M&A Deal Summary

Rcapital Acquires Gap Personnel

On March 5, 2025, private equity firm Rcapital acquired staffing company Gap Personnel from Open Up Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Rcapital’s 1st transaction in the Staffing sector.
  • This is Rcapital’s 46th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-03-05
Target Gap Personnel
Sector Staffing
Buyer(s) Rcapital
Sellers(s) Open Up Group
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Gap Personnel

Wrexham, United Kingdom
Gap Personnel is a temporary recruitment agency, providing temporary, permanent and specialist recruitment solutions to businesses across the UK. Gap Personnel was formed in 1997 and is based in Chester, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Rcapital

Mayfair, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

RCapital is a specialist private investment firm that targets turnaround and growth capital investment opportunities in a variety of industries. RCapital will consider companies across the UK and Europe and looks to commit £2 - £20 million in businesses generating sales of £10 - £150 million. RCapital was formed in 2004 and is based in London, England.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 48 of 49
Sector: Staffing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 9 of 10
Country: United Kingdom M&A 46 of 47
Year: 2025 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-01-22 GT Emission Systems

Peterlee, United Kingdom

GT Emission Systems is a provider of emission control systems for diesel engines in on-highway commercial vehicles and off-highway vehicles. GT Emission Systems is based in Peterlee, England.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-06-02 Liftec Express

Dartford, United Kingdom

Liftec Express is a provider of lift installation, maintenance, and repair services across the UK. Serving a diverse client base, the business works across residential, commercial, and public sector organisations. Liftec Express was founded in 1917 and is based in Dartford, England.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Open Up Group

Tokyo, Japan

Category Company
Sector Staffing
Revenue 173.2B JPY (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Open Up Group engages in engineer dispatching, subcontracting, outsourcing, and recruiting business for the construction management, manufacturing, machinery, electronics, and IT software fields in Japan and internationally. The company offers temporary staffing and contracting, employment placement, personnel introduction, and dispatching various personnel to manufacturers. It also operates in planning, development, implementation, modification, maintenance, and operation of existing systems, and IT consulting. In addition, the company is involved in the employment promotion business for people with disabilities, as well as online programming education and training business. Open Up Group was formed in 1997 and is b in Minato, Jasedapan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Staffing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1