1st October 2019
Beech Tree Private Equity is pleased to announce the recruitment of Simon Hemley as a Director in the team.
Simon will compliment Beech Tree’s sub-sector focus, bringing with him a raft of experience in investing in financial and support service companies. Simon will cover the South West region as well…
20th August 2019
Beech Tree Private Equity (“BTPE”) today announces its investment in Avid Insurance Services (“Avid”), a specialist insurance intermediary and managing general agent. The investment will be used to accelerate the growth of Avid both organically and through investment in new underwriting teams.
With operations in Leeds and London, Avid possesses…
3rd May 2019
BCN Group, the Manchester based IT cloud and managed services specialist, is delighted to announce the strategic acquisition of Blue Logic which is the leading provider of IT services in Leeds and West Yorkshire. The acquisition provides the enlarged Group with an exceptional platform to provide technology solutions and support…
9th April 2019
BCN Group, a fast-growing provider of IT managed services to UK businesses today announces that it has raised a significant acquisition debt facility to support its buy and build strategy. The company has also appointed David Goldie as the Chairman of the Company. David has been involved in a number…
26th March 2019
Beech Tree Private Equity (“Beech Tree PE”) today announces, in light of its latest bolt-on acquisition by portfolio company Learnlight, that it has hit a milestone having now completed six new platform investments and ten bolt-on acquisitions since the team launched the firm just under four years ago. Paul Franks…
21st March 2019
Learnlight, the global language, intercultural skills and soft skills training provider, has acquired Arenalingua, a leading German language training company, as part of its European expansion strategy.
The acquisition, backed by Beech Tree Private Equity and Learnlight’s management team, follows Learnlight’s merger of Ispeakuspeak and Training Express and the subsequent…
1st February 2019
Beech Tree Private Equity hosted a joint dinner with DLA Piper for West Midlands business leaders earlier this week. The guest speakers were Andy Street CBE, Mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority (and former MD of John Lewis) and Paul Forrest from the independent research body, West Midlands Economic…