Private Equity Firm

Innis & Gunn receives £15m investment offer

05-Sep-2017 By James Beeson

Craft beer brewery Innis & Gunn has announced that a leading consumer-goods private equity firm has made an offer to buy a 27.9% stake in the business for around £15m. 

Giles Thorley to steer clear of pubs at TDR Capital

05-Jan-2011 By Hamish Champ

Former Punch Taverns boss Giles Thorley said today his new role at TDR Capital, the private equity firm that bought more than 300 pubs from Mitchells...

Thorley: Joining TDR Capital talk "premature".

15-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team

Former Punch Taverns boss Giles Thorley has described reports that he is set to join private equity firm TDR Capital as "premature". The Sunday...

Mitchells & Butlers sells 333 pubs to private equity firm

20-Aug-2010 By Hamish Champ

Mitchells & Butlers has taken another step in its strategy of selling off non-core, wet-led pubs by announcing it has agreed to dispose of 333...

JDW and private equity firm eye 3D

24-Dec-2009 By M&C Report

R Capital and JD Wetherspoon are believed to be the front-runners to acquire the 3D Entertainment business. M&C Report understands that the two...

Tattershall Castle reports £48.4m loss

14-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team

Tattershall Castle Group (TCG), the managed pub company owned by private equity firm Alchemy and headed by David Ford, received a further £15m in loans

'Deal to buy Regent Inns "weeks away"'

27-Apr-2008

Sun Capital Partners, the private equity firm which bought the Lee Cooper jeans brand in 2005, is one of two companies in detailed talks to acquire...

GI Partners tight-lipped on Spirit bid speculation

21-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ

GI Partners, the private equity firm which owns Orchid Group, has remained tight-lipped over reports it is interested in buying the managed Spirit...

Moulton: 'it's cheating'

10-Apr-2008 By The PMA Team

Buy back below value is 'market abuse' Administration issues Jon Moulton, boss of private equity firm Alchemy Partners, has forecast that...

Punch shareholder against M&B deal

11-Feb-2008 By The PMA Team

One Punch shareholder has warned it will vote against the proposed merger with Mitchells & Butlers

£20m investment by Tattershall Castle

20-Sep-2007 By The PMA Team

Tattershall Castle Group, the managed operator of 150 pubs owned by private equity firm Alchemy Partners, is set to invest £20m in its estate in the...

Orchid groups pubs in seven segments

14-Dec-2006 By The PMA Team

The Orchid Group, the managed operator backed by private equity firm GI Partners, is to divide its estate into seven major segments. The company,...

What the Sunday papers said

01-Oct-2006

Permira, the private equity firm, is expected to table a £600m bid tomorrow for soft drink giant Britvic. The drinks company was floated on the...

What the Sunday papers said

27-Aug-2005

Children will be legally allowed into pubs, lncluding late night venues under what the Mail calls a 'loophole' in the Licensing Act. Urbium, owner of...

What the Sunday papers say - July 29

29-Jul-2001

The ObserverThe Government has scrapped planned new curbs on smoking in pubs and the workplace after lobbying from the pub trade. It rejected advice...