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Acquisitions sought
Project Mine
Manufacturing and Distribution
Experienced and credible MBI candidate, searching for targets based in the North West or West Midlands. Target turnover £5-30m.
Project Manor
Engineering and Manufacturing
Very experienced MBI team, searching for targets based in the South West England. Target turnover £5-25m.
Project Barlow
Group of three private investors searching for businesses for sale within two hours’ drive of Cheshire, turnover £1-10M. Any sector except retail. Electronics and chemical sectors are favoured.
Project Oslo
Wealth management
Corporate client seeks investment management businesses, specialising in discretionary fund management. Companies sought with assets under management of £20 - 100 million. Anywhere in UK.
Project Durban
Print & packaging
Corporate client seeks companies in the print, packaging and presentational products sectors, preferably branded. Turnover £3-30 million. Ideally based in home counties but will consider anywhere in UK.
Project Newcastle
Advertising and marketing
Highly-experienced three-person MBI team coming out of blue-chip agencies, searching for targets based in the North. Acquisition criteria includes full service advertising and marketing agencies, new media businesses, PR agencies. Target turnover £10-50m.
Project Vienna
Contract cleaning, facilities management and janitorial supplies
Corporate client wishes to acquire companies involved in contract cleaning, janitorial supplies and facilities management. Turnover of targets should be £0.5 - 10 million. Ideally North West but will consider anywhere in UK.
Businesses available for sale
Project Major
Travel/Leisure sector
The business is a hotel membership programme. Customers subscribe approximately £30 per annum to receive a directory of hotels and a ‘privilege card’ which entitles them to free or discounted accommodation at more than 450 hotels across the UK and Eire. There are more than 12,000 current cardholders. The business generates turnover and operating profits of approximately £400k and £50k, respectively. It is the largest and longest-established such programme in the UK. It is currently a subsidiary of a listed group, and has been deemed ‘non-core’. The business has good growth prospects and can be relocated to anywhere in the UK (currently based in the North West). Its core customer market is currently the ‘grey’ market, although its appeal is potentially wider.
Project Ocean
IT sector
The Company is a distributor of memory modules and transceivers for computer networks, and components for flight simulators. The business has been established for 16 years, and has been consistently profitable. Its customers comprise large blue chip corporate customers and public sector bodies. Turnover and operating profits are approximately £1.5 million and £200k, respectively. The business could be bolted on to a larger IT distributor or reseller, or would lend itself to an MBI. Reason for sale: Emigration of the owner. Based in the North West.
Project Paris
Packaging design and sourcing
Based in the North, the company has two divisions: One division designs and sources cosmetic products, including own-brand ranges for sale to retailers in UK and Continental Europe. The other division designs and sources primary cosmetic packaging (bottles, dispensers, tubes, sprays etc) for sale to retailers via contract fillers. Turnover £8m, profitable.
Project Durban
Construction: Restoration
Based in the North, the company specialises in the restoration and repair of old buildings and structures, including car parks. Turnover £5m, profitable.
Project Milan
Solicitors practice
Based in North West. Specialises in mid-up market domestic conveyancing. One partner (willing to stay on for 1-2 years post-sale), 6 staff. Small but highly profitable - Fees £540k, profits £270k. Not overly dependent on the owner.
Other opportunities
Project Brazilia
Retail or food manufacturing
Turnover £20 - 500 million
Non-executive chairman candidate, recently CEO of £100m turnover quoted food group and, previously CEO of large convenience store retail group, looking for non-executive Chairman roles in retail sector, or food manufacturing sector. |
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