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Watch: Insider's Business Briefing - 5th September
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04/09/2024
Phil and Miri look at the investment in a holiday home management firm in the North East, two deal completions in Kent and some Insider Dealmakers Awards news.
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An investment in a holiday home management firm in the North East, two deal completions
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in Kent, and some insider DealMakers Awards news. Welcome to this morning's business briefing.
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Hello, good morning to you. I'm Phil Cunliffe.
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I'm Mary Thomas.
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And we're here just to take a look at some of the stories coming out of our newsletters
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this morning. And I want to start in the North East, if I could, Mary, a region I know well
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and do a lot of work in.
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This story is from a company called Host & Stay, which is a holiday home management company.
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It's secured a £10.5 million investment from private equity firm Growth Partner. So Host
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& Stay was founded in 2018 by entrepreneur Dale Smith, and it handles the full end-to-end
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process, which includes booking generation, marketing, housekeeping, maintenance and compliance.
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Basically, the company was set up to capitalise on the £2.5 billion staycation market in
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the UK. The business has achieved strong growth year-on-year, and the investment from Growth
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Partner will ensure the business continues on its growth trajectory through organic customer
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acquisition. Host & Stay has already made a lot of acquisitions throughout this year,
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including the Norfolk Holiday Properties and Airhost for you.
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So I think you've got some news coming out of Kent, Mary.
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That's right. So the other side of the country to the North East, over in the South East.
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In Kent, a vehicle repair specialist is targeting further growth after an acquisition. So Zeus
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Accident Repair, which is owned by Kent-based Cousins, has bought a Dartford-based counterpart
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called A-Pile & Son. That deal was supported by PMD Business Finance, who provided a seven-figure
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funding package to Zeus. That also included a commercial mortgage as well, which enabled
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the Cousins to buy the site over in Dartford.
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The other deal has got a slightly different flavour. So this one is an investment deal.
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So Amtevo, a certification and quality assurance company, that's received growth funding from
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Audax Strategic Capital. Now, Amtevo has been on the acquisition trail for quite a while
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now. So since 2022, it has bought nine different businesses, which is added to its stable.
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That business continues to be owned by Charterhouse Capital Partners and ASC, which is Audax Strategic
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Capital. They've come in alongside them. For ASC, this represents their second deal
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in Europe and their fifth in just 12 months. So acquisition trail, both in Kent and also
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in the North East?
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Yes. There's obviously a lot going on as we move into this next quarter of the year. And
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due to the summer break, we've all come back to – and it feels a little bit autumnal,
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I have to say. But because of the summer break, one of our Dealmakers Awards in the Central
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and East Dealmakers Awards, lots of people have been requesting extensions. So we've
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listened and we've granted an extension to four online submissions into the Central and
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East Dealmakers Awards. So it gives a little bit more time until the 12th of September
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when the new deadline is, just for firms to tell us all about the deals they completed
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in the year and what the individuals within those companies do and how well they're doing.
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So we're looking forward to that. And excitingly – and we have been trading this quite a
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bit this year, so some of you hopefully will know about it – all the winners from all
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the regional Dealmakers Awards, including the Central and East, of course, will be going
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forward automatically to the inaugural Insider UK Dealmakers Awards, which are going to be
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taking place, I think, on the 6th of February next year in Birmingham. So very exciting.
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We're crowning the champion of champions. So it's a very exciting night. We're very
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much looking forward to that. And we'll tell you lots more about that in the months to come.
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So before we go, Phil, a final good luck to everyone shortlisted tonight at the East Midlands
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Property Dinner. That event has already sold out, so dynamic pricing is not going to help
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you here either. But yes, so huge, huge good luck to everyone shortlisted. And I'm sure
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even if you don't come away with a trophy tonight, it will be a fantastic night to remember.
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I'm sure. Yeah, absolutely. Well, have a great day and we'll see you soon.
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