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OF THE YEAR (UNDER £25m) AWARD


DEAL


SPONSORED BY UBS WEALTH MANAGEMENT WINNER The Training Room


Winner The Training Room and its advisers took to the stage to receive their award from Jonathan Brown (second from left) of sponsor UBS Wealth Management


Now the evening neared its culmination with the two top deals set to be announced , and importantly, all those individuals and firms involved in the successful deals being honoured for their work.


First up, came the four nominees for the penultimate award of the evening, the under £25 million deal of the year category:


Andante Travels


Management buyin of Salisbury-based guided tour specialist, with investment from Panoramic Growth Equity.


Key involvements in the deal came from: James Cowper, Lamport Bassitt, HMT, Trethowans, Panoramic Growth Equity, Vialex.


Ceuta Holdings (Project Global)


Under £25m investment in Ceuta Healthcare by private equity investor Juggernaut Capital to finance future growth.


Key involvements in the deal came from: Lester Aldridge, BDO, Juggernaut Capital.


Nelson House Hospital (Project Op)


£8m sale of mental health hospital in Gosport to Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and healthcare company Care UK.


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Key involvements in the deal came from: Blake Lapthorn, Smith & Williamson, Albion Ventures.


The Training Room


£20m investment by LDC in Poole-based The Training Room, the leading provider of personal training courses, to support future growth.


Key involvements in the deal came from: LDC, Shoosmiths, Spectrum Corporate Finance, Osborne Clarke, CIL, Baker Tilly/RSM Tenon.


Once again there was a flurry of fingers in the audience as table keypads were used to vote for the favourite shortlisted nominee. Then it was all eyes on the stage as the audio-visual screens flickered to a rising drumbeat and revealed the winner as The Training Room.


Jonathan Brown, managing director of UBS Wealth Management as sponsor of this category, stepped up to present the Deals Awards trophy to Jonathan Davies, chief executive of The Training Room. This represented a personal ’double’ for Davies who had previously collected the Management Team of the Year award.


Davies was joined on stage by representatives of the firms involved with the award-winning deal.


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Since its creation in 2006, The Training Room has grown to become a market leader in the personal trainer training industry with a customer-base including some of the UK’s leading gym-chains, and a £9m turnover.


Through the supportive £20m investment and additional strategic input of LDC, The Training Room will be able to increase its rate of growth and expand into new training areas. One nomination for the deal, described The Training Room as “a true continuing success story for Poole and the Solent region.“


Davies had high praise for the professional advisers who had helped bring about the successful deal with LDC.


“To me, it’s all about getting the best advice. It is sometimes a false economy to go for lower cost advisers. When you start a business it can be difficult with cash, but I’ve found if you recruit the right advisers it really can pay dividends, and that’s certainly the case with this deal we’ve done recently,“ he said.


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