M&A Deal Summary

United Living Acquires Bullock Construction

On September 16, 2014, United Living acquired construction company Bullock Construction from LDC

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is United Living’s 1st transaction in the Construction sector.
  • This is United Living’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-09-16
Target Bullock Construction
Sector Construction
Buyer(s) United Living
Sellers(s) LDC
Deal Type Merger

Target

Bullock Construction

West Midlands, United Kingdom
Bullock is a construction service provider in the social housing sector. Bullock Construction was founded in 1955 and is based in West Midlands, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

United Living

Kent, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1964
Sector Construction
DESCRIPTION

United Living provides a range of mission critical maintenance and construction services. United Living consists of three complementary businesses with one unified culture; United Living Property Services, Infrastructure Services and New Homes. Company provides the essential services to the owners and operators of critical UK property and infrastructure assets, supporting the development of communities where people want to live, work and play. United Living was founded in 1964 and is based in Kent, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Construction M&A 1 of 1
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-06-24 Fastflow Group

Washington, United Kingdom

Fastflow Group is an independent provider of essential services to the utilities and property sectors. Fastflow Group is a combination of three businesses that provide maintenance services to the owners of critical assets like water, gas, and social housing. Fastflow provides Pipeline designs, builds, maintains, and replaces clean water assets, doing planned work and incident support. Fastflow Group was founded in 2004 and is based in Washington, United Kingdom.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

LDC

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1981
PE ASSETS 3.9B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

LDC is the private equity and investment arm of Lloyds Banking Group. LDC invests in mid-market companies throughout the UK. LDC seeks high growth businesses with at least two years of profitability (greater than £1 million). The Firm looks to commit £2 to £100 million in companies generating at least £5 million in revenue. Areas of interest include cleantech/environmental, construction/property, financial services, healthcare, industrials, retail/consumer, support services, TMT and travel/leisure. Prospective transaction types includes acquisition financings, development capital, equity release, MBOs, MBIs, mergers, private placements, and secondary buy-outs. LDC was formed in 1981 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 75 of 210
Sector: Construction M&A 4 of 5
Type: Merger M&A Deals 3 of 7
Country: United Kingdom M&A 72 of 204
Year: 2014 M&A 11 of 17
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-09 Ellis Whittam

Aldford, United Kingdom

Ellis Whittam Ltd. provides high quality, fixed fee Employment Law, HR, and Health & Safety services to UK employers. The company's Employment Law clients are supported by a named, highly qualified adviser but there is no clock watching and charging by the hour as with traditional law firms. Its Health & Safety service also offers unlimited support for a fixed fee. Clients are supported by a local Ellis Whittam Health & Safety Consultant who performs a General Risk Assessment, prepares the appropriate Action Plan, Handbook and Policies, and, crucially, Ellis Whittam was formed in 2004 and is based in Aldford, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-22 Coal and Coke Merchants

Harrogate, United Kingdom

Coal and Coke Merchants help public and private sector businesses understand and manage their environmental risks, reducing the impact to the environment, their operation and their reputation. Coal and Coke Merchants focus on consulting, preventing and responding to your environmental risks, so you can focus on your customers. Coal and Coke Merchants was founded in 1926 and is based in Harrogate, United kingdom.

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