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Student accommodation platform UniHomes has acquired student bill sharing provider Split The Bills. The UniHomes platform works with partner letting agents across 25 UK cities, currently offering over 14,000 student homes. With a 60 per cent increase in users and 75 per cent rise in letting agent partnerships in the past 12-months further growth is expected as the Company expands…

Mid-market private equity firm, Foresight, has completed the acquisition of Plantexpand Ltd for an undisclosed sum, in a transaction in which the sellers were advised by Yorkshire based Corporate Finance Specialists, Castle Square Corporate Finance. Essex based Plantexpand provide comprehensive plant and vehicle fleet maintenance and repair services to blue chip companies across the South East of England. Plantexpand count…

Red Industries has continued to strengthen its position as one of the UK’s leading independent waste businesses with the acquisition of specialist Industrial cleaning business, Pro-Clean Industrial Services Limited (Pro-Clean).  Sheffield based specialist corporate finance firm, Castle Square Corporate Finance, acted as the Lead Adviser with legal advice provided by the Leeds office of Squire Patton Boggs for the recent…

We are delighted to have been shortlisted in the 2020 Yorkshire Insider Dealmakers Awards. Categories we have been shortlisted for are Corporate Finance Advisory Team of the Year, Patrick Lynch as Emerging Deal Maker of the Year and in the Deal Category for Deal of the Year between £5m - £25m. It is a great achievement for all the Castle…

Yorkshire based Corporate Finance advisory firm, Castle Square Corporate Finance, has advised specialist Children’s Services provider My Choice Children’s Homes Limited, in a £3.7 million refinance and development expenditure fund raising, supported by leading alternative lender to mid-sized SMEs, ThinCats.

My Money Expert Limited, trading as My Pension Expert, the UK’s #1 advised at retirement and equity release specialist is set for a period of spectacular growth, following completion of a fundraising advised on by Sheffield based Corporate Finance specialist, Castle Square Corporate Finance. Legal advice to MME was provided by James Garner at Addleshaw Goddard in Leeds, with management…

Featherstone based Grove Building Solutions (Grove), an owner managed business specialising in the delivery of multi-faceted construction services, has been acquired by Diskin Capital Partners Group (DCP) with support from asset-based lender Aldermore’s business finance arm (Aldermore). Yorkshire based dealmakers Castle Square Corporate Finance provided corporate finance advice to the buy-side team on the Company acquisition. Philip Jordan in the…

Normanton based Anglia Metal Limited (Anglia Metal), an Italian owned leading manufacturer of plain and tinned copper wire and conductors, has completed the refinance of the business with Independent Growth Finance (IGF). Anglia Metal are the only dedicated manufacturer of copper wire and conductors in the UK and Ireland and is renowned for providing a first-class service with excellence in…

Direct Valeting Limited, one of the UK’s leading professional valeting services providers, is posed for another year of significant growth, following completion of a fundraising advised on by Sheffield based Corporate Finance specialist, Castle Square Corporate Finance. With head office based in Newcastle Under Lyme, Direct Valeting provide professional valeting services to motor dealerships located throughout the UK. Direct Valeting…

Doncaster based Project Heating Solutions Limited (PHS) is poised for significant growth following the six-figure growth development capital fundraising from FW Capital – Debt Finance part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund. PHS provides professional installation and services of renewable energy and heating products. The Company is a trusted supplier to domestic households throughout the UK and is fully accredited…

One of the UK’s leading teamwear suppliers, Samurai Sportswear, are preparing for further growth following completion of significant fundraising, advised on by Sheffield based Corporate Finance specialist, Castle Square Corporate Finance. Headquartered in Norfolk, Samurai Sportswear is one of the best-known brands in the rugby and education teamwear markets. Exeter Chiefs, Sale Sharks, the Army Rugby Union, Cornish Pirates, Kent…

Castle Square Corporate Finance is pleased to announce the appointment of Patrick Lynch as a Director. Patrick joined the deal team at Castle Square in January 2016 and has progressed rapidly through the organisation leading on transactions and has recently started winning new business for the firm. Throughout 2019, Patrick worked on high-profile transactions, including the acquisition of Pebbles by…

Prism Medical Healthcare (Prism Medical) backed by London based private equity investors Limerston Capital, has completed the acquisition of Harvest Healthcare Ltd (Harvest) for an undisclosed sum. Prism Medical are providers of specialist moving, handling and bathing equipment for elderly, disabled and mobility disadvantaged clients in a range of care environments, from community care to schools, hospitals and care homes.…

A rising force in the UK drinks and spirits market is poised for significant growth following a Management Buy-Out, which sees the team, led by Chris and Lewis Bowen buyout the majority equity stake of corporate shareholder, World of Patria International. Babco UK is building an extensive portfolio of both its own and managed brands, having Tofka Vodka and the…

  Engineering, design and surveying consultants, Glanville Consultants has changed ownership in a Management Buy-Out. The company provides consulting services to a blue-chip client base in the fields of Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Transport & Highways, Geomatics and Building Surveying, operating from two UK  offices based in Didcot, Oxfordshire and Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire. The shareholders, Howard Gell, John Birch,…

As we sign off for Christmas on the back of another record year for Castle Square, I can think of no better way to end it than by sharing with you our snowflake, shining brightly on Sheffield Children’s Hospital. We are delighted to have contributed to such a worthwhile cause.  I understand 2019 has been a record year for the…

Great session at the Yorkshire Insider Roundtable event - positive discussion and good to share views on what’s happening in the funding markets with like-minded business individuals.   Click here to read the full article  

Pebbles Care, one of the UK’s leading providers of care services which support some of the most vulnerable young people across the United Kingdom, is poised for significant growth after changing hands in a deal backed by Private Equity. Pebbles was founded in 2003 when Luiz Guilherme opened its first home in Leeds which supported 4 young people.  Today the…