Working Capital testimonials

Introducers

Integra Back Office Solutions

Established in 2012, Integra Back Office Solutions Ltd (Integra) helps recruitment and staffing agencies run fast, efficient payments and invoice processes and assists clients with professional accounts support. Based in Loughton, Essex, Integra undertakes all aspects of the back office processing and procedures, streamlining pay and bill, finance, accounting and credit control processes.

Funding profitable growth

Russell Taylor Holdings Ltd has grown from a father and son vision to a technical recruitment specialist operating on both a national and international scale. The Wirral-headquartered Group has come a very long way since it was started from its founder’s spare room in 2005. Today, the Group owns four recruitment businesses: Russell Taylor Group, Recruit Right, NMS Recruit and Perpetual Engineering Partnerships. These specialist companies provide technical temporary and permanent recruitment solutions for a broad range of industries, including construction, engineering, manufacturing, oil & gas and energy sectors. Today, the Group employs around 120 staff operating out of seven strategically located offices across the UK and has a combined turnover of c. £35m.

Logistics & Distribution

SBZ Corporation

SBZ Corporation manufactures, supplies and distributes a range of fuel additives, lubricant additives and components, base oils and marker dyes. Their journey began over two decades ago creating the "major alternative" within the industry. The company has brought together a wealth of industry, operational and technical expertise to deliver performance products and exceptional customer service.

Driving long term growth

The main franchised dealer for MAN Truck & Bus across South Wales, WG Davies operates from three regional Network Centres in Cardiff, Swansea and Tenby andhas more than 80 employees. Established for over 90 years, the third-generation family business provides a comprehensive range of aftersales parts, service, maintenance and repairs for all commercial vehicle operators of trucks, vans, buses and coaches in the region.

Manufacturing

Grain Carpentry Solutions

Grain Carpentry Solutions Limited is a successful business based in Weybridge, Surrey established in 1998. They supply day work carpenters to the commercial and residential refurbishment sectors of the construction industry.

i3 Group Solutions

i3 Group Solutions was born out of bringing together several smaller industrial businesses with a combined 100+ years of trading history. i3 Group Solutions is focused on helping global brands and SMEs advance their manufacturing capabilities through creating advanced manufacturing, production systems and technology solutions.

Luzzo Bespoke Limited

Luzzo Bespoke is a subsidiary of Automotive Trim Developments Ltd (ATD), which is a Coventry-based group that designs and manufactures products for a wide range of transport markets.

Piglet's Pantry

Set up in 2011 Piglet’s Pantry is an award-winning wholesale food producer of tasty, hand-filled gourmet pies, sausage rolls and baked goods.

Jarrolds Glazing Ltd

Established over 20 years ago, Jarrolds Glazing Ltd is a dynamic, fast-growing commercial glazing contractor based in Ipswich. The business work with developer and contractor clients across the Eastern Region to provide its customers with the highest quality windows, doors and glazing solutions.

Basic Thinking Ltd

Headquartered in Leicester and employing 30 staff, Basic Thinking Ltd was established in 1996 by Kieran Hickey and Sherif Moursi. The directors started Basic Thinking as a clothing manufacturer serving high-street fashion outlets and supermarkets.

Recruitment

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Building on achievement

Clearfield is a specialist ‘built environment’ recruitment firm, providing temporary, contract and permanent opportunities for candidates in a variety of roles, including project and site management, surveying and financial management, operational and commercial directors, planning, bidding and design. Clearfield’s clients range from family businesses through to multinational PLCs in construction, fit-out, civil engineering, public sector and specialist trade contractor sectors. The business uses innovative methods and designs bespoke resourcing solutions for each of its client’s unique needs.

Required IT

Headquartered in Teddington, South West London, Required IT Limited has been supplying IT professionals to a range of industries for the past 20 years, including banking, financial services, insurance companies, consultancies and software houses. Required IT’s specialist team of consultants works to understand the technical skills of candidates and each client’s specific business requirements to find precisely the right people for the right roles.

Bridging the opportunity gap

Established in 2010, Stanton House is aspecialist professional services and technology recruitment consultancy. Today, the business has 70 employees in six locations; London, Reading, Guildford, Edinburgh, Hong Kong and Chicago. The company delivers permanent and interim solutions, covering both specificprojects and gap management, across theEMEA, APAC and NORAM.

M4 Recruitment Ltd

M4 Recruitment Limited (M4) is a temporary recruitment business that has been trading since March 2016. Driven by rapid expansion of its specialist driving and industrial division, the business now operates nationally and provides a range of recuitment and workforce management solutions.

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Smart Solutions

Smart Solutions Group was founded in 2007 with a recruitment branch in Pontypool, South Wales. Having been on a fast growth curve both its facility and relationship had outgrown its previous lender. Investec quickly understood the detailed understanding of the business and how it oprated and were able to deliver a flexible working capital facility. This supported Smart Solution's growth strategty and future endevours.

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Fresh Start in Education Ltd

Fresh Start in Education provides interim support to young people who are facing challenges accessing the work place or education. For over 10 years, the specialist education provider has been working with children and young people of all ages to provide tailored support.

PACE People Ltd

Based in West London, PACE People Ltd is a profitable, fast-growth recruitment business, specialising in placing candidates into the Clean Energy industry. Seeing climate change as the biggest challenge the planet is facing, this purpose-driven business looks to challenge the status quo and make a differnt towards contributing to a cleaner future.

Lantum Limited

Lantum has become a leading workforce management platform for the healthcare sector, usuing technology to simplify all aspects of staffing. The business has developed its platform to improve scheduling and flexible staff management for clinicians and healthcare organisations.

TaskMaster & IPE Ventures

IPE Ventures, the private equity arm of the IPE Group specialises in investing in UK recruitment, umbrella payroll and human capital. Having been introduced to IPE Ventures via an intermediary, Investec strcutured a bespoke transaction to support the acquisition of Taskmasker Resources, a leading independent recruitment organisation.

Services

AJ Waste Services Ltd

A&J Waste Services (AJW) opened its doors in May 2017. It specialises in the clearing away of inert hazardous and non-hazardous waste from construction sites, together with providing associated soil testing and classification services.

Securing expansion through flexible funding

Established in 2006 by founder and CEO Rick Bailey, IPM Group is a multi-service facilities management organisation, combining knowledge and expertise from a range of sectors, including security, fire protection, IT/telecoms, secure courier and commercial cleaning services. Headquartered in Sheffield, the business operates both nationally and internationally and its clients include councils, the NHS, high street retailers, construction services, catering, hospitality and leisure industries and social housing schemes.

Growing from strength to strength

MBJSC Produce Ltd (MBJSC) is a profitable, long-established family-owned business specialising in the purchase, growing, packing and distribution of fresh produce to major household name supermarkets. The primary produce is tomatoes (sourced locally) and cucumbers (grown onsite and sourced locally) during the summer season. During the winter season produce is primarily imported from Holland, Spain and the Canary Islands. MBJSC is owned 50/50 by the directors, Steve and Morna Blair-Cornwell, who have both been involved in the industry all their working lives. The fast-growing business, which is based in Nazeing, Essex, has over 50 full-time employees.

Orion Access Services

Founded in 1988 by Managing Director Paul Chalk, Orion originally started as a window cleaning company in the City of London specialising in high level services. Today, thebusiness has evolved into a leading cherry picker hire company, operating nationally. Orion now specialises in truck mounted platforms from 14m to 64m. These can be hired on a self-drive basis up to a height of 27m and on an operated basis ranging from 14m up to 64m.

Rodgers Leask

From small beginnings in 1984, offering civil and structural engineering consultancy services from a single office in Derby, our business grew rapidly. During the 90’s we opened offices in Birmingham and London, expanding our national presence.

On track for future growth

Triple E was founded in 1984 by David Edelstein to supply the entertainment industry with purpose designed and silent engineering systems for theatres. Since then, the multi-award-winning business has pioneered an entire range of curtain and scenery tracking systems and custom-designed equipment. Triple E has also launched a universal building system called ModTruss™, which is revolutionising the theatre staging, set building, construction and event markets. In addition, the company has developed a strong presence in the crematorium market, where they have installed over 50 track and drape systems, and also the defence industry where they design and manufacture innovative access platforms and stair towers.

Hydrogarden Ltd

Hydogarden is the leading supplier of hydroponic products to retailers in the UK, with subsidiaries in Germany and South Africa through which it sells to Europe and the rest of the world. The term‘ Hydroponics’ is defined as providing all of the plant’s nutrient requirements in soluble form as you water’ – or in layman’s terms, “growing plants without soil!”.

Berkeley Square IT

Headquartered in Bristol and established in 2004 by Nicholas De Swart, Berkeley Square IT is a fast-growing, results-driven technology and recruitment business that specialises in providing permanent and contract staff for blue-chip national and international clients.

7FC LLP

7FC LLP is a fast-growing IT consultancy and digital transformation business specialising in complete Cloud ERP project management and associated services. The business empowers its clients to achieve their organisational goals with sealmess integration through technology and process.

Wholesale

Bury Hill Landscape Design

Bury Hill Landscape Supplies Limited is a family run business selling a wide range of high quality topsoils, landscape materials, lawn turf and seasoned hardwood logs and coal, in addition to its exclusive trademarked loam, ‘Bury Hill Black’.

International Cookware Designs Ltd

Based in Telford, the home of cast iron manufacturing, International Cookware Designs/Victor specialises in the production and wholesale of kitchen cookware and accessories. The brand is highly regarded by serious chefs for its heat retention, durability and style.

NRG Illumination Ltd

NRG was established in 2009 to import and sell industrial lighting on a wholesale basis. From their beginnings in the 110V market we have expanded into bespoke manufacturing for a number of prestigious clients, predominantly in London.

SIME Catering

Midlands-based Sime Catering Equipment has been serving the commercial sector for ten years, offering an in-depth knowledge of all major catering appliances. SIME cover every aspect of customer support, including sales, service, repairs and all installation requirements.

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