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HSi ACQUIRES FENLAND FLAT ROOFING

Howard Sandcliffe Investments (HSi), the partnership between the Howard Group of Cambridge and Sandcliffe Investments, Milton Keynes, has acquired Great Shelford company Fenland Flat Roofing.

The deal is in line with HSi's strategy to develop a Group of businesses operating within the building services sector.The acquisition, completed recently complements other purchases by HSi within the building subcontracting sector.This latest transaction for HSi means that the combined turnover of the Group is now almost £40m delivering annual profits in excess of £6.5m.

Fenland Flat Roofing was formed in Cambridge ...

HOWARD SANDCLIFFE ACQUIRES THIRD INTERIORS COMPANY

Howard Sandcliffe Investments (HSI), the partnership between the Howard Group and Sandcliffe Investments, has completed the acquisition of Hemel Hempstead fit out company Adex Interiors.

This is the third business acquisition in two years within the building services sector for HSI and compliments their existing businesses, A T Jones of Fareham and Advanced Interiors, Wokingham.

Adex specialise in internal business space solutions and have been established for 30 years. Their clients include University of Herfordshire, Allied Dunbar, Seven Trent Water and Smiths Industries. The company is a ...

HOWARD SANDCLIFFE INVESTS IN ADVANCED INTERIORS

Howard Sandcliffe Investments (HSI), the strategic partnership between The Howard Group and Sandcliffe Investments, Milton Keynes, has invested in Wokingham-based fit out company Advanced Interiors. The transaction, which involved a significant investment in excess of £6m, is in line with the company's strategy of acquiring businesses operating within the building services and construction sector.  

Advanced Interiors, formed in 1996 by Bernie WIlks, is one of the country's leading fit out companies specialising in suspended ceilings and partitioning. Its client base includes major High Street names and PLCs, ...

HIPPOBAG LAUNCHES IN TESCO

The innovative waste removal and disposal solution, the HIPPOBAG, has officially launched in supermarket giant Tesco. Customers are now able to purchase a HIPPOBAG from the Tesco Direct catalogue, buy online from www.tesco.com/direct, or order the product in-store at selected outlets.  

Hippowaste is the trading name for Waste Management Systems Ltd, a national provider of innovative waste management. The company offers ethical, efficient, cost-effective methods to dispose of waste for domestic, business and trade users nationwide. Howard Capital Partners invested in the company two and a ...

INVESTMENT IN DRIVE ASSIST SIGNALS GOOD RETURNS

The recent investment in Drive Assist by Charterhouse, one of Europe's leading private equity investment groups, provides an ideal exit opportunity and signals good returns for Howard Capital Partners who have supported and invested in the company over the past seven years.  

Drive Assist works with insurance companies, brokers and repair shops offering temporary replacement vehicles for their customers involved in non-fault accidents. It has 15 vehicle depots located throughout the UK, controlled from a head office in Tamworth. Since it was established, the company has achieved dramatic growth, ...

HOWARD SANDCLIFFE ACQUIRES BUILDING PRODUCTS GROUP IN £4.4M DEAL

 

Howard Sandcliffe has acquired A T Jones & Son Limited of Fareham, a specialist supplier of dry lining and high value suspended ceiling solutions. The business supplies partitioning systems into major construction projects such as hospitals, schools and office schemes and lists many of the UK's major contractors as its clients.

The transaction, valued at £4.3 million, is the first deal for Howard Sandcliffe, formed during 2006, a joint venture with The Howard Group and Sandcliffe Investments. Funding was provided by Bank of Scotland, Cambridge. Howard Sandcliffe was advised by Mazars Corporate Finance and Hewitsons solicitors.

The deal also included the purchase of A T ...

HOWARD GROUP AND SANDCLIFFE INVESTMENTS JOIN FORCE

 

Howard Sandcliffe was launched last year, a joint venture between The Howard Group and Sandcliffe Investments, a private equity investment team run by two former PWC partners. Howard Sandcliffe was set up to provide venture capital finance and has embarked upon an exciting programme of company acquisitions.

The division has access to over £40m of investment funds and is looking to identify and invest in well established small to medium-sized businesses.