| Date | Title | Description |
| 30.06.2022 | Building a global force in the environmental sector
Get the latest from WestBridge | APEM’s potential for significant growth was a central factor when WestBridge invested in the company. Market conditions were favourable and commercial due diligence revealed that certain areas of the business would benefit from further deve... |
| 30.06.2022 | Techex secures WestBridge as funding partner to support accelerated growth
Get the latest from WestBridge | Techex is the UK’s leading broadcast design architect for live cloud and IP broadcast solutions. The company designs, commissions and supports live video transport, processing, redundancy and monitoring solutions leveraging own IP and deep... |
| 28.05.2022 | From initial investment to successful exit – a case study
Get the latest from WestBridge | The founders of bChannels, Matt Rowland-Jones and Phil Gowing, met when the two leading field marketing companies they worked for in Europe and the USA, entered a joint venture. Although they were both enjoying successful careers, they shar... |
| 19.05.2022 | Necessity is the mother of invention
Get the latest from WestBridge | When the UK was plunged into lockdown on the 23 March 2020, the dealmaking community responded rapidly to ensure transactional activity didn’t dry up. Working practices changed almost overnight with video presentations, remote collaboration... |
| 17.03.2022 | WestBridge backs MBO of Smart Capital Technology
Get the latest from WestBridge | WestBridge backs MBO of Smart Capital Technology
WESTBRIDGE has invested £17m to support the MBO of Thames Valley based, Smart Capital Technology (SCT).
Established in 2002 and headquartered near Reading, SCT is an innovative IT services ... |
| 04.03.2022 | International Women's Day
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Valerie Kendall, Founding Partner, WestBridge
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My role is deliver great returns to our investors. I do this by finding interesting companies to invest in and working with the management teams to ensure... |
| 03.03.2022 | Getting to know ... Rory Whitrow
Get the latest from WestBridge | 1) Explain a little about your role at WestBridge …
I am an Investment Analyst within the Investment Team. As part of my role, I work with the team on any transactions we are undertaking across our target markets. This includes building fi... |
| 02.03.2022 | WestBridge generates a 4.2x multiple of cost on the exit of bChannels
Get the latest from WestBridge | The transaction marks the second successful exit for WestBridge in the last 12 months and delivers a 4.2x multiple of cost to WestBridge’s investors.
WestBridge backed the buyout of the global technology marketing agency in July 2014 and h... |
| 11.02.2022 | WestBridge backed Acuity Care Group completes first acquisition since investment
Get the latest from WestBridge | Headquartered in Nottingham, Acuity provides support to children and adults with physical disabilities, mental health conditions, learning disabilities and autism. Working in partnership with clients, their families, circles of support and ... |
| 11.02.2022 | WestBridge invests £9.6m in Acuity Care Group (formerly Bespoke Health & Social Care)
Get the latest from WestBridge | WESTBRIDGE has invested £9.6m to support the MBO of Acuity Care Group, a leading provider of complex care in the community, to underpin its future growth and development.
Founder Paul Sais has retained a significant share of the business a... |
| 09.02.2022 | WestBridge backed APEM completes second acquisition
Get the latest from WestBridge | The Manchester-headquartered environmental consultancy has acquired Galway-based AQUAFACT, a specialist in marine surveys. The transaction follows APEM’s acquisition of Woodrow, an environmental and sustainability consultancy, in July 2021.... |
| 19.11.2021 | WestBridge SME fund closes on target
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| 15.11.2021 | WestBridge supports DB Pixelhouse with growth plans
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| 15.11.2021 | Vista Technology Support Group Announces Successful Secondary Management Buyout
Get the latest from WestBridge | Building on success, Vista now plans for significant additional growth
Vista Technology Support Group has announced that its senior management team has completed a management buyout of the business, with the support of private equity house... |
| 26.10.2021 | WestBridge exits Energist
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| 26.10.2021 | Energist to ride wave of global demand for aesthetic treatments under new ownership
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| 26.10.2021 | Sky’s the limit for Aero Stanrew following MBO
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| 26.10.2021 | Investment in Kallidus
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| 26.10.2021 | MBO will support global expansion of software company
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| 26.10.2021 | WestBridge SME fund closes on target at £30 million
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| 26.10.2021 | WestBridge backs ISG Technology in a £10.5 million buyout
Get the latest from WestBridge | The deal sees a successful exit for RJD Private Equity which originally backed a management buyout of the business in 2005.
ISG designs, installs and manages mission critical networking infrastructure solutions for blue chip organisations ... |
| 26.10.2021 | WestBridge supports DB Systems with growth plans
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| 26.10.2021 | WestBridge Launched
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| 27.07.2021 | WestBridge backed APEM completes first acquisition since investment
Get the latest from WestBridge | Following significant investment in support functions and material organic growth over the past 18 months, APEM has created a strong platform to support its planned buy and build strategy.
Its acquisition of Woodrow, an environmental and s... |
| 01.07.2021 | WestBridge promotes Barkley to director following regional growth
Get the latest from WestBridge | Barkley joined WestBridge in August 2019 to head the firm’s newly opened Manchester office and establish the firm in the north west, north east and Yorkshire markets.
After qualifying at BDO, he joined Dow Schofield Watts where he came to ... |
| 18.05.2021 | A view from the chair …
Get the latest from WestBridge | In recent years, I have chaired eight PE backed businesses, most of which have differentiated their marketing proposition through technology and/or software. During my tenure, these businesses have generated over £500m of accumulative enter... |
| 29.03.2021 | Peter Barkley shortlisted for Young Professionals Award
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| 08.03.2021 | International Women’s Day
Get the latest from WestBridge | On this, International Women’s Day, we are proud to say that nearly half of the senior WestBridge team are women. To give this context, a recent study by the BVCA found that only 6% of women in the UK private equity sector are in senior rol... |
| 09.02.2021 | Spotlight on … Wilcomatic
Get the latest from WestBridge | We look forward to continuing to work with the senior team to deliver on their plan and capitalise on new market opportunities. |
| 04.02.2021 | Spotlight on … bChannels
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| 02.02.2021 | Getting to know … Tim Whittard
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I am a partner at WestBridge having joined the business in 2017. My role involves a wide range of activities from originating and transacting deals, to representing the WestBridge interes... |
| 28.01.2021 | WestBridge invests in Channel 3 in fourth lockdown transaction
Get the latest from WestBridge | CEO John Howard, who joined the company two years ago, led the MBO alongside colleagues Eleanor Rollason and Lucy McLintock. The three will now lead the company following the departure of the founding directors.
Established in 2009, Channe... |
| 22.01.2021 | WestBridge backed Bespoke completes first acquisition since investment
Get the latest from WestBridge | Headquartered in Nottingham, Bespoke provides support to children and adults with physical disabilities, mental health conditions, learning disabilities and autism. Working in partnership with clients, their families, circles of support and... |
| 12.01.2021 | Getting to know … James MacLeay
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| 04.01.2021 | WestBridge promotes three
Get the latest from WestBridge | Edward Minton and James MacLeay have both been elevated to the role of senior investment manager, while Rebecca Sinclair has been promoted to investment manager.
The promotions follow a productive 2020 for WestBridge, despite the challengi... |
| 14.12.2020 | WestBridge backs Eque2 management team in £46.5m deal
Get the latest from WestBridge | The transaction provides an exit for LDC, which backed a £16m secondary buyout with a minority investment in November 2017, and the current institutional shareholders.
Funds managed by WestBridge have invested c£29m for a 75% stake in the ... |
| 01.12.2020 | Getting to know … Rebecca Sinclair
Get the latest from WestBridge | 1. Explain a little about your role at WestBridge.
I’m an investment executive at WestBridge which means that I spend my time working on origination, deal execution and portfolio monitoring, alongside the rest of the investment team. My or... |
| 01.12.2020 | Getting to know … Peter Barkley
Get the latest from WestBridge | I joined WestBridge as Investment Director in September 2019 and am responsible for originating new deal opportunities and transacting investments across the North West, Yorkshire and the North East.
In addition to my transactional respons... |
| 24.11.2020 | Spotlight on … Aptus Utilities
Get the latest from WestBridge | 1. Tell us a little about Aptus
Aptus is one of the UK’s leading providers of multi-utility services. The company is fully accredited to design, build, install and connect gas, electricity and water networks, as well as street lighting, on... |
| 17.11.2020 | Getting to know … Ed Minton
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| 09.11.2020 | WestBridge shortlisted for Unquote British Private Equity Awards
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| 09.11.2020 | Aero Stanrew Ltd get Queen’s Award for International Trade
Get the latest from WestBridge | Lord-Lieutenant of Devon presents Aero Stanrew Limited with Queen's Award for International Trade and opens new manufacturing facility.
On Tuesday 7 October the Lord-Lieutenant of Devon, Sir Eric Dancer KCVO CBE JP, visited Barnstaple base... |
| 09.11.2020 | WestBridge prepares for surge of deal activity triggered by COVID-19 and tax changes
Get the latest from WestBridge | There is speculation that Chancellor Rishi Sunak will hike CGT. This, combined with the April 2020 changes to Entrepreneur’s Relief (now Business Asset Disposal Relief), will have a significant impact on business owners looking to sell.
Ja... |
| 19.10.2020 | WestBridge prepares for surge of deal activity triggered by COVID-19 and tax changes | There is speculation that Chancellor Rishi Sunak will hike CGT. This, combined with the April 2020 changes to Entrepreneur’s Relief (now Business Asset Disposal Relief), will have a significant impact on business owners looking to sell.
Ja... |
| - | Wales Fund Managers Ltd completes investment in the Healthcare Learning Company to create a new training software development team in Cardiff | The Transaction
Wales Fund Managers Limited (“WFM”) has completed a £200,000 development capital investment in The Healthcare Learning Company Limited (“HLC” or “the Company”) from the HSBC UK / Finance Wales Fund for Wales fund. The inves... |
| - | MBO will support global expansion of software company | INTERNATIONAL expansion and increased product development will be the two core objectives of Cambridge-based Anglia Business Solutions following a £6 million management buyout.
A six-strong management team has acquired the business from a ... |
| - | Pete Barkley tells us a little about APEM
Get the latest from WestBridge | Typically, we invest between £10m to £20m in established, profitable and fast-growing UK SMEs with enterprise values of up to £40m and are always keen to hear from ambitious management teams that require development capital, acquisition fun... |
| - | Preparing your business for private equity investment
Get the latest from WestBridge | 1. Build an ambitious management team
When we look to support a management buyout, we typically seek out companies with proven incumbent management teams that have been running the business for some time pre-deal. Alternatively, and increa... |
| - | Business as usual despite Covid-19
Get the latest from WestBridge | As the Bespoke Health & Social Care deal demonstrates, WestBridge has continued to be active during the past few months.
Naturally, we had to rapidly change our priorities and refocus our team’s skills and expertise.
Ensuring team saf... |
| - | AJM healthcare collaborates to support NHS during covid crisis
Get the latest from WestBridge | You can read all about what they’re doing in this article in their leading trade publication …
https://thiis.co.uk/wheelchair-services-providers-collaborate-to-relieve-nhs-pressure-and-support-service-users/ |
| - | WestBridge backed Aero Stanrew shortlisted for two awards | Aero Stanrew, which designs and manufactures specialist electronic components for the global aerospace industry, has been shortlisted in two categories in the South West Business Insider Awards.
Twenty-six companies are in the running for ... |
| - | WestBridge appoints investor relations director
Get the latest from WestBridge | Katherine brings 20 years’ experience in the private equity sector, most recently as a consultant at Cadence Equity Partners and at Keyhaven Capital Partners, where she was a partner. At WestBridge, she will be responsible for liaising with... |
| - | Channel 3 Consulting appoints executive partner
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| - | Wales Fund Managers invests in new team | Wales Fund Managers (WFM) is defying the current economic climate by embarking on a recruitment drive. WFM is the only independent private equity firm in Wales, and specialises in backing established, profitable SME's across the UK.
Given ... |
| - | WestBridge shortlisted in the Unquote British Private Equity Awards 2020
Get the latest from WestBridge | Voting is now open and the deadline is 5pm on Wednesday 16 September. Below is an extract from our submission. We would love to win this award and would be extremely grateful if you cast a vote for us here.
Here is an extract from our subm... |
| - | WestBridge backed Aero Stanrew picks up Queen's Award
Get the latest from WestBridge | JUST two years after a management buy-out funded by private equity house WestBridge Capital, Aero Stanrew has won the Queen's Award for Enterprise.
The company, which designs and manufactures high integrity electromagnetic and electronic c... |
| - | Aptus Utilities secures private equity support to accelerate growth
Get the latest from WestBridge | WestBridge invested £12.8m in the transaction alongside further finance provided by OakNorth Bank.
Established in 2010, Aptus is fully accredited to design, build, install and connect gas, electricity and water networks, as well as street ... |
| - | Award success for WestBridge
Get the latest from WestBridge | We were delighted to be named ‘Best SME Private Equity Firm of the Year’ by Acquisition International recently and to receive the following comment from the judging panel:
“These awards look beyond the headlines and focus on the firms and ... |
| - | Interview with Clive Scott, Managing Director of Aero Stanrew Limited | Aero Stanrew is one of the UK's leading designers and manufacturers of specialist electronic components for the global aerospace industry.
With a workforce of 190, Aero Stanrew supplies complex electromagnetic modules and electronic system... |
| - | WestBridge SME Fund closes on target at £30 million | WESTBRIDGE has announced the final close of the WestBridge SME Fund following a successful two-year fund raising period.
The fund has raised £30 million from private high net worth investors and institutional investors including the South ... |
| - | We were pleased to feature in a recent edition of Private Equity News, outlining our plans for the year ahead.
Get the latest from WestBridge | The article talked about our primary focus in 2020 to consolidate our position in the UK small-cap buyout market by continuing to enhance the quality of relationships we enjoy.
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| - | Buy and build - accelerating growth and building resilience
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| - | Pete Barkley shortlisted in the North West Business Insider Young Professionals awards
Get the latest from WestBridge | Delighted our colleague Pete Barkley has been shortlisted in the North West Business Insider Young Professionals awards.
View the full shortlist here |
| - | WestBridge backs MBO at AJM Healthcare
Get the latest from WestBridge | WESTBRIDGE has backed a management buyout of AJM Mobility Limited (t/a AJM Healthcare), which provides mobility and equipment solutions to the NHS, Local Authority Partners and individuals across the UK.
AJM is a leading integrated wheelch... |
| - | Valerie Kendall profile in Corporate Financier
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| - | WestBridge Capital exit shortlisted for ‘Deal of the Year’
Get the latest from WestBridge | We are delighted to report that our exit from Vista Retail has been shortlisted in the 'UK Small Deal of the Year' category by Real Deals.
This highly competitive category covers deals with an enterprise value at acquisition of less than £... |
| - | The rewards of small cap buyouts
Get the latest from WestBridge | The size parameters being used to define a small or lower mid-market deal vary considerably depending on who you are speaking to.
At WestBridge, our core focus is very much on companies with values of between £10 million and £25 million, w... |
| - | WestBridge announces successful first close | We are delighted to announce the successful First Close of the WestBridge SME Fund.
The commitments received to date and the continuing interest from investors istestament to the strong track record of the WestBridge partners in investing ... |
| - | New executive appointed as WestBridge growth continues
Get the latest from WestBridge | PRIVATE equity house WestBridge has further expanded its team with the appointment of Rebecca Sinclair as Investment Executive.
A graduate of the University of Durham, Rebecca joined the HSBC Corporate Banking Graduate Scheme, securing a D... |
| - | Introducing … Pete Barkley
Get the latest from WestBridge | I joined WestBridge as Investment Director in September 2019 and am responsible for originating new deal opportunities and transacting investments across the North West, Yorkshire and the North East.
In addition to my transactional respons... |
| - | WestBridge Capital has exited Vista Retail Support, following its acquisition by LDC for £29.4 million
Get the latest from WestBridge | The deal represents the third time the company has been acquired by private equity buyers, with WestBridge having bought the business from Finance Wales in May 2014 for £12.3m.
Vista, which generated sales of £17m in its last financial yea... |
| - | WestBridge appoints new Investment Manager
Get the latest from WestBridge | Chartered accountant James MacLeay has joined from accountancy practice Kingston Smith, where he qualified before joining the firm’s corporate finance team.
During this time, he worked on many deals including the sale of Freightex to UPS; ... |
| - | WestBridge Capital completes first exit from SME fund
Get the latest from WestBridge | PRIVATE equity house WestBridge Capital has completed its first exit from the WestBridge SME Fund, releasing its 38% stake in software company Kallidus Holdings Limited (formerly e2train) via a secondary buyout to FF&P Private Equity.
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| - | Westbridge Capital exits Aero Stanrew after company is sold in £42 million deal
Get the latest from WestBridge | PRIVATE equity house WestBridge Capital has exited Aero Stanrew following its acquisition by TT Electronics plc, a global provider of engineered electronics for performance critical applications.
WestBridge backed the £8.5 million manageme... |
| - | WestBridge exits AJM Healthcare as WestBridge II benchmarks as top quartile for its vintage
Get the latest from WestBridge | The transaction marks the first exit from the firm’s second fund and has been completed in little more than two and a half years after WestBridge supported the original management buyout of the company in September 2018.
The deal has deliv... |
| - | Vista Retail Support scoops top Welsh business award
Get the latest from WestBridge | Vista management buyout named Deal of the Year in Wales.
Independent IT services company Vista Retail Support has won the Deal of the Year award at the Insider Wales Dealmakers Awards, hosted at Cardiff City Hall.
The £12.3 million manage... |
| - | EIF supports WestBridge II to provide additional financing for SMEs in the UK
Get the latest from WestBridge | The European Investment Fund has signed a commitment of GBP 20m into WestBridge II, a lower mid-market fund focusing on investments in the United Kingdom.
The EIF investment into the fund will enable WestBridge II to increase its funding f... |
| - | Whittard promoted to partner at WestBridge and joins investment committee
Get the latest from WestBridge | PRIVATE equity firm WestBridge has promoted Tim Whittard to partner.
Whittard joined the firm as Investment Director from BGF plc in September 2017. Since then, he has been responsible for the AJ Mobility investment in 2018 and the Aptus U... |
| - | Creating sustainable value through responsible investment
Get the latest from WestBridge | Responsible investment is a hot topic across all asset classes, not just private equity. It relates to the investment strategy that incorporates environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into the investment process. Although there ... |
| - | BVCA award success for two WestBridge Capital companies
Get the latest from WestBridge | TWO companies supported by private equity house WestBridge Capital have been recognised in the BVCA Management Team Awards 2014.
Barnstaple-based Aero Stanrew won the award for best Middle Market Private Equity-backed Management Team of th... |
| - | What I look for in a company
Get the latest from WestBridge | Typically, WestBridge invests between £10m and £20m in established, profitable and fast-growing UK SMEs with enterprise values of up to £40m. We are always keen to hear from ambitious management teams that require development capital, acqui... |
| - | WestBridge Fund Managers supports the acquisition of Intraventure Limited by its investee company e2train Limited | WestBridge Fund Managers ("WestBridge") has completed a further investment into e2train Ltd ("e2train") to support the acquisition of Intraventure Limited ("Intraventure"), a Cheltenham based niche talent manag... |
| - | Three things I look for in a company
Get the latest from WestBridge | Typically, WestBridge invests between £10m and £20m in established, profitable and fast-growing UK SMEs with enterprise values of up to £50m. We are always keen to hear from ambitious management teams that require development capital, acqui... |
| - | Sky’s the limit for Aero Stanrew following MBO | THE management team at Aero Stanrew, one of the UK’s leading designers and manufacturers of specialist electronic components for the global aerospace industry, will exploit emerging overseas markets to increase sales and profits at the comp... |
| - | Tim Whittard joins WestBridge as Investment Director
Get the latest from WestBridge | We are delighted to welcome Tim Whittard as Investment Director, as we gear up for growth.
Tim began his career at PwC, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant, before moving to Bridgepoint, Gresham LLP and Sovereign Capital. He has j... |
| - | WestBridge Capital shortlisted in British Private Equity Awards | THE much anticipated shortlist for the British Private Equity Awards has been announced and WestBridge Capital has made the final cut in the Small Buyout House category.
Supported by leading trade publication Unquote, the hotly contested a... |
| - | Energist Medical Group swoops on beleaguered Chromogenex
Get the latest from WestBridge | WESTBRIDGE CAPITAL portfolio company Energist Medical Group has bought part of beleaguered Chromogenex Technologies Limited, the Llanelli-headquartered business that recently went into administration.
Swansea-based Energist has acquired gl... |
| - | Barkley to spearhead WestBridge regional growth
Get the latest from WestBridge | Peter Barkley joins WestBridge from Dow Schofield Watts, where he spent four years in the lead advisory team and where he supported WestBridge with its MBO of Stockport headquartered environmental consultancy APEM in March.
Barkley will wo... |
| - | Market update
Get the latest from WestBridge | A recent report produced by Corbett Keeling in conjunction with Hogan Lovells and Kleinwort Benson, and based on statistics provided by Unquote and Incisive Financial Publishing, concluded:
“Deal making activity, especially in the smaller ... |
| - | WestBridge Capital named Private Equity House of the Year | WESTBRIDGE Capital was named Private Equity House of the Year in the South West Dealmakers Awards last night.
Partners from the private equity house, which competed a £30 million fundraising in March this year, collected the hotly conteste... |
| - | New chair at ISG Technology - a WestBridge portfolio company
Get the latest from WestBridge | ISG Technology has announced the appointment of Jonathan McKay as non-executive chairman.
Jonathan has a strong background in strategic development, sales, marketing and general management, gained in the technology sector. He is currently ... |
| - | Energist to ride wave of global demand for aesthetic treatments under new ownership | THE management team at Energist Group, which designs and sells specialist equipment to the medical and beauty markets, has today announced a buy-in from a new investment group.
The deal was backed by Beaubridge LLP and WestBridge Fund Mana... |
| - | WestBridge invests £9.6m in Bespoke Health & Social Care
Get the latest from WestBridge | WESTBRIDGE has invested £9.6m to support the MBO of Bespoke Health & Social Care, a leading provider of complex care in the community, to underpin its future growth and development.
Founder Paul Sais has retained a significant share of... |
| - | WestBridge exits ISG Technology
Get the latest from WestBridge | PRIVATE equity house WestBridge has successfully sold portfolio company ISG Technology (ISG) to one of its channel partners, Allvotec, for an undisclosed sum.
ISG provides network design, deployment and management services for multi-site c... |
| - | International award success for WestBridge Capital
Get the latest from WestBridge | We are pleased to announce that WestBridge Capital has been awarded an Acquisition International M&A Award.
The 'TMT Sector Private Equity House of the Year Award' recognises the achievements and outstanding work of those involved in s... |
| - | WestBridge Capital boosts team and moves | PRIVATE equity house WestBridge Capital has appointed Pascal Wittet as senior investment manager.
The announcement follows the firm’s recent move to new offices in London to accommodate its growing team.
An economics graduate, Chartered A... |
| - | BChannels named one of UK’s most inspirational companies
Get the latest from WestBridge | One of our portfolio companies, bChannels, has been identified as one of London Stock Exchange Group’s 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain. The report is a celebration of the UK’s fastest-growing and most dynamic small and medium sized busine... |
| - | Aero Stanrew named South West winner of GREAT Faces of British Business
Get the latest from WestBridge | ONE of our portfolio companies, Aero Stanrew, has been named the South West winner of the GREAT Faces of British Business competition, run by the Business is GREAT Britain campaign, in association with BT Business.
Honoured as the Best Exp... |
| - | Beyond the obvious – twelve unsung uses of private equity
Get the latest from WestBridge | Think of private equity, venture capital, institutional investment and your mind probably turns to funding for management buy outs and other such corporate activity. Well, it’s time to think again.
Increasingly, private equity houses are s... |
| - | WestBridge backed APEM Group completes third acquisition in 12 months
Get the latest from WestBridge | WESTBRIDGE portfolio company APEM Group has completed its biggest acquisition to-date and its third in under a year.
The Manchester-headquartered environmental consultancy has acquired GoBe Consultants, a planning and environmental service... |