ThinCats, the leading alternative lender to mid-sized SMEs, has provided a funding package to support leisure specialist PE firm, Trispan, with the acquisition of Pho, a leading Vietnamese restaurant group in the UK. Pho was founded by Stephen and Juliette Wall in June 2005 with a restaurant in Clerkenwell after they had travelled to Vietnam […]
Kidspace Adventure Holdings (KAHL) has begun construction of its fourth site and second Hobbledown adventure park, located on over 100 acres in Hounslow Heath, London. After a £13m investment, Hobbledown West London is due to open in the Summer of 2022 and will feature a range of indoor and outdoor adventure play that will be […]
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’, Burbage Day Nursery, in Burbage, Leicestershire. Founded in 2008, Burbage Day Nursery is a well-established business with an outstanding reputation, high occupancy levels, and an excellent management structure in place. It operates across the ground floor of a converted bungalow […]
Ioconic has raised $1.5m to fuel its ambitions in the NFT and digital asset space, in a funding round led by Kenetic, a leading VC firm in the blockchain ecosystem, as well as other private investors. Ioconic is one of the first businesses to provide a turn-key solution for brands and individuals entering the digital […]
United Trust Bank (UTB) has agreed to fund the first phase of an exciting new development in Chestfield, Kent by successful regional house builders, Kitewood. The specialist bank is providing a £22m loan facility on a peak debt funding arrangement for the first phase of the scheme comprising 98 new, two to five bedroom homes […]
Equality Check, the crowd-sourced employee review platform, has completed a €1.25m seed investment to fund product development and international expansion. The Norwegian venture capital fund Alliance Venture lead the round, together with several angel investors and the global early-stage VC Antler, which chose to invest in the Oslo-based start-up for a third time. Founded in […]
Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending (“ABL”) has completed a financing deal for Precise Component Manufacture Ltd (“PCML”) to support the next exciting stage of its development. The £5.5m facility will be used to fund CapEx investment and growth, enabling the business to achieve its strategic aim to become the UK’s leading biomedical science manufacturing hub. […]
Specialist business property advisor, Christie & Co has completed on the sale of Tudorville Express & Post Office, a freehold convenience store with a large three-bed owner’s flat located in the market town of Ross-on-Wye, with funding for the sale secured through Christie & Co’s sister company, Christie Finance. Tudorville Express is situated on the […]
Aldermore bank has provided Banwait Group Holdings Ltd with a £3.4m commercial mortgage facility, to support their plans for growth as they work to build their commercial property portfolio. The managing director of the privately owned family investment office, Harpreet Banwait from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, has used the facility to purchase six commercial investment properties […]
Clearspring is an independent, family-owned company that sells authentic Japanese and organic fine foods. In keeping with its strong focus on supporting sustainable agriculture, and mission to provide easy access to quality organic food, its line of more than 280 products is plant-based, and more than 90% organic. The combination of an increase in people […]
