Transcend Corporate, the Midlands and Thames Valley based M&A advisory firm is pleased to announce the recent additions of Craig Nash and Zoe Hacking to its specialist team. These highly experienced professionals bring valuable expertise and a wealth of industry knowledge to Transcend Corporate’s M&A practice. Craig, a seasoned professional in the M&A landscape, will be a Director in Transcend Corporate’s Mergers & Acquisitions team. With over a decade of experience advising on corporate transactions in the Midlands marketplace, Craig brings valuable insights and a proven track ..read more

Transcend Corporate, the Thames Valley and Birmingham based corporate finance advisers, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Ultracomms by Unified Comms, Contact Centre and Cyber Solutions provider Babble, a business backed by private equity firm Graphite Capital.  Transcend Corporate, led by partner Steve Bartlett acted as lead adviser to Babble. The acquisition has doubled the size of Babble Contact – experts in enabling organisations to deploy the best technology to create great customer experiences and drive conversational profitability – putting it firmly on course to continue i ..read more

The technology team at Transcend Corporate, led by Steve Bartlett, have advised the shareholders of Technology Blueprint Limited (“Technology Blueprint”) on the sale of their business to Volaris Group Inc (“Volaris”). Technology Blueprint are a market leading SaaS software solutions provider to the property technology sector, with over 25 years’ experience.  Their SaaS software solutions offer an innovative, scalable, and effective solution to clients in the real estate sales, letting and management market.  The business has established a market leading position through its’ focus on ..read more

The industrial products team at Transcend Corporate, led by Chris Bill, has advised the shareholders of Ferrabyrne Holdings Ltd on the sale of their business to Dellner Polymer Solutions. The deal was completed on 16th June 2022. Ferrabyrne is a specialist supplier of rubber-to-metal bonded components and rail suspension systems and has been supported by YFM since their investment in 2016. The business has more than doubled its turnover during this time and expanded into both China and India. This exit marks the fourth successful exit from YFM’s Buyout Fund 1 that it raised in 2016. Dellner Po ..read more

The business services team at Transcend Corporate, led by Steve Bartlett, and supported by Joe Chiles, have advised the shareholders of Connect Assist Holdings Limited (“Connect Assist”) on the sale of their business to Maximus UK Services Limited (“Maximus UK”). Connect Assist is a specialist outsourced omni-channel contact centre business, with a particular focus on the charity and public sectors.  They are the market leader in delivering positive customer outcomes for public sector, charity and socially-focussed organisations, using an empathetic human approach, backed up with complex ..read more

Transcend Corporate, the Thames Valley and Birmingham based corporate finance advisers, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Ultracomms by Unified Comms, Contact Centre and Cyber Solutions provider Babble, a business backed by private equity firm Graphite Capital.  Transcend Corporate, led by partner Steve Bartlett acted as lead adviser to Babble. The acquisition has doubled the size of Babble Contact – experts in enabling organisations to deploy the best technology to create great customer experiences and drive conversational profitability – putting it firmly on course to continue i ..read more

The industrial products team at Transcend Corporate, led by Chris Bill, advised the shareholders of Flynn Group Limited (Flynn) on the sale of their business to M&J Evans. The deal was completed on 10th August 2021. Transcend Corporate introduced M&J Evans to Flynn as a potential buyer at the start of this sale process. Flynn is a leading ground works and civil engineering business based in Swindon. The group has grown to become one of the leading ground engineering companies in the South West region with a workforce of over 530 staff. Flynn is run by Alf Hambidge, who will be remainin ..read more

Transcend Corporate, the Thames Valley, Birmingham and Hong Kong based corporate finance advisers, is pleased to announce the sale of Cloud Optics Limited (“Cloud Optics”) to Livingstone Technologies Limited (“Livingstone Group”) a business backed by Global investment firm The Carlyle Group, for an undisclosed sum.  Transcend Corporate, led by partner Steve Bartlett acted as lead adviser to the shareholders of Cloud Optics. London based Cloud Optics is a specialist independent consultancy, providing cloud and software license and consulting services across mega-vendors including Microsoft, Ora ..read more

The Transcend team recently travelled to Sofia in Bulgaria for our annual strategy meeting.  We spent a couple of days exploring Sofia, team member Dimitar’s home capital.  This included a fascinating tour of sights linked to the communist era, together with a few bars and restaurants. In our strategy session we discussed the past year at Transcend and our plans for the future.  We find this time away from the office is really important for strategic planning and team bonding alike.   The post 2019 TRANSCEND TEAM STRATEGY MEETING appeared first on Transcend Corporate ..read more

On Wednesday 26 June, the Transcend team took a day out from the world of corporate finance, to spend the day at the Acorns Childrens’ Hospice in Selly Oak, Birmingham. Acorns Hospice provides care to babies, children and young people aged between 0 to 18 years, with life limiting or life threatening conditions, along with support for their families. The Transcend team reported for duty at 9am, armed with gardening gloves and hedge trimmers, ready to take on the day ahead. The team were fully briefed by Dee McCann (Volunteers Manager), who gave us some insight into what the hospice does, and t ..read more