G4S rejects offer from BC's Gardaworld
Listed British integrated security company G4S has urged its shareholders to reject the unsolicited offer made by Gardaworld, a Canada-based integrated security and risk company backed by BC Partners.
Listed British integrated security company G4S has urged its shareholders to reject the unsolicited offer made by Gardaworld, a Canada-based integrated security and risk company backed by BC Partners.
'There is room for compromise beneficial to both sides,' said the director Kristalina Georgieva
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Mid-market private equity firm LDC has sold its stake in UK-based employment law specialist Ellis Whittam to Marlowe, a London-listed safety and regulatory compliance expert.
Bowmark Capital has backed the buyout of Northern Ireland-based technology company Totalmobile. The Belfast-based venture has more than 700 customers and 250,000 mobile-workforce users across the public services, property, facilities management, transport and infrastructure sectors.
Somerset Capital Management has recruited Min Chen to its China team. He joins the UK firm from Dymon Asia where he was the portfolio manager of the Prospect View China fund. Chen has previously clocked
Fulcrum Asset Management hired Filippo Cartiglia as a senior member in its investment team. Cartigli is said to play a key part in the UK fund manager’s macroeconomic research, the firm said. Prior to joining
Private equity firms spent $9.5m on average on legal fees in 2019 and that figure has been growing, according to new research from Apperio. The research was based on a survey of 100 senior stakeholders
Liberta Partners has acquired automotive networked systems business Kienzle Automotive as part of a succession solution.
The Resolution Foundation's report found that over one in four people most deprived quartile of London were not working, furloughed, or had lost hours and pay in early September
US PE firms reported a 24% increase in the level of scrutiny applied to outside counsel costs since 2018. Similarly, in the UK, the level of scrutiny has climbed 41% over the past five years
The programme is inspired by the asset management industry’s #100blackinterns campaign launched this summer
UK-based private equity firm Palatine Pivate Equity has acquired an undisclosed stake in Manchester-based training company Back2Work.
MP Darren Jones said he had been concerned over the “abuse” of some of the government’s support
BGF has sold its stake in Chase Distillery to UK-headquartered alcoholic drinks conglomerate Diageo Great Britain.
Tenzing has invested in the management buyout of VIPR, a UK-based provider of insurance software.
BGF and Sir Anthony Seldon have made a call for a £15bn National Renewal Fund to recapitalise 21,000 businesses in the UK.
More than two-thirds of British pension funds are set to increase their investments into renewables, according to a new survey by Pureprofile and Alpha Real Capital. Having polled 50 pension fund investors, the researchers found
Mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital has acquired UK-based Totalmobile, a developer of field service management software, from Horizon Capital.
The survey found that nearly 70% of pension funds plan to increase their allocations to renewables over the next five years
