialist cleaning - London/Kent/within 50 mile radius or Bristol or Cardiff/within 50 mile radius of Birmingham - Turnover between £500,000 and £3,000,000 - Either freehold or leasehold premises would be considered (Ref. 3486)
Target Value: £200,000 to £1,200,000
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IT & Telecom |
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Acquisition Search: Sage & Microsoft CRM Resellers
in UK
CRM Resellers: Suitable businesses will have involvement with any of the following products: ACT!, SAGE CRM, Goldmine, Sales Logix, MS CRM (Ref. 7725)
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SOFTWARE BUSINESSES - FINANCIAL SERVICES
Software businesses that have their own products providing solutions to the financial services sector - Established or early stage businesses considered - Our client will consider outright acquisitions or investment in target businesses - Target businesses will be based anywhere in Europe (Ref. 7733)
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Marketing, Media, Publishing & Design |
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Digital Signage Business
in UK
High profile digital signage company is seeking to acquire similar and related businesses, with a proven presence and business model - Ideally looking to consolidate the fragmented digital signage market - Profitable or non profitable businesses considered - Any location across the UK (Ref. Digital)
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Property agencies (incl Estate / Lettings Agency) |
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Estate/Lettings Agency
in SE. England
Essex based - Well established - Single or multi branch - Experienced retainable management - Might include purchase of freehold premises (Ref. 12501)
Target Value: Upto £1,000,000
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Recruitment |
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Recruitment - Legal / Sales / Permanent
in NW. England (incl N. Wales)
Based in the North West - Ideally Manchester - Turnover of any size (Ref. Horizon)
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Medical Recruitment
in SE. England
Large independent medical recruitment company is looking to acquire dentist, optician or other medical recruitment agencies - Profitable or non-profitable companies considered - Relocatable preferred - Knowledgeable employees (Ref. Refresh)
Target Value: £200,000 to £1,000,000
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Human Resource Outsourcing Companies & Consultants
in UK
Our client is a private equity backed HR outsourcing company, looking to acquire Human Resource outsourcing companies & consultants - They have immediate cash resources available for acquisitions - 1-100 employees considered - nationwide. (Ref. 3636)
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Security, Health & Safety |
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CCTV / Access Equipment
in NW. England (incl N. Wales) or Midlands / Central England
Retainable staff - Minimum turnover £500,000 (Ref. Overview)
Target Value: £500,000 to £1,000,000
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Controls Services and Technology
in UK
Succesful group seeking to bolt on complimentary business services and technologies for expansion and diversification - Businesses supporting physical infrastructures; Air, Road, Rail, and Buildings - Controls, monitoring, recording, payments, access, energy management/charging, environment, pollution, signage - Likely EBIT of £1,000,000-£5,000,000, although lower may also be of intrerest (Ref. 5175)
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Security - Manguarding
in UK
Our client is looking to acquire Security / Manguarding businesses, UK wide - Turnover of £1M to £25M, profitable companies preferred, but turnarounds also considered - The acquirer is a very profitable, privately owned, medium size enterprise - The acquirer achieves £30M+ sales and has a cash rich balance sheet - Immediate cash resource available for acquisitions (Ref. 3637)
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Fire & Security Services Company
in Scotland or UK
SSAIB or NSI registered - UK Wide - Scotland preferred - 300+ connections - Maintenance Contracts - Profitable or loss making - Monitored alarm systems preferred but not essential (Ref. Project Fire)
Target Value: £50,000 to £1,000,000
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Service & Consultancy |
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Insurance Broker
in NW. England (incl N. Wales), W. Midlands / W. Central England or N. England
Will consider opportunities with a turnover of up to £2m - Interested in most sectors - Large corporate seeking to increase market share through acquisitions (Ref. Broker)
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HR Related Service Providers Wanted
in UK
Payroll - Health & safety training - Relocation & settlement - Recruitment (construction, engineering, niche supply of labour) - Tax & accounting consultancies - Anything Nuclear Power related (Ref. 3214)
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DISPUTE RESOLUTION/LEGAL SERVICES BUSINESS WANTED
in UK
Businesses dealing with Construction/Marine/Water, Oil & Gas and/or Nuclear Industries - Ideally with 2nd tier Management - Up to 30 Employees - UK Based (Ref. 7300)
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ALL CARE AND EDUCATION |
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Care Company seeks acquisition targets
in NW. England (incl N. Wales) or Midlands / Central England
Mental Health - Domicilary Care - Learning Disabilities - Physical Disablities (Ref. 13206)
Target Value: £200,000 to £5,000,000
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Homecare / Domiciliary / Learning Difficulties
in UK
Serious acquirer seeks a number of homecare / domiciliary and learning support providers - Locations sought; West London – in particular Hammersmith and Fulham / Greater London / Birmingham / Nottingham / Edinburgh - Turnover minimum £200K to maximum £2.5M - Evidence of funding available to interested parties - Potential companies will have retainable management or be prepared to offer a handover subject to agreeing terms - Good CQC rating (Ref. 13282)
Target Value: £300,000 to £1,000,000
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Care, Nursing & Nanny |
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Domicilary Care Company
in Scotland, Midlands / Central England or N. England
UK based Domicilary Care Based Business - Block and Spot Considered - 1000 hrs per week minimum (Ref. DOMACQUA)
Target Value: Upto £5,000,000
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Home care / Supported Living
in NW. England (incl N. Wales), W. Midlands / W. Central England or N. England
Corporate acquirer with track record for delivering high standards of care - Particularly interested in supported living for adults with learning disabilities or mental health issues - Minimum turnover of £300,000 up to £20M - Ideally, looking for companies that have good inspection reports - Retainable management team required or consultancy from outgoing vendors - Funding in place (Ref. Cherish)
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Domiciliary and/or Nursing Care
in SE. England or Midlands / Central England
London/Home Counties/West Midlands - Registered Manager retainable - Minimum rating of 2 stars - Established at least 4 years - Turnover between £500,000 and £2,000,000 (Ref. 3480)
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Specialist Homes and Care Services
in UK
Learning and Physical Disabilities accommodation and support for adults & children in the community - Specialist support for people with Challenging Behaviour, Severe Physical Disabilities, Mental Health and Autism Spectrum Disorders - Successful, conscientious and well funded group provider seeks multiple strategic acquisitions (Ref. 5171)
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Childcare, Education, Schools & Training |
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Vocational Training
in UK
Venture Capital company is seeking further acquisitions within the government funded training sector - Particularly interested in companies that have secured Train 2 Gain or Apprenticeships - Must have good ofsted reports - Must have good attainment results - Ideally have lead provider status although sub contractors will be considered - Any size considered (Ref. Train)
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Training - Work Based Learning Provider
in NE. England, Midlands / Central England or NW. England (incl N. Wales)
Training business with Apprenticeship contract(s), of at least £250k - Delivering across a number of sectors; customer services, engineering, manufacturing - Turnover likely to be in the range £0.5m to £4.0m per annum - Strong learner achievement rates - Retainable management structure - Based in North West, Yorkshire, North East and Midlands (Ref. )
Target Value: £500,000 to £5,000,000
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ALL COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ALL SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ALL MOTOR AND TRANSPORT - Car Factors & Spares
- Garage Services
- Marine Businesses
- Motor Dealerships
- Petrol Stations
- Vehicle hire (incl taxi)
ALL CATERING AND LEISURE - Health, Fitness, Leisure equipment
- Health, Fitness, Theatre & Leisure facilities
- Leisure agencies
- Outdoor pursuits
- Restaurants
ALL CARE AND EDUCATION ALL RETAIL |
