The BVCA Responsible Investment Awards are Europe’s only awards that recognise and celebrate outstanding ESG practices within private equity and venture capital. Beating off strong competition from private equity backed businesses across the UK, the judges praised The Alchemist’s commercial rationale behind pursuing ESG commitments showing “clear year-on-year improvement”. At the time of investment in…

We recently held charity darts tournaments in London and Birmingham raising over £12,400. The London event was in support of the New Horizon Youth Centre, a charity initiative that provides help and support for London’s homeless and vulnerable young people. The Birmingham event was in support of St Giles Hospice, a hospice dedicated to providing…

As pioneers within mid-market private equity for embedding environmental, social and governance (ESG) management into our investment life-cycle, we are delighted to receive further industry recognition for our outstanding commitment to investing and managing investments sustainably. For over a decade Palatine has been committed to making profitable growth alongside responsible growth. Integrating ESG best practices…

Established in 2005 and originally based in Gatwick and Warrington, Trade Skills 4U was founded by Carl Bennett who identified a gap in the market to provide specialist training to post-college age candidates who wish to refresh or retrain in electrical trade skills and to help bridge the skills gap in the industry. The company…

icelolly.com saw a substantial spike in searches on its deals and holiday comparison platform as holidaymakers looked to book a holiday or amend their travel plans after Thomas Cook ceased trading on Monday. The deals and holiday comparison site, which offers experiences supplied by a range of travel companies, operates a pay-per-click and call-referral model…

Verdant Leisure operates nine holiday parks based in Southern Scotland and North East England with 3,000 pitches, comprising of privately owned lodges and holiday homes, holiday lettings and touring facilities. Since Palatine led a secondary buy-out in April 2016, the company has acquired five holiday parks and has significantly increased its hire fleet to take…

The deal sees the repayment of existing debt facilities provided by Tosca Debt Capital and allows Palatine to return significant sums to its investors. The new facilities were provided by Pemberton with HSBC continuing to provide a working capital facilities and day to day banking. Headquartered in Chorley and with manufacturing facilities in Bolton, Vernacare…

Earlier this year Tom received commendation under the ‘Young Dealmaker of the Year’ category at the East Midlands Dealmakers and has now been awarded ‘Emerging Dealmaker of the Year’ at the Midlands Dealmakers. Tom was described at a ‘key part’ of Palatines success in the midlands and completed one new deal and two acquisitions in…

The deal, originally announced in July, has been approved by the Jersey Financial Services Commission. Helm has now begun trading as SMP Helm Trust Company Limited (SMP Helm), as part of a staged integration process that will see SMP’s existing Jersey office merge with the acquired business. Lewis Buckley, who has been a Director of…