Topics: Mergers and acquisitions

Pictured: Adrian Evans (left), Former Chair of Belper Leisure Centre, Bernard Murphy (right), Board Member, and Rachael Vickers (middle), Belper Leisure Centre Manager, following the successful sale of Belper Leisure Centre.

Beloved Belper Leisure Centre’s future is secured after Derby accountancy firm helps secure a successful transition

Belper Leisure Centre has replaced its members and Trustees with appointments from Trilogy Active Limited, a not-for-profit charitable organisation based in Northamptonshire, in a transaction assisted by the business recovery and insolvency experts at Derby firm PKF Smith Cooper.
The charity-run Belper Leisure Centre has been an invaluable cornerstone of the local community for nearly 50 years,

Pictured: Lauryn Mayson, new Corporate Finance Executive at PKF Smith Cooper

New executive joins PKF Smith Cooper as Corporate Finance division continues expansion plans

Midlands-based accounting and advisory firm PKF Smith Cooper has welcomed a new Corporate Finance Executive, Lauryn Mayson, to the company as its award-winning Corporate Finance team focuses on recruiting new talent to scale up the division.
Lauryn Mayson graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2021 with a BSc in Geography and kickstarted her Corporate Finance career with a top 10 firm.

PKF Smith Cooper Corporate Finance have been shortlisted for Insider's Dealmakers Awards 2023

PKF Smith Cooper Corporate Finance recognised for ninth successive year at the Insider Media Dealmakers Awards

The Corporate Finance division at Midlands-based accountancy firm PKF Smith Cooper have been shortlisted for two awards at the Insider Media’s East Midlands Dealmakers Awards 2023, after winning ‘SME Advisory Team of the Year’ the previous year.
Contending with a ‘record number of finalists’, PKF Smith Cooper Corporate Finance have made the shortlist for the ‘Corporate Finance Advisory Team of

Administrators are ‘thrilled’ as Stanton Bikes Limited avoids closure after the business and assets are successfully sold

Administrators are ‘thrilled’ as Stanton Bikes Limited avoids closure after the business and assets are successfully sold

After entering administration on 11th November 2022, Derbyshire-based bicycle manufacturer and retailer Stanton Bikes Limited has sold its business and assets as a going concern to Stanton Bicycles Limited, a new company owned by Daniel Stanton.
Stanton Bikes Limited is well-regarded both nationally and internationally within the biking industry for designing, manufacturing, and selling hardtai

Darren Hodson, Corporate Finance Partner at PKF Smith Cooper, led the team behind the deal.

Hyperama MD ‘delighted’ with successful sale of cash and carry to Dhamecha Group in second deal led by PKF Smith Cooper

The corporate finance team of PKF Smith Cooper has advised Midlands-based Hyperama plc on the sale of its cash and carry division to London-based Dhamecha Group. Hyperama’s Nottingham and West Bromwich depots will bolster Dhamecha’s presence in the Midlands, boosting the number of its cash and carry branches to 12 post completion.
This sale comes in short order of Hyperama plc’s divestment of

Pictured: James Ward, Corporate Finance Director at PKF Smith Cooper and leader of the F&S team

PKF Smith Cooper’s Fire & Security specialists assist Duke Royalty on £5m funding into sector consolidator New Path

International alternative capital solutions provider Duke Royalty has provided £5 million debt royalty financing to New Path Fire and Security (New Path), an investment holding company operating in the UK&I fire and security (“F&S”) sector. The funding agreement also involved Duke Royalty becoming a 15% shareholder in New Path, and agreeing a total funding commitment of up to £20 million t

The Corporate Finance team at PKF Smith Cooper, pictured alongside the firm's Transactional Tax team at the Insider Dealmakers Awards 2022

PKF Smith Cooper's Corporate Finance division win 'SME Advisory Team of the Year' award

The Corporate Finance team at business advisory and accountancy firm PKF Smith Cooper has been named ‘SME Advisory Team of the Year’ at Insider’s Midlands Dealmakers Awards 2022, following a near-record year of dealmaking and ‘exceptional results in Midland SME transactions’.
The PKF Smith Cooper team triumphed over eight other industry-leading companies to win the title on Thursday 22ndSeptemb

HSBC UK supports management buyout of UK’s largest family-owned bicycle distributor

HSBC UK supports management buyout of UK’s largest family-owned bicycle distributor

Derbyshire bicycle supplier and distributor Moore Large has received an eight-figure funding package from HSBC UK to support the company’s growth.
The funding will contribute to a management buyout, which will see four members of the senior management team, to include Andrew Walker, Dale Vanderplank, Adam Biggs and Adam Garner, take over the running of the business after 50 years of ownership b

Further expansion ahead as award winning dentist teams up with Dental Beauty Partners

Further expansion ahead as award winning dentist teams up with Dental Beauty Partners

Two award winning dental practices in Colchester have partnered with Dental Beauty Partners, one of the UK’s leading dental groups, in a deal led by Midlands-based firm PKF Smith Cooper.
The North Hill Dental and Layer Road practices join Dental Beauty Partners’ growing fleet of practices across the UK, further enhancing their provision of exceptional dental care across London, the South East a

Specialist international distribution and services group, Bunzl Plc, demonstrate ongoing growth ambitions with the acquisition of Hydropac Ltd, an insulated packaging solutions business.

Specialist international distribution and services group, Bunzl Plc, demonstrate ongoing growth ambitions with the acquisition of Hydropac Ltd, an insulated packaging solutions business.

Hydropac Ltd, a leading manufacturer of icepacks and temperature-controlled shipping systems, has been acquired by Bunzl Plc in a deal led by PKF Smith Cooper’s Birmingham team.
Hydropac designs and manufactures insulated packaging solutions that focus on maintaining chilled and frozen temperatures of food, pet-food, and pharmaceutical products during transit. It works with customers to design

Quick Self Storage Holdings Ltd has acquired the Darlington site and operations of Dainton Group Services Ltd

Quick Self Storage Holdings Ltd has acquired the Darlington site and operations of Dainton Group Services Ltd

Rapidly expanding, Midlands-based self-storage company, Quick Self Storage Holdings Ltd, has acquired the Darlington site and operations of Dainton Group Services Ltd, a well-established operator with 17 self-storage sites across the South-West and North-East.
The innovative, 100% digitally-led Quick Self Storage appointed PKF Smith Cooper to assist with identifying and unlocking potential acqu

Premier Limpet was instrumental in the supplying of social-distancing tape for various retail and public settings

Amcomri Group acquires Premier Limpet, the UK’s largest manufacturer of printed adhesive tape

Amcomri Group has confirmed the acquisition of Premier Limpet, the UK’s largest manufacturer of printed adhesive tape, for an undisclosed sum. Premier Limpet will join Amcomri’s fast-growing manufacturing division. The deal was initiated and led by PKF Smith Cooper’s Nottingham team.
The purchase by Amcomri Group provides a retirement exit for the majority shareholders, Chairman Bob Edwards and

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