Case Studies
You’ll find a selection of case studies relating to our recent successes below. If you would like any more information or to discuss your specific sale or acquisition requirements, please call us on 0118 959 8224 or click here for our enquiry form.
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Sterling Travel Management
Sale to Global Travel Solutions
EvolutionCBS leads the sale of Sterling Travel Management to Global Travel Solutions. Sterling Travel Management (the trading name of NGP Marketing Ltd) is a long-established, leading-edge Travel Management Company that provides a portfolio of bespokeRead more
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Phoebus Software Limited
Sale to NorthEdge Capital
Founded in 1989, Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) is a market leading provider to the banking, lending and savings sectors, delivering innovative and seamless solutions for the origination and management of loans and savings accounts. InRead more
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Earnshaw Engineering Ltd
Sale to TJD Investments
Founded in 1999, Earnshaw Engineering is a Hampshire-based metal fabrication company with a long-established reputation for delivering high quality, high precision and technically challenging solutions for contemporary commercial building designs. The company’s extensive industry experienceRead more
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HE&D Limited
Sale to Private Investors
Founded in 2011, HE&D Limited provides electrical and instrumentation services to some of the UK’s largest industrial and commercial companies. The business has a strong reputation for delivering complex business-critical projects in highly regulated industries.Read more
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Wilcomatic Limited
Sale to WestBridge Capital
Established in 1967, Wilcomatic supplies and supports vehicle wash systems to petrol forecourts and has contracts with all the UK’s major supermarkets. The company is also developing a strong presence in the UK commercial andRead more
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Advanced Engineering Ltd
Sale to Aspen Pumps Group
Advanced Engineering Ltd is a manufacturer of maintenance and cleaning chemicals and the recognised market leader in the manufacture and supply of coil cleaners for the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (AC&R) industries. The Company alsoRead more
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Obsidian Healthcare Group
Sale to Clanwilliam Group
Obsidian Healthcare is a full service, global healthcare communications group with two distinct firewalled divisions, allowing it to deliver both collaboratively sponsored medical communications activities and continuing medical education (CME) programmes internationally. Having successfully grownRead more
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NTA Monitor
Intertek Group plc
Operating in the high-growth cybersecurity market, NTA Monitor is one of the UK’s longest independent service providers and a founder member of several recognised security regulatory bodies with operations in the UK and Malaysia. FormedRead more
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Surgery Express
Williams Medical Supplies
Surgery Express LLP is a leading provider of medical consumables, pharmaceuticals and equipment to the Primary Care sector. The company supplies an extensive range of medical and dental consumables, equipment and pharmaceuticals to a nationwideRead more
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M J Wilson Group
Sale to Cairngorm Capital
M J Wilson Group Limited is one of the UK’s largest distributors and service providers of process instrumentation, valves & controls, pipe fittings, flang-es & gaskets, studbolts, fastenings & engineering consumables. When the business wasRead more
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Rimilia
Sale to Kennet Partners and Eight Roads Ventures
EvolutionCBS is pleased to announce that its client, Rimilia, has received a $25million investment from Kennet Partners and Eight Roads Ventures. Rimilia is an innovative developer of a market leading cash allocation software suite. TheRead more
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Investacast
Sale to Private Investors
Investacast is a design-led precision manufacturing company with extensive expertise in Investment Casting, Pressure Die Casting and Forgings. With over 40 years of market expertise and extensive capability in ferrous, non-ferrous and aerospace grade alloys,Read more
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Teaching Art
Sale to PHD Equity Partners
Teaching Art Limited was established in 1986 and grew to a £6 million company yet for its core client base of artists, aspiring and experienced alike, the name Teaching Art Limited probably won’t mean much.Read more
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Hentland
Sale to Marlowe plc
Hentland Limited provides managed Fire and Security solutions for the commercial and public sectors throughout the UK and Eire. A family business, founded in 1937, Hentland distinguished itself through solid experience, expertise and a consistentlyRead more
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Fluid Controls
Sale to Indutrade AB
Fluid Controls Limited is a Distributor of control & instrumentation equipment representing world leading suppliers in the Analytical & Pollution Monitoring, Oil & Gas, Process, Pharmaceuticals, Food & Beverage and Semiconductor industries. As well asRead more
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Pharmaquest
Sale to the RWS Group
Pharmaquest operates in a very niche area of medicine, translating Patient Recorded Outcomes (PRO’s). Patients own assessments play an increasing and vital role in treatment and care development. This is a complex task which followsRead more
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Dynistics
Sale to Influential Software Services
Established in 2000, Dynistics Limited, had developed a set of data visualisation tools — Active Dashboards and Active Scorecards. The software collects data from clients’ systems and presents it in a visually attractive format, providingRead more
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Inspiration Inc.
Sale to Big Group
Inspiration Inc. is an exciting and ambitious digital marketing company, based in West Berkshire. They have a strong focus on the strategic use of digital marketing, with clients’ return on investment at the core ofRead more
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Backline Logistics
Sale to SWS Group
Backline is a specialist employment agency,with deep expertise and experience in the transport and logistics sector. From its origins, in 1999, the Company had established a reputation for supplying high quality temporary staff to aRead more
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Focus on Training
Sale to QA Limited
Focus on Training is an independent course aggregator. The business was started in 2002 initially providing Project Management training it grew its range of courses, focusing particularly on IT training. The company developed a networkRead more
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Northern Power Tools
Sale to John Gibson Hire & Sales
Independent, family owned and managed business, Northern Power Tools was formed in 1973 as official service agents to several leading manufacturers. The company expanded its range of products and services to include all major manufacturers.Read more
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Goldhawk Associates
Wyndham Street Holdings
Goldhawk is a privately owned company, founded in 2002. Its primary focus was accountancy recruitment in Kent and the South East UK. With core values of integrity, professionalism and service at its heart, the companyRead more
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Greif
Acquisition of Ken Rooms (Hull) Ltd
Greif UK is a subsidiary of Greif Inc. a $3.6bn US global provider of industrial packaging and storage solutions in various materials for a wide range of industries. The UK company deals predominantly in steelRead more
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Sub Acoustech
Sale to Benthic Solutions
Subacoustech Environmental specialised in researching and measuring the impact of underwater noise. The company was founded in 2008 to provide research and consultancy relating to the effects of noise on the marine environment. It wasRead more
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Imperial CRS
Acquisition of Four Point Printing
Imperial Graphics, a division of Imperial CRS, is a leader in the development, production, and delivery of site materials and supporting solutions. Its ability to deliver consistently high-quality materials ensures that Clinical Studies are keptRead more
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Oswald Record
Sale to Private Investors
Oswald Record was a well-established and well-managed company, commanding a 40% share of the UK Air Tools market and enjoying excellent customer loyalty, and thus repeat business. It had negotiated sole distribution agreements with leadingRead more
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Canby
Sale to The Winebox Company
Canby Limited, was established in 2002 as a carbon neutral company with a truly ethical ethos in all areas of business. The company became a leading supplier of premium quality,environmentally friendly, jute bags and cottonRead more
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Bromarpeak Ltd
Sale to a Private Investor
Bromarpeak is an established Commercial Refurbishment and Refit company specialising in the installation of partitioning and suspended ceilings systems. The company had a reputation for excellent craftsmanship coupled with a high level of service fromRead more
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JigsawBox
Sale to Tnui Capital
JigsawBox is a hosted online platform that enables coaches, consultants and trainers to package up their expertise and deliver it online to multiple customer groups. Suitable for sole traders to companies with several coaches orRead more
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Rainbow Removals
Sale to Armishaws Removal Group
Rainbow Removals (Rainbow) was a well-known, regional removals and storage company specialising in mainly domestic house moves in the UK, providing services to homeowners in the 2 to 4 bed property bracket. In Rainbow’s marketplaceRead more
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The Left Shoe Company
Sale to Tnui Capital
The Left Shoe Company is a unique premium brand that combines technology with traditional craftsmanship to reinvent made to measure shoes for the 21st century man. Each pair of shoes is personalised to the customer’sRead more
