M&A Deal Summary

Carter & Carter Group Acquires Assa Training and Learning

On September 9, 2005, Carter & Carter Group acquired business services company Assa Training and Learning from Livingbridge

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Carter & Carter Group’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2005-09-09
Target Assa Training and Learning
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Carter & Carter Group
Sellers(s) Livingbridge
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Assa Training and Learning

Sunderland,
Providers of work-based vocational training including government-funded Learndirect courses, NVQs and modern apprenticeships. Clients include blue-chips and major manufacturers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Carter & Carter Group

Ruddington, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1992
Sector Business Services
Employees1,200
DESCRIPTION

Carter & Carter Group plc provides government funded vocational learning solutions and outsourced support services to corporate organizations, and small and medium sized enterprises primarily in the United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2005 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Livingbridge

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 3.8B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Livingbridge is a UK-based investment group focused on investing in and growing mid-sized companies. The Firm targets businesses seeking £15 to £300 million of capital. Prospective companies should have 'ambitious mangement', scalable business models, and potential for market leadership. Sectors of interest include technology, media, communications, consumer products/services, healthcare, and education. Livingbridge was formed in 1995 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 102
Sector: Business Services M&A 3 of 22
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 44
Country: M&A 1 of 3
Year: 2005 M&A 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-09-01 Independent Living Services

Alva,

ILS is a private company, founded over 13 years ago. Our services are Person Centred in that we believe we should work with people to promote independence within the community. Our office network is spread across Scotland to manage these services, from the Highlands and Islands, to the North East in Aberdeenshire, across the Central Belt and to the South West including North, South and East Ayrshire and in the Scottish Borders.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-10-01 Kafevend Group

Crawley, United Kingdom

Kafevend Group Limited supplies vending machines and workplace refreshments to corporations in the United Kingdom. It offers fresh brew hot drinks systems, in-cup hot and cold drinks vending machines, and bean to cup coffee machines; food and snack vending machines; cans, bottles, water coolers, and dispensers; and hot and cold drinks, and snacks.

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