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An experienced entrepreneur is looking to acquire minority stakes in businesses with the following characteristics:

• Businesses that have real potential, but lack the managerial or financial resources required to enable the current owners to take full advantage of the opportunity that exists; Revenues must exceed £500k and be capable of expansion;
• Location is not of great importance, however opportunities within the Midlands would be preferred;
• A good management team, which is willing to remain with the business and a loyal team of employees;
• Industry sector is not a key issue, however businesses that supply business to business products or services would be preferred.

This entrepreneur has a track record of managing growing and consolidating businesses, and has his own cash reserves plus bank support to fund a number of acquisitions.

• A highly reputable engineering and building company established for over 30 years

• Proven track record of providing a high quality 24 hour, 7 day a week service to all clients

• Scope of work includes, but is not limited to installation and repair of water mains, installation of new gas mains, sewers and highway connections and road, bridge and footpath constructions

• Turnover c.£6m and EBITDA c.£1.2m

• A retail chain of 25 stores which includes a nationwide distribution operation

• 5 retail outlets identified to open before Christmas 2010

• A further 50 sites have been identified across he UK and Ireland

• Turnover c.£7m and adjusted net profit c.£1m

• Two internationally renowned sports equipment brands with up to 85% share of global market

• High profile products used by professional world champions within their specific sport

• Equipment manufactured in the UK and distributed worldwide

• Opportunities to utilise the brand into other areas of the sport, for example the extension of the brand into sports clothing has already commenced

• EBIT of c.£1m

• Customer profile includes programme makers for the broadcast industry, corporate and education television

• Operating from offices nationwide by an ongoing management team

• The owner is seeking retirement from the business

• Turnover c.£2m

For sale is an established Scrap Metal and Car Breakers business operating from a central town in Lancashire.

• Strong customer relationships with a high level of repeat business and no dependency on any one customer

• Material procurement from local suppliers

• Experience and loyal workforce

• Operates from leased premises owned by shareholders, with scope for expansion

• Key accreditations and registrations held

• Forecast 2010 turnover c. £2.1m and EBITDA c. £0.5m

A purchaser is sought for a distributor of protective workwear and safety materials. 

Key Features:

• Long established business
• Based in Lancashire
• Current turnover estimated circa £400k
• Supplier to local councils and blue chip customers
• Excellent range of products
• Online sales through own website
• 6,000 sq. ft leasehold warehouse and trade counter
• Easy access to motorway network
• Own local delivery service

Opportunity

• Assets available for sale include goodwill, business name, intellectual property, stock, fixed assets and domain name
• It is anticipated that due to the financial position of the Company, the purchase will be executed at the earliest opportunity after the appointment of the proposed Administrators.

A purchaser is urgently sought a company whose principal activities are the sale of beauty treatment equipment and distribution of cosmetic products

Key Features:

• Established business
• Based in Lancashire
• Current annualised turnover estimated circa £900k
• Gross margin circa 50%
• 15 employees
• Strategic alliances with several leading European beauty treatment manufacturers

Opportunity

• Assets available for sale include goodwill, business name, intellectual property, stock and fixed assets
• It is anticipated that due to the financial position of the Company, the purchase will be executed at the earliest opportunity after the appointment of Administrators.

For sale is a long-established freight forwarding company based in the North West.

The Opportunity

The Company is a long established, North West based business, trading for over 40 years and particularly specialising in organising consignments from the Indian sub-continent and China. The Company has a solid and established customer base and enjoys an enviable reputation for reliability, support and efficient service.

The shareholders wish to retire and consider that this is an appropriate time to pass on the business to new owners. They are, however, willing to remain with the business on a consultancy basis for an agreed period, if required. There is an existing management team in place.

Trading since 1970, the business is currently located in the North West but is capable of operating from any location.

Likely Purchasers

The Company is likely to be of interest to an existing freight forwarding company looking to expand by acquisition or to a larger group interested in acquiring a North West operation.

A purchaser is sought for this south east based company

Strengths and opportunities

• Well established with an excellent reputation
• High barriers to entry
• Profitable
• Retirement sale

Potential purchasers

• Bolt on opportunity for companies
• Companies or management teams wishing to enter the industry

Acquisition Criteria:

• Vehicle rental including:
Trucks, Vans, Refuse collection vehicles etc.
• UK-based
• Deal size up to £2m

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The Business

The Company specialises in the supply of engineering services to industrial customers in the utilities, power, chemical and oil industries.

Services

• Traditional machine shop and fabrication facilities
• Highly skilled workshop engineers
• Design facilities
• 15 ton crane

Financials

• Current turnover £600k

Market

• The business has a blue-chip client base and provides services throughout the UK.
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The key points to note are:

• Impressive UK wide client base, incl Blue Chip + Public Sector
• Regulatory need for services ensures size of market
• Highly qualified, flexible staff with a wide range of skills
• Opportunities to expand by widening range of training services and bringing in-house
• Non-licensed asbestos removal could be rolled out resulting in significant increase in revenue
• Skilled loyal workforce long established company with a track record of controlled growth and profitability
• Projected t/o to Dec 2010, £1.1m

The organisation is interested in companies providing these services to the following industries:

• Medical
• Healthcare
• Blister packing
• Pharma
• Vitamins
• Clean room
• Diagnostics
• Wound dressing
• Manufacture
• Devices
• Food supplements
• Nutraceuticals

The business opportunity should also meet the following criteria:

• Services blue chip clients and ethical pharmas as part of their customer base.
• Based in either the UK, Ireland or mainland Europe. There are no other geographical restrictions.
• The business has a turnover of circa £4 million.
• The ongoing position/role of the management is relaxed, although a handover period is a minimum requirement.

Key Features:

• Established business,
• Based in Greater Manchester,
• Current turnover estimated circa £1 million,
• Loss-making,
• Provides nursing and care services to nursing homes, sheltered accommodation providers, home help and adult care.

Opportunity

• Assets available for sale include goodwill, business name, intellectual property and fixed assets,
• It is anticipated that due to the financial position of the Company, the purchase will be executed at the earliest opportunity after the appointment of Administrators,
• All interested parties will be requested to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

The Business manufactures and supplies an extensive range of high quality sealed double-glazed units incorporating annealed and toughened clear and patterned glass, energy efficient glass, laminated safety glass, acoustic glass and self cleaning glass. The Business also benefits from having its own toughening furnace.

The Business operates from a prime location in the North West of England and supplies a wide variety of customers including PVCU, timber and aluminium frame trade manufacturers as well as retail outlets and building developers across the North of England.

The Business has been trading for over 17 years and is well established in the market. In its most recent financial year, the Business generated turnover of £3.4 million and gross profit margins in excess of 40%.

In addition to traditional plant sales, both also offer:

• Minimum 30 apartments
• Complete or near complete developments only
• Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds or Liverpool

• Meat processing - food

  Meat processing or food manufacturing business/division sought, anywhere in the UK with turnover to £15m.

• Umbrella or Personal Service Company

  Providers with clients in excess of 250 clients sought, Nationwide.

• Plant hire - construction

  “Non-yellow” plant utilised on construction/rail/utility sites, ideally required by HSE. Any location considered, South East and Scotland are of particular interest. Turnover up to £25m.

• Commercial vehicle components

  International business seeks UK manufacturer of components for trucks and trailers, turnover up to £15m. Non core subsidiaries or large groups would be of particular interest.

• Education equipment

  Educational product suppliers to the education sector (nursery to higher education) sought. Any location considered, turnover up to £10m.

• Supported living environment

  Particularly for patients with learning difficulties and mental health in the North of England or the Midlands. Deal value £1m - £3m.

• An opportunity to acquire an established, independent recruitment agency based in the North West of England.
• Primarily focused on the temporary placement of office based and blue collar industrial candidates.
• £1.4m turnover projected to generate £164k EBITDA in 2010.
• Extensive database of over 18,000 candidates.
• Long trading history with a wide client base, including blue chip companies.
• Established brand name with a reputation for high quality and effective service.
• Operates from one high street site owned by the shareholders.
• Highly effective systems.
• Not critically dependant on the owners.
• Offers are invited for the entire share capital of the company and the property at current market valuation.

• Properties let to a range of tenants, including blue-chip companies.
• 86% and 80% occupancy for the serviced accommodation.
• Forecast annual rental yield of 10.2%.
• Opportunistic acquisition to purchase the three property portfolio at 79% of recent market valuations.
• Debt funding indications of £8m have been received from a number of institutions.
• Equity funding requirement of £2.5m, in return for a significant shareholding, an annual coupon of 5% and £1m bullet payment payable after 3 years.
• Intention either to realise the investment or to refinance in 3 years.
• Co-investor must be in a position to move quickly.

• Established: 1995
• Location: Midlands
• Activity: Building and refurbishment contractor for social housing projects, housing associations and local authorities.
• Trading area: 20 mile radius from the company base, although the company does work further afield for existing clients.
• Customer base: Local Authorities, Social Housing Projects and housing associations.
• Premises: The company operates from freehold premises owned outside the company by the shareholders. The freehold is available; we are advised the value is c. £250k. Premises can also be leased.
• Opportunity: The opportunity to acquire a building and refurbishment contractor working exclusively with social housing organizations and local authorities. The company has invaluable contacts in the sector and a first class reputation for service and reliability. It features on most major tender lists in the area and could easily upscale to handle the volume of business currently not even tendered for. Accreditations: CHAS, Safe Contractor, Construction Line, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 Environmental
• Reason For Sale: Client emigrating
• Financials: t/o year ended 31st August 2009 c.£2m. Adj net c. £430k

• Manufacturer of food processing and conveying equipment for global food producers
• Hundreds of installations worldwide
• After market sales
• Leashold property, London
• Sales of £14-20m per anum
• c.60 employees

• The Company imports/wholesales a range of manufacturers and own brand refrigeration spares to wholesalers and trade users throughout the UK.
• The company is also an accredited ARNEG distributor. The Company holds exclusive distribution rights for several major brands.
• The Company operate from a modern, single story office and storage unit on an established industrial estate in the East Midlands
• Sales to July 2009 c.£627k Adj. Net Profit £107K

• This independent company offers a wide range of expertise in the design, manufacture, installation and maintenance of social alarms, door entry and access control systems and most types of security equipment.
• Preferred partner to many local authorities and housing associations.
• The company’s products have a significant number of unique selling points and are particularly compatible for installation alongside existing systems from other manufacturers.
• The company has dealt with UK wide contracts and this work could be re-established. However, currently most work is within 120 mile radius, allowing the company’s engineers to travel to and from work on a daily basis.
• Turnover currently in excess of £1m p.a. Gross profit approximately 50%.

• An opportunity exists to acquire a specialist transportation business operating in the building materials industry
• Established in 1973, this privately owned business delivers building materials to builders merchants, housing developments, large commercial developments and self build sites
• A loyal recurring customer base has been developed through the company’s reputation for excellent service: customers include a number of the UK’s leading builders merchants
• The company owns a number of specialist trailers, although all the drivers are sub-contracted owner operators
• Turnover c.£1.3m, with a marked up-turn in activity in recent months
• Cash generative
• Growing market with future geographic expansion achievable: currently a bias towards the North West and Midlands
• Flexible and experienced workforce: the company only employs 3 people, including the owners, as a consequence of the drivers being sub-contracted
• Offers are invited for the entire share capital: the owners are looking to retire although they would be happy to continue during a transitional period
• Represents an ideal opportunity for an established transportation business with spare capacity, particularly so if an acquiror operates trailer units
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• The company was incorporated in 2007 and trades from 24,000 sq ft leasehold premises in Gloucestershire;
• The company’s principal activity is the reprocessing of mixed hard plastics and high end polymers – diverting them from landfill;
• Plant and equipment completely unencumbered;
• The company employs the Managing Director, Production Manager and has the capacity to call upon a pool of trained casual labour as required;
• Sustainable, fundamentally required business model with significant scale and replication qualities;
• Superb Health and Safety record Excellent working relationship with WRAP and the Environment Agency.
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