The financial due diligence experts, Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services LLP, has expanded its North West team with the appointment Ros Jones Ros joins after spending a number of years gaining significant practical industry experience as a group financial accountant for Air Energi, a major global recruiter engaged in the oil and gas industry. Ros … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts (“DSW”), the leading specialist professional advisory firm and equity finance firm, has expanded its VAT Services business with the appointment of Jacki Wells, as a partner who will be based in the Yorkshire & North East office. Jacki joins DSW from Ernst & Young, where she headed up their Leeds Indirect Tax … Continued
J E Wilson & Sons (Kendal) Limited (“Wilsons”) Business rescue and recovery specialists Dow Schofield Watts Business Recovery LLP (“DSW”) have helped secure 121 jobs at a Cumbria based chocolate makers after assisting in finding a buyer for the business. Creative Confectionery (Holme) Limited (“Creative”), acquired the business and assets of Wilsons from the Joint … Continued
Recruitment and health service provider Castlerock Recruitment Group (CRG) has acquired the Salford Quays-based forensic healthcare division of Medacs Healthcare. Financial due diligence on behalf of CRG was conducted by Rob McCarthy of Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services. CRG said that the deal would complement its specialist sub-brand CRG Medical Services. The company also reported … Continued
Financial due diligence was provided by Yorkshire based Rob McCarthy of Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services to West Yorkshire workplace equipment provider HC Slingsby on the purchase of Norwich-based counterpart in a £3.9m deal financed through a combination of cash and asset backed debt. ESE is a profitable company operating in the same sector as Slingsby … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts, the leading specialist professional advisory and equity finance firm, is delighted to announce the appointment of Tony Norwood as a Director in its Corporate Finance team. He will be based in the Yorkshire & North East office. Tony qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PwC in 2000 and is a long-standing member … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts, the leading specialist professional advisory and equity finance firm, have recognised the outstanding contribution by two of its team in the North West office, announcing two promotions Keith Benson and Gregg Pendlington have been promoted to Associate Director. Keith Benson, a Chartered Accountant and a graduate of the London School of Economics … Continued
PRIVATE equity firm LDC has backed a £20m secondary buyout of Warrington-based catering firm Waterfall. LDC has bought a minority stake held by YFM Equity Partners, venture capital trust Neptune-Calculus and Kaye Enterprises, since 2007 when they backed a management buyout of Caterplus. The vendors said they had achieved a 5x return on the original … Continued
Rob McCarthy of Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services provided financial due diligence to YFM Equity Partners as they back the management team of an industrial acoustic engineering business on a £4m MBO. A four-strong team from Wakefield Acoustics has bought the Cleckheaton firm, which designs, manufactures and installs a range of bespoke industrial and environmental noise … Continued
PHD Equity Partners (“PHD”) has reached a first closing of £16.5million for its second private equity fund, PHD Equity Partners Fund No.2 (“Fund 2”) and will commence investing it from January 2015. Fund 2 has a target of £25million and is backed by a diverse group of high net worth individuals, alongside the PHD partners … Continued
PHD Equity Partners backs £3.2m management buy-in of UK’s leading online rug retailer Modern Rugs – the UK’s leading dedicated online rug retailer which is based in Co Durham (URLs: www.modern-rugs.co.uk and www.sisalrugs.co.uk) – has undergone a £3.2m management buy-in backed by Enterprise Ventures and PHD Equity Partners. The deal gives operational control of the … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance, the prominent independent advisory firm, announces the successful completion of its advisory role to the management team of Character World, the UK’s leading licenced bedding specialist, on their secondary buyout backed by Palatine Private Equity from RJD Partners. Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance have been retained adviser to the management … Continued
Yorkshire advisers act on cross border deal with Indian buyer Two leading Yorkshire advisory firms, Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance Limited (“DSW”) and Squire Patton Boggs have successfully completed the international trade sale of Homestyle Products Limited (“Homestyle Products”) to Acrysil UK Limited, a newly formed UK subsidiary of Acrysil Limited (“Acrysil”), an Indian company … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts, the leading specialist professional advisory and equity finance firm, has continued its expansion plans with the appointment of Phil King to its Corporate Finance team. Phil will be based in the Yorkshire & North East office, advising a wide range of businesses across the region on acquisitions, business sales, financing raising and … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts Forensic LLP is delighted to announce the appointment of new partner, Kate Beckett. Dow Schofield Watts, the leading specialist professional advisory and equity finance firm with offices in the North West and North East of England, has continued its expansion with the appointment of Kate Beckett as a partner to its Forensic … Continued