Building great
businesses
Sub sector: Technical services
Date of initial investment: January 2017
Revenues: £140 million
Number of employees: 1000+
HQ: Glasgow, Scotland
Acquisitions:
Ingen & Korrie (2017)
Parker (2017)
PEME (2017)
Jex Engineering (2019)
Peak42 (2019)
Website:
Edwin James Group
Growth objective: to build a successful national business focused on helping our customers look after their critical technical environments and assets.
Sub sector: Utilities and infrastructure
Date of initial investment: March 2017
Revenues: £60 million
Number of employees: 530
HQ: Preston, England
Acquisitions:
CALM (2017)
SPEC (2017)
EEG (2019)
Stormport (2019)
MMC ESL (2021)
Website:
Ipsum Utilities
Growth objective: to build a strong and successful business by helping customers in the utilities and infrastructure sectors to manage their networks and assets more effectively and efficiently.
Sub sector: Internet of Things (IoT), Networking & Connectivity, Safety & Security
Date of initial investment: January 2018
Revenues: £45 million
Number of employees: 265
HQ: St. Asaph’s, Wales
Acquisitions:
Boston Networks (2018)
PEL (2018)
2020 Vision (2018)
Pinacl (2019)
Website:
North
Growth objective: to build a successful national business by helping our customers with the design, delivery, management and maintenance of multi-site, multi-service infrastructures to drive their businesses and connect their people, places and technology.
Sub sector: Corporate training
Date of initial investment: May 2019
Revenues: £17 million
Number of employees: 170
HQ: Plymouth, England
Acquisitions:
Bolt Learning (2019)
Sponge (2019)
Skill Pill (2020)
Idox Compliance (2021)
Website:
Sponge
Growth objective: to create a broad-based blended learning group underpinned by market-leading learning technologies.