International advisory and brokerage services business Morphose has provided expert consultancy to Active Security and Yeoman Monitoring Services on the sale to French company Scutum Group. Active Security and Yeoman Monitoring Services presented themselves as an attractive acquisition opportunity after a sustained period of growth in the UK market, with a combined turnover of circa […]
Our client is a designer of large-scale energy projects and an installer of solar, photovoltaic and wind assets to produce hot water and electricity. They had reached a point in the UK where the market had been flooded with groups selling what they felt was inferior product; however, these groups were winning work based on […]
Our client is a medium-sized soft-services supplier who works in the South of England. They had successfully grown over the years but reached a point where turnover was stagnant and profit had decreased. Whilst current contracts had been extended, no new accounts had been secured. The owner felt the business lacked direction and he was […]
Part of our client’s business is to provide installation and maintenance of fire and intruder systems. Although servicing and support is a major part of their business, like a number of maintenance groups the purchasing of product still accounts for a significant proportion of overall sales and therefore directly impacts the bottom line. In a […]
Our overseas client, who was highly versed in acquisitions and disposals, had identified a need for a bolt-on business in the UK to increase the geographic coverage of their existing company based in the North of England. Whilst their own internal research had identified a number of targets, our own research and knowledge of the […]
Our client is a successful project management and operations business with a strong reputation in high risk and business critical environments. Whilst they have been successful over the years, their core business remains heavily reliant on a limited core set of clients and services provided. This limitation can at times expose them, so they considered […]
We were contacted by a group in a ‘distressed’ position who needed to move quickly and had concluded that a trade buyer was their best option given time pressures. Our team quickly mobilised and undertook an initial review so that we understood the key operational issues affecting the business. We used our accountant to identify […]
Our client had invested in a non-core services business that had only just broken even for a number of years, but that now required further shareholder funds to maintain adequate cash-flow. After an initial meeting with our client, we were able to provide a quick assessment as it had reached the point when further capital […]