Keebles acts in £25m investment for UK holiday park operator

by Steve Everett - 22, August, 201821, August, 20180

Keebles has acted in a £25m investment for UK holiday park operator Coppergreen as the business continues to pursue its growth strategy. Coppergreen has acquired Kenwick Park Golf Hotel and Spa and Lodge Park in Lincolnshire and Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire, doubling the size of its portfolio. BGF has invested a further

BGF backs Yorkshire’s budding young entrepreneurs

by Steve Everett - 18, April, 201817, April, 20180

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, is backing budding young entrepreneurs in the Yorkshire by supporting the Tenner Challenge, with the aim of nurturing entrepreneurialism from an early age. Over four-weeks, secondary and college students have been using £10 pledges to get their business ideas up and

Independent Forgings & Alloys receives £8.5m investment from BGF

by Steve Everett - 22, March, 201821, March, 20180

Sheffield-headquartered Independent Forgings & Alloys (“IFA”), one of Britain’s leading independent aerospace and industrial forgers, has received an £8.5m capital investment from BGF to support its growth plans. The funding will help fuel a number of investment initiatives designed to enhance IFA’s manufacturing and testing capabilities, delivering new commercial opportunities. Operating from

BGF backs Filmore & Union

by Steve Everett - 4, September, 20173, September, 20170

A northern-based chain of restaurants and delis has secured a £3.5m investment from BGF to accelerate its new site rollout. Filmore & Union, which currently operates 14 sites and recently opened a concession in John Lewis, will use the funding to expand its portfolio across the North of England and

BGF cash injection accelerates The Coaching Inn Group’s growth plans

by Steve Everett - 6, December, 20165, December, 20160

The Coaching Inn Group, which is part owned by Tadcaster-based property and investment company Commer Group, has secured a further £10 million investment from BGF (Business Growth Fund) to support a planned £50 million expansion across the UK. The business, which this weekend was named one of The Sunday Times Virgin

Nationwide window cleaning firm experiences sales growth

by Steve Everett - 7, September, 20160

A Yorkshire-headquartered firm that cleans the windows of more than 20,000 buildings across the UK has reported a 63 percent growth in sales. Turnover at Nationwide Window Cleaning (NWC) has increased from £7.4m in 2014 to £12.1m in 2016 as a result of large contracts wins, including Santander and The

BGF celebrates five years of growth in the North

by Steve Everett - 25, May, 201623, May, 20160

BGF (Business Growth Fund), the UK’s most active provider of growth capital to small and mid-sized businesses, today celebrates five years of growth. Set up in May 2011 to fill a funding gap for Britain’s growing smaller and medium sized businesses, BGF has since invested over £174 million in 24

BGF Leeds team completes £6.7m investment in Total Recycling Services

by Steve Everett - 3, February, 20162, February, 20160

BGF (Business Growth Fund) has backed Darlington-based Total Recycling Services (TRS) with a £6.7m growth capital investment. The deal was led by BGF’s Leeds office, which predominantly covers Yorkshire and the North East. The investment follows a busy year for the Leeds team in 2015 in which it made four new

BGF appoints Mike Clarke to investment team

by Steve Everett - 8, December, 20157, December, 20150

BGF (Business Growth Fund) has appointed Mike Clarke to its investment team covering the North of England. This is the third appointment BGF has announced this quarter as the firm continues to expand its presence across Yorkshire, the North East and the North West. Mike, who will be based in the

First Northern Ireland deal for BGF completed by Leeds team

by Steve Everett - 18, November, 201516, November, 20150

BGF (Business Growth Fund) has completed its first investment in Northern Ireland, in a deal led by the growing team of investors based in Leeds. BGF has invested in Derry-based Braidwater, a family owned housebuilder that has been designing and building affordable residential housing across Northern Ireland for more than 40