Inflexion Private Equity has backed the simultaneous buyout and immediate merger of Bollington Insurance Brokers and Wilsons Insurance Brokers. The new structure, Bollington Wilson Group, will be one of the UK’s leading independent insurance brokers, generating annual gross written premiums in excess of £120m. Dow Schofield Watts arranged the deal having introduced both companies to … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts has been shortlisted in two categories in this year’s Yorkshire Insider Dealmakers Awards. The firm is once again in the running for the Corporate Finance Adviser of the Year, which it won last year. Meanwhile it has been nominated for Deal of the Year (sub £25m) for its role in the sale … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts’ technology team advised on the £5.5m fundraising by the Manchester-based Hello Soda, the global text and big data analytics service. NVM Private Equity has invested £4m in the business alongside an additional £1.5 million venture debt facility from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank’s Growth Finance team. The investment will enable the company to … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts was the most active financial advisor in the North West in the first nine months of 2017, according to the latest deals statistics from Experian. They show that the firm advised on 16 deals in the region in the year to date, placing it in number one position in terms of deal … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts has scooped two awards at the 2017 Insider North West Dealmakers Awards. The firm won the Mid-Market Corporate Finance Advisory Team of the Year for the third year in a row and Transaction Services Team of the Year for the second year in a row. The event, which was hosted at Manchester … Continued
Nearly 200 jobs have been saved following the appointment of Ben Barrett and John Carpenter of Dow Schofield Watts Business Recovery LLP (“DSW”) as joint administrators to specialist pet retailer Just For Pets Limited on 10 October 2017. After an extensive marketing exercise, the joint administrators have completed a sale of the business of Just … Continued
Shahid Hussain has joined Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services as an executive at its Yorkshire & North East office. Shahid joins from PwC in Yorkshire, where he spent six years working on the audits of some of the most respected blue-chip corporates in the region and where he qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant in … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts is in the running to retain its accolades as Mid-Market Team of the Year and the Transaction Services Team of the Year at this year’s Insider North West Dealmakers Awards. The firm has once again been shortlisted in both categories which it won last year. Meanwhile deals in which DSW, and … Continued
Telecommunications business 4net Technologies has received a £9m investment from YFM Equity Partners and other investors. Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services advised on the deal, which aims to support the continued growth of the business through new product and market development. 4net, which has offices in Manchester, Burton-on-Trent, Reading and London, develops contact centre and telephony solutions to … Continued
Melrob Group Holdings – the UK-based specialty chemicals business which has offices worldwide – has been acquired by the German company Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH (NRC). Dow Schofield Watts and DWF advised on the deal, which will strengthen Hamburg-based NRC’s business in Asia Pacific and North America and give it access to the market for industrial chemicals and monomers and the biomaterials sector. Melrob has headquarters in Crawley and UK offices in Tring and Congleton, with overseas offices in Europe, the US, Japan and South Korea. The business was established in 1995 by Ian Melluish, the current MD, and … Continued
Over 2,600 athletes and around 10,000 supporters gathered in Sheffield for the Special Olympics National Summer Games from 7-12 August. Rob McCarthy, who leads the Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services team in Leeds, played a key role. Rob was responsible for delivering the athletics programme, the largest in the games which saw more than 400 … Continued
PHD shows the art of the deal with £4m investment Pictured from the left are Andy Dodd of PHD Equity Partners, Richard Hope-Hawkins of Teaching Art, Craig Richardson of PHD and Teaching Art’s founder John Hope-Hawkins PHD shows the art of the deal with £4m investment A supplier of arts materials which runs a well-known … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts was the most active financial adviser in the North West in the first half of 2017, according to new figures from Experian. The firm advised on 11 deals in the region during the six months. They included the acquisition of East Midlands IT support specialist Pyranet by Chester-based Townley Network Solutions (TNS); … Continued
Due diligence specialist Sophie Colloby explains why unprepared vendors can lose out in the sale process – and how to anticipate and overcome the challenges Owners and management teams who are selling a business will understandably want to achieve the best possible price. Yet too often they suffer last minute price chips or even jeopardise … Continued
Yorkshire Dow Schofield Watts’ team in Yorkshire & the North East has added to its growing list of award wins by scooping three accolades in the 2017 Rainmaker Awards last night. The firm won the Corporate Finance Team of the Year and Transaction Services Team of the Year, while a deal on which Dow Schofield … Continued