INDUSTRYLeisure Avondale is pleased to have supported negotiations and to announce the acquisition of regional trampoline operator, RedKangaroo by the indoor family activity brand, Oxygen. This is Oxygen’s third acquisition in nine months. Oxygen was acquired by Literacy Capital Plc in July 2021, which provided the growth capital required to deliver Oxygen’s vision to lead…
INDUSTRYBeauty Avondale is pleased to have supported negotiations and to announce the acquisition of The Vintage Cosmetic Company Limited and The Vintage Cosmetic Company LLC by Upper Canada UK, a wholly owned subsidiary of Upper Canada Soap, based in Canada. Through the guidance and leadership of Craig Hubert and his team, the Vintage brand has…
With all the recent turmoil in number 10 coming after the shocks of Brexit, Covid and the Ukrainian war, one might ask whether now is a good time to carry out Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)? The answer is yes – M&A creates synergy and economies of scale (which offsets margin pressure) and shareholder value growth…
Environmental & Social Governance (ESG) has been undoubtably moving centre stage for businesses, driven by its significance as well as legislation. We are increasingly seeing ESG crop up on board agendas and throughout due diligence, as well as starting to play a crucial part in growing sales, managing costs and increasing productivity via the need…
With recession looming, companies are seeing their costs increasing and margins being squeezed. In today’s podcast Kevin Uphill, Chairman of Avondale, is joined by Simon Dodson of Expense Reduction Analyst, leading cost optimisation consultants, to discuss how to keep profits in the business through cost reduction and how to run a lean business model…
For clients thinking of buying or selling companies Capital Gains Tax (CGT) has by far the biggest impact and so far, there is no indication that the CGT rate has changed in this mini-budget – which is good. The trickle-down economic strategy that the new team in No 10 has adopted of trying to grow…
INDUSTRYSecurity & Health & Safety Vindex Systems, a leading systems integrator that delivers intelligent business protection solutions, has been acquired by Johnson Controls, with Avondale providing negotiation advisory services. Delivering turnkey security solutions, including system planning and design through to implementation, installation, support and maintenance, Vindex Systems has built a reputation for outstanding technical capabilities…
Whilst we do not believe that the perfect sale, whether trade or otherwise, exists, in this insight we share some ideas that will help you get as close as possible to your perfect sale. Although predominantly written for sellers, there are a few points that are relevant or even specific to buyers. The Decision to…
INDUSTRYLeisure Carlton Bingo, a leading operator of bingo clubs across Scotland, is pleased to announce the transfer of ownership to their more than 200 staff through establishing an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT), with Avondale leading the process every step of the way. Formed in 1998 through a management buyout of the bingo interest of Taylor…
An exit strategy is a plan to create succession or liquidate the value of shares. A successful exit will focus on profitable value and ideally realise the goodwill inherent in a business; that being the customer loyalty that results in both current and future profitable revenue. Some corporates will also divest non-core assets to realise…
