Target Criteria - Business Support Services

Bridge Mergers & Acquisitions have a current requirement in this sector. We have set out the acquisition criteria below.

HR Consultancy

• Activities and Markets
  
  The business would be providing advice and/or training to corporate clients on people and employment issues. In particular, the business would be advising and/or training on HR best practice, employment legislation, redundancy and TUPE issues as well as change management and performance/talent and mentoring services.
  
  The ideal business would be well established and with its own professionally qualified HR consultants.
• Financial Parameters
  
  The likely business will have significant fees, with a good track record of growing revenues from a number of clients. Profitability is not a key issue.
• Management
  
  It would be important that the business retained its management and staff post-acquisition. It could be a retirement sale provided the owner was not too important to the business and there was an adequate transitional arrangement.
• Location
  
  The business would be in Wales and the West Country, the Midlands or south of the country.
• Consideration
  
  Our client has considerable financial resources available for acquisitions. The structure of the transaction and the form of payment can be flexible to suit the timing and taxation needs of the parties.

If the above criteria relates to your company and you would be interested in a confidential discussion please contact us.

Distribution Business

Our client is a highly successful quoted UK based PLC involved in specialised high value distribution businesses with high technical requirement and service content. It is now seeking to acquire businesses in specific sectors in order to add to its market position in these sectors.

• Activities and Markets Served
  
  The ideal business would be an added value distribution company in one of the following sectors:
  
  
  • Pharmaceutical and biotechnology laboratory equipment
  • Environmental monitoring equipment
  • Fluid power (for example, seals and components)
  • Interconnect products
  • Other high value specialised equipment
• Financial Parameters
  
  The business will have sales of around £5m to £20m but may be higher for the right situation. Good profitability, growth and strong cash flow would be important. Relations with customers and suppliers would be good without excessive vulnerability to any particular relationship.
• Management
  
  It would be important that the business retained strong senior/middle management post-acquisition. It is very often the case in acquisitions the Group makes, that the leader of the business stays on and retains an ownership stake.
• Location
  
  The business could be anywhere in UK or continental Europe or North America.
• Consideration
  
  Our client has considerable financial resources available for acquisitions. The structure of the transaction and the form of payment can be flexible to suit the timing and taxation needs of the parties.

If the above criteria relates to your company and you would be interested in a confidential discussion please contact us.