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M&A activity - 'the new normal'? Jan 22 2013

THE volume of transactions in the North East has held up well over the last couple of years with 2012 showing a slight increase on the previous year.Read

Leading North East subcontractor sold Jan 22 2013

GATESHEAD- based Responsive Engineering (Holdings) Limited was acquired by the Reece Group Limited in December 2012. PwC’s corporate finance team in Newcastle advised Responsive’s shareholders on the disposal.Read

Quantum acquires own-brand pharmaceuticals provider Jan 22 2013

IN February 2012 PwC’s corporate finance team in Newcastle advised Quantum Pharmaceutical, a specialist pharmaceutical services provider based in Co Durham, on the acquisition of Watford-based UL Medicines (ULM).Read

Investment secured for Wear Inns Jan 22 2013

WEAR Inns was created in 2005 by pub industry veterans John Weir, managing director, and Chairman John Sands, both of whom had left Pubmaster after its £1.2bn takeover by Punch Taverns in 2003.Read

PwC advises Pfizer on fourth disposal Jan 22 2013

PwC’s corporate finance team in Newcastle continued to work with Pfizer Inc on its global site divestment programme.Read

Attends sold in £150m deal Jan 22 2013

IN January 2012, Canadian company Domtar signed an agreement to buy Newcastle-based adult incontinence business Attends Healthcare from Rutland Partners for £150m. PwC advised the vendors.Read

Getting the best deal through technology transformation Jan 22 2013

TECHNOLOGY is critical to business operations, providing the support to effective and efficient ways of working that underpin business growth and better performance. Get it right and IT becomes a significant enabler of business performance, get it wrong and it becomes a costly overhead that puts the business at risk.Read

Family Business survey: Backbone of UK economy feels out in cold Jan 22 2013

FAMILY-OWNED businesses are a major cog in the economy’s engine, and a new report demonstrates the sheer scale in which they are helping to drive the North East and the UK along the road to recovery.Read

Steps you can’t afford to miss Jan 22 2013

THREE steps to improving your competitive advantage – can you afford not to?Read

Assessing deal value - A focus on deal pricing Jan 22 2013

"PRICE is what you pay. Value is what you get" - Warren Buffet. Read

The Regional Growth Fund - Supporting the North East Jan 22 2013

PwC’s Newcastle Transaction Services team is continuing to provide due diligence services to a number of successful applicants in rounds 2 and 3 of the Regional Growth Fund (RGF).Read

Tax incentives aiming to encourage business Jan 22 2013

TO show that Britain is open for business, the Government has made some significant changes to encourage business with a wide range of tax incentives both at a corporate and individual level.Read

Dealmaker of the Year Jan 22 2013

PAUL Mankin, corporate finance partner in Newcastle, was recognised as Dealmaker and Corporate Finance Adviser of the Year at the annual North East Insider Dealmakers Awards in September 2012.Read

North East deal activity bucks the trend in 2011 Jan 24 2012

FOLLOWING the post financial crisis lull in 2009, North East deal activity remained weak throughout 2010. Despite some trepidation following the new coalition government's VAT increase and 2011 being the first year of tightening public budgets, local deal activity increased during the first half of 2011 and the momentum was maintained throughout the year as private equity buyers as well as strategic buyers returned to the market.Read

Three disposals in three months Jan 24 2012

FOLLOWING PwC's appointment as primary financial adviser on Pfizer's global site divestment programme in 2010, the Newcastle corporate finance team has now completed the disposal of three sites as part of this global mandate.Read

New private equity partner for Aesica Pharmaceuticals Jan 24 2012

AESICA Pharmaceuticals Limited (Aesica) is a pharmaceutical contract manufacturing organisation (CMO) headquartered in Newcastle. The company was initially founded in 2004 following the LDC-backed management buyout (MBO) of BASF’s production facility in Cramlington, Northumberland. The MBO was led by the current chief executive, Dr Robert Hardy.Read

Successful IBO completed in two months Jan 24 2012

GEMS International NV (GEMS) is a world leader in the provision of geotechnical, geophysical, survey and metocean services to the global oil and gas, telecommunications, renewable energy, port and harbour and dredging industries. Although the company is registered in Belgium the majority of its operations are based in South West England with overseas operations in Nigeria, Egypt, Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Kazakhstan.Read

Fast growing Tekmar secures new investment Jan 24 2012

TEKMAR ENERGY LIMITED (Tekmar) is a designer and manufacturer of subsea cable protections systems for the offshore wind energy sector. The Newton Aycliffe-based company was founded in 2007 and has quickly established itself as the market leader providing a unique and innovative system for the protection of subsea inter-array and export cables.Read

Efficiency drive for the NHS Jan 24 2012

OUR transaction services team has provided support to a number of NHS trusts in relation to the Transforming Community Services (TCS) agenda.Read

AIM companies are surprisingly confident Jan 24 2012

LAST year was a significant year for North East PLCs. Over the 12 months we lost five listed companies; Eaga, Wellstream, Northumbrian Water, Southern Cross and Romag. Read

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