Exeter-headquartered Pennon Group's £425m acquisition of Bristol Water looks set to move ahead after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) provisionally accepted undertakings put forward by Pennon to address concerns around the deal. Read More
Matt Parfitt, employment tax director for Grant Thornton UK LLP in the South, explores the changes to off-payroll working rules and the potential problems businesses could face from HMRC's pending clamp down on non-compliance. Read More
SafeGroup Services, a provider of reactive cleaning and waste services, has secured a funding package from Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending to support its vendor-financed management buyout (MBO). Read More
The South West and Wales team of mid-market private equity firm LDC completed transactions with a combined value of more than £280m in 2021, with plans to increase support for businesses going forward. Read More
The holiday rental platform behind the holidaycottages.co.uk brand has been acquired by its management team in a deal backed by private equity firm ICG. Read More
Cheltenham-headquartered streetwear brand HERA has appointed London-based digital marketing agency Climb Online to help accelerate its growth to £100m. Read More
