News Image  14th July 2010
Adam set for growth after Maven investment
INSIDER

Building energy management business Adam Communication Systems International is looking to double turnover and take on an additional 20 staff after securing a £1.5m investment from Maven Capital Partners.

The Cheshire business, whose wireless technology is used...

News Image  28th May 2010
Advantage Expands Operations in Europe
PRESS RELEASE

Advantage Resourcing, one of largest technical and professional services companies in the world, announces today a key acquisition in the United Kingdom.

Advantage Technical Resourcing has completed the acquisition of Atlan Resource Solutions, headquartered in...

News Image  23rd April 2010
NCC Group buys Wilmslow competitor for £15m
CRAINS

Manchester-based IT security firm NCC Group has bought Wilmslow-based competitor SDLC Solutions for up to £15m.

The firm is paying an initial £7.75m upfront, with two further cash payments totalling £7.25m being made if it hits performance targets...

News Image  19th March 2010
NCC pays £3m cash for credit card security firm
CRAINS

NCC Group Plc (LSE: NCC), the Manchester-based information technology services provider, is acquiring a Cheshire company which carries out security testing for MasterCard and VISA.

It is paying £3m in cash for Meridian Services International Ltd, based in...

News Image  14th January 2010
The urge to merge
PRESS RELEASE

Brian Higgins, Partner at Rickitt Mitchell, featured in the December 2009 issue of Insider Magazine as part of a round table discussion with other professionals from the region to debate the benefits from, and issues with, merger transactions in the current...

News Image  10th December 2009
Neil Mitchell promoted to Associate Director
PRESS RELEASE

The partners at Rickitt Mitchell are pleased to announce the promotion of Neil Mitchell to Associate Director effective 1st December 2009. Neil joined the firm in 2004 from PriceWaterhouseCoopers and has since worked on numerous private company disposals, MBOs/MBIs,...

News Image  30th November 2009
Pointer Pet Foods bought out of administration
PRESS RELEASE

Pointer Pet Products Limited is pleased to announce the purchase of the business and assets of Pointer Pet Foods Limited, from KPMG, acting administrators of the company.  The transaction is effective immediately.

Pointer Pet Products Limited is a new company...

News Image  1st November 2009
Rickitt Mitchell shortlisted for 2009 Insider Award
PRESS RELEASE

Rickitt Mitchell was shortlisted for the title of 2009 Corporate Finance Team of the Year in the recent Insider Magazine Dealmaker Awards.

Stuart Moss, Partner at Rickitt Mitchell, said “Despite the doom and gloom in what has been a very difficult year for the...

News Image  18th August 2009
Airangel taps EFG for £500,000
CRAINS

Airangel, a Warrington-based company which provides internet access at hotels, has secured a £500,000 funding package from the Royal Bank of Scotland under the government-backed Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme (EFG).

The money will be used to support growth...

News Image  4th August 2009
VSS buys The Desk Centre
CRAINS

Manchester-based Vision Support Services Group (VSS) has acquired the business and assets of Birkenhead-based office furniture firm The Desk Centre Limited from administrators Ernst & Young.

It has now set up Desk Centre Ltd as a newly-incorporated subsidiary and...

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