Palatine Private Equity has made four promotions across its UK business following one of the firm’s most successful and active years. Within its Manchester office, Charlotte Ashton has been promoted to Senior Business Development Director, whilst Tom Wildig will take the role of Investment Director. In 2014, Charlotte joined Palatine from a national food sector…

A driver education specialist, which has its HQ in Telford, has secured two major contract extensions to help continue to make roads in Cumbria and Northern Ireland safer. TTC Group, which supports 400,000 motorists every year, continue to support Cumbrian motorists with various courses such as speed awareness and safe and considerate driving, as well…

Palatine Private Equity has completed the secondary buyout of CET UK, a specialist provider of infrastructure and property assurance services. Palatine has taken a majority stake in the company, which employs over 470 staff and was established in 1989 in Castle Donington. The deal was supported by debt and working capital facilities from Clydesdale and…

Palatine Private Equity has partnered up with Tackle4MCR, the newly established charity initiative addressing rough sleeping in Manchester. The charity, which is spearheaded by Manchester City Football Club captain Vincent Kompany and the Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, is a first-of-its-kind fundraising vehicle dedicated to the Greater Manchester Mayor’s Homelessness Fund. Tackle4MCR is hosting three…

Verdant Leisure has today, 19 October 2018, announced the acquisition of its ninth leisure park. Queensberry Bay Holiday Park & Spa, on the Dumfries and Galloway coastline in south west Scotland is the fifth holiday park purchase in the last 28 months for the bespoke leisure park operator. The purchase brings Verdant Leisure’s portfolio to nine…

Palatine Private Equity has exited its investment in the telecoms arm of Liverpool-headquartered MJ Quinn following a sale to a French-headquartered counterpart. MJ Quinn specialises in the provision of a variety of telecoms services, including access network, fibre roll-out for businesses and households, and the provision of energy efficient cooling products. Palatine initially backed the…

On the 27th September 2018, Palatine Private Equity organised its third annual corporate charity event night in support to Reach Out, a mentoring charity working with children aged 9-18yrs from disadvantaged backgrounds in London and Manchester. Thanks to the generosity of all the 24 teams who took part in the event, we managed to raise £6,455…

Palatine Private Equity took home the award for Small Buyout House of the Year at the Unquote British Private Equity Awards earlier this week. The win comes on the back of an active 12 months, which saw the firm launch its £100m Impact Fund, complete five new deals and successfully exit two business, generating market…

A Leeds-based provider of IT, digital and technology apprenticeships, which also operates in Manchester and London, is targeting expansion into Birmingham after securing investment from Palatine Private Equity. Estio Training offers ten different apprenticeship programmes, including data analyst, infrastructure technician and software developer roles. It currently has more than 750 apprentices on programme across its…