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| 10.04.2023 | Panoramic exits CMI to BCN Group | Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), the leading debt and equity investor in UK regional SMEs, today announced that Panoramic Growth Fund 2 LP (“the Fund”) has fully exited its investment in CMI, an IT managed service provider with office... |
| 07.10.2022 | Panoramic Fund 2 returns 25% IRR as it exits Photonic Solutions to an Employee Buyout team | Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), the leading debt and equity investor in UK regional SMEs, today announced that Panoramic Growth Fund 2 LP has fully exited its investment in Photonic Solutions (“Photonics”), an Edinburgh based major s... |
| 16.09.2022 | Panoramic invests in architectural aluminium and plastics specialist |
Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), the leading equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial companies, today announced the investment into Aluminium & Plastics Systems (APS) Ltd, a leading stock-holding company selling alumini... |
| 14.04.2022 | Panoramic exits Plumbworld to HIG backed Highbourne Group | Panoramic, the leading equity investor in fast-growing, entrepreneurial companies, today announced that its Panoramic Growth Fund 2 has fully realised its investment in Plumbworld. Plumbworld has rapidly become one of the key players in the... |
| 10.02.2022 | The Secondary Buy-out | Trade sales and IPO’s are well trodden exit paths for PE-backed businesses. Only occasionally do people speak about secondary PE as a viable next step, especially in the earlier ‘growth stage’ of the market where businesses still have plent... |
| 10.02.2022 | In conversation with: Tomas Mesa, Co-founder Freed Foods | Tomas Mesa is Co-founder of London-based healthy snacking brand Freed Foods, which Panoramic backed in June 2019. Freed Foods operates across Europe and Tomas shares his unique insight into the challenges of Brexit and supply chains along w... |
| 10.02.2022 | Raising a Private Equity Fund | As Panoramic embark on raising their third Fund, Partner and co-founder of Panoramic, Malcolm Kpedekpo, provides his experience of starting and raising multiple institutional Private Equity Funds.
Starting out
Prior to 2009 and starting P... |
| 10.02.2022 | Photonic Solutions – A Year in the Life | Edinburgh based laser services specialist Photonic Solutions has seen increased demand, new staff hires, and new international partners onboarded in what has been a busy year for the company. Panoramic backed an Employee-Buy Out of the comp... |
| 03.09.2021 | Panoramic investment in Captify nets exceptional return | From Series A investment to one of the UK’s biggest adtech success stories, Panoramic investment in Captify nets exceptional return. Since 2013, Panoramic’s unique three-pronged investment approach through capital, strategic board advisory ... |
| 14.07.2021 | From Series A investment to one of the UK’s biggest ad tech success stories of the past decade, Panoramic investment in Captify nets exceptional return | Since 2013, Panoramic’s unique three-pronged investment approach through capital, strategic board advisory and people and culture influence, leaves Captify primed for continued global expansion as company experiences record growth even afte... |
| 16.06.2021 | Panoramic invests in alcohol-free beer company |
Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), a leading equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial UK companies, today announced that it has invested £2.5m of growth capital into alcohol-free brewing company Big Drop Brewing.
Big Drop was... |
| 27.05.2021 | Gearing Up continues expansion with acquisition of Langstone Engineering |
Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), the leading equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial companies, today announced that it has supported its portfolio company, Gearing Up, in its acquisition of the Langstone Group. Additional ... |
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| - | Panoramic shortlisted for two awards | Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), the leading equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial companies, has been shortlisted for Growth/Buyout Fund of the Year and Exit of the Year for Solfex Energy Systems, which it sold to Travis P... |
| - | In conversation with: Ken Roulston, Managing Director of CMI | Belfast-headquartered CMI is one of the UK’s leading IT managed services businesses. CMI creates IT strategies, manages IT systems, improves cyber security, and supports the IT departments of over 400 companies from its Belfast, London and ... |
| - | Panoramic exits video specialist Edesix | Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), a leading equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial companies, is pleased to announce the fifth exit from its first fund. Edesix, a specialist in body worn video hardware and software, has been ... |
| - | Panoramic invests in electric charging specialist | In summer 2018 we invested £2.25m in electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure specialist Pod Point. The investment marks Panoramic’s sixth investment from its second fund.
London based Pod Point are the UK’s leading provider of electr... |
| - | New London office! | Following the appointment of Jane Reoch, Panoramic Growth Equity has recently moved into a new office in London.
Our new address is:
The telephone number for PGE’s London office remains the same. Full contact details can be found at ‘Cont... |
| - | Top Guns | The following article appeared in CA Magazine.
The next generation of CAs have taken their qualification as a launch pad for a diverse range of positions, both in the profession and in the business world. Richard Goslan profiles some of th... |
| - | Panoramic invests in young British tech | Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), the leading equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial companies, today announced that it has invested £1.2m of growth capital in digital marketing business, Captify Media Limited (“Captify”). Ca... |
| - | Dog Digital awarded for social media use | Panoramic investee company Dog Digital picks up two industry awards for their work on Starcount, the business run by Panoramic advisory board member Drew Thomson. The press release detailing their success on the night is below.
Digital com... |
| - | An alternative source of funding | This article was published in ‘Business Briefing’ magazine, issued by Scott-Moncrieff
As a result of the banking crisis and the downturn in the economy, SMEs in Scotland struggle to secure funding via traditional channels. Recognising the ... |
| - | In conversation with: James Hickman, Managing Director of Plumbworld | For a management team looking to liberate a business unit from a larger group then a private equity investment can be the only way to make it possible.
A variety of finance options are out there but after doing our research we found that p... |
| - | Panoramic Growth Equity goes supersonic with Concorde | £1M Invested into 140% YOY Growth Software Company
Independent venture capital firm, Panoramic Growth Equity (PGE), has secured a £1m investment in Concorde Solutions Limited, a multi-award-winning software asset management company based i... |
| - | David Wilson featured in ‘Ask the expert’ | David Wilson was featured in the Insider Media ‘Ask the Expert’ column this morning providing advice for SME’s looking for funding. He provided insight into the do’s and dont’s for companies approaching Private Equity looking for funding.
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| - | David Wilson sits on expert BVCA panel | David Wilson last week sat on the expert panel for the BVCA’s training course, “How to Raise a First Time Fund”.
David was joined by Jeremy Smith from Berkeley Energy and Mark Storey of Alcuin Capital Partners to participate in a lively de... |
| - | In conversation with: Sachin Vaish, Managing Director of Vaioni | I originally setup Vaioni because I did not know what else to do, but had an interest in technology. I was young at the time and thought, how hard can it be to set up a business? Let’s do it! I soon realised how naïve I truly was. We now ow... |
| - | Why the time is right for management buyouts | Stephen Campbell, a partner at Panoramic, recently featured in an Insider Media “Ask the Expert” piece. Here’s what Stephen had to say on Management Buyouts:
Management buy outs (MBOs) were the brainchild of a previous recession. Invented ... |
| - | Fund I – Progress to date | Panoramic Enterprise Capital Fund 1 closed in March 2010 and was oversubscribed at £34m. The fund could provide up to £3.5m into UK SMEs seeking growth capital. It invested in 9 businesses and has achieved 5 successful exits to date.
Fund ... |
| - | Reviving a forgotten asset class | The following article appeared in Investment Week Magazine.
Introduced in 2006 by the UK Government, following the extensive Bridging the Finance Gap consultation paper, ECFs are designed to tackle the equity gap by improving access to dev... |
| - | Where to seek a capital boost | The following article was written by Stephen Campbell and appeared in Business 7 magazine.
Ten years ago, if you were looking to raise equity for your company, there were a wide range of options available to you. Now it’s a very different ... |
| - | Panoramic invests in IT provider | Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), the leading equity investor in fast-growing, entrepreneurial companies, today announced that it has backed Belfast-headquartered IT managed service provider (MSP) CMI in its acquisition of London-based... |
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| - | The diversity challenge | Creating an environment that encourages and enables greater diversity is a priority for many sectors. A fairer playing field in terms of pay, more flexible working, and progressive recruitment strategies are positive steps that many are tak... |
| - | Panoramic backs buyout of photonics supplier | Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), a leading equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial UK companies, today announced that it has supported the employee buyout (EBO) of Photonic Solutions Limited (“Photonic Solutions”). The EBO co... |
| - | A year in the life of… PCS | It has been a busy year at PCS since Panoramic supported Managing Director, Danny Burns, and non-executive director, Nick Owen, to acquire the business through a management buy-in in January 2019. As a provider of specialist electrical cont... |
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| - | Specialist Tours acquires Historical Trips Limited | Panoramic Growth Equity are delighted to announce that portfolio company Specialist Tours (“STL”) has completed the acquisition of Historical Trips Limited, a specialist in historical escorted tours. This is the second acquisition by STL wh... |
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| - | Buy & build investments | Panoramic provides a variety of transaction types for entrepreneurial businesses seeking funding. We invest in development capital, replacement capital and management buy in/buyouts, among others. Here we discuss ‘buy & build’ investmen... |
| - | Panoramic signs up to United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment | Panoramic has become the first Scottish Private Equity Firm to sign up to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment.
Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), the independent investment business based in Scotland, is pleased to... |
| - | Capital for enterprise announces £42m in support for two new funds | Capital for Enterprise Ltd (CfEL) has awarded two new Enterprise Capital Fund (ECF) mandates to Panoramic Growth Equity and Beringea, marking a major advance in activity for the government backed fund. The funds are now raising private capi... |
| - | We have moved! | Panoramic Growth Equity have recently moved into new offices in Glasgow. Our new offices are located at:
140 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 2HG
Tel: 0141 331 5100
Full contact details can be found at ‘Contact Us’ |
| - | In conversation with Andrew Keeble, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Heck Foods | In September 2014, Panoramic invested £1m of growth capital in family-run premium sausage makers Heck Foods, which was founded by Yorkshire farmers Andrew and Debbie Keeble in 2012. Heck’s brands are sold throughout the UK in Tesco, ASDA, M... |
| - | Helping with management buyouts | Who knows a business better than the management team that runs it? When that team is excited by the long-term potential of the business, buying it from the current shareholders may be the ideal outcome for all parties.
Management buyouts (... |
| - | Attracting & retaining talent | It’s a question often asked, how do smaller businesses attract, retain and incentivise the talent that will help them move into the next phase of growth? It is also an issue that Panoramic frequently addresses in its support of small and me... |
| - | We are hiring! | Executive PA/Office Manager – This is an ideal opportunity for a multi-talented PA with excellent Office Management skills (3 years+) to join this investment firm in Glasgow. Degree standard preferred and a background working in a small/med... |
| - | Internationalising | “The markets are there to be tapped. The deals are there to be done. The opportunities are there to be capitalised on. Now together we must seize them.” So said the Prime Minister three years ago as he set out ambitious plans to double Brit... |
| - | A varied year of investing | It’s been a busy period of investing for Panoramic, in 2017 we completed three investments across a range of sectors and transactions types:
• July 2017: Development capital into Quill Content, a content creation technology business
• Oct... |
| - | On increasing market valuations | A crowded market poses challenges for Private Equity firms looking to secure good deals. A significant issue the industry currently faces is increased company valuations, and in this article, we explore some of the reasons why the sector is... |
| - | Choosing a private equity partner | Private equity (PE) investors are demanding of businesses seeking their funding. As part of pre-term sheet conversations, management teams are challenged on everything from past career history through to market growth rates and expansion st... |
| - | A year in the life of… Pod Point | It has been a busy year for Pod Point, a company Panoramic backed in June 2018. As a provider of electric vehicle charging points, Pod Point believes ‘travel shouldn’t damage the earth’ and is incredibly passionate about developing the infr... |
| - | Panoramic backs buyout of industrial insulation specialist | Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), the leading equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial companies, today announced that it has backed the management buyout of specialty industrial insulation business Elmelin. This is the tenth i... |
| - | Cascade awarded for fast growth | Gas sensing instruments manufacturer, Cascade Technologies, which was backed by Panoramic Growth Equity (PGE), the leading equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial companies, in May 2011, today announced that it has been listed as o... |
| - | A year in the life of… Captify | Search intelligence business Captify was founded in 2011 by Dominic Joseph and Adam Ludwin. Panoramic invested in 2013 when Captify comprised of 9 staff and 1 office in London generating revenues of c£2m. In 2018, the business employs over ... |
| - | Four summer investments | Summer 2019 has been very busy at Panoramic; four transactions completed in four months, in a range of sectors right across Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and a number of transaction types. We are privileged to have the flexibility in ... |
| - | Panoramic supports further Edesix growth | Edesix, a UK-based market leader in body worn camera (BWC) solutions, has secured further investment from Panoramic Growth Equity, who have been backing the company since 2014.
Edesix has raised a further £750,000 to fund expansion into ne... |
| - | Captify raises £8m series B investment | Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), a leading equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial companies, today announced that portfolio company Captify Media (“Captify”), one of the fastest growing advertising technology businesses in E... |
| - | A year in the life of… Precision Technologies | Precision Technologies (PTI) began in the 1960s as a specialist automotive toolmaker located in Tamworth. From there the business expanded into a wide range of sectors, including oil and gas and medical. Today, many of PTI’s components are ... |
| - | Panoramic backs buyout of engineering firm | Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), a leading equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial UK companies, today announced that it has invested £2.2m as part of the buy-in management buyout (BIMBO) of Precision Technologies Internation... |
| - | Panoramic launches £50m growth fund | Successful SME investment strategy has fresh firepower
Panoramic, a leading equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial UK companies, is delighted to announce the first close of its new £50m Panoramic Growth Fund 2 (“Fund 2”). This is... |
| - | Small businesses need a new source of financing | This article was published in PE News.
Regulatory red tape is slowly but surely wrapping itself around the private equity market. For small businesses in need of growth capital, the beanstalk is getting harder to climb.
Big names like Bar... |
| - | Panoramic achieves third exit | Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), a leading equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial companies, today announced that it has sold its stake in Specialist Tours Limited (“STL”), a niche multi-brand tour operator in a secondary bu... |
| - | Panoramic supports CMI to acquire Brookland Computer Services |
Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), the leading equity investor in fast-growing, entrepreneurial companies, today announced that it has supported its portfolio company, CMI, in its acquisition of Brookland Computer Services.
The acqui... |
| - | Thoughts on Pod Point’s exit to EDF Energy | In February, Panoramic announced the sale of Fund 2 portfolio company Pod Point to French energy giant EDF. The exit marked one of the largest electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure transactions to date and generated an exceptional r... |
| - | Webedia Group acquires Quill | Panoramic Growth Equity, the leading equity investor in fast growth, entrepreneurial companies today announce that portfolio company Quill has been acquired by French media group Webedia.
Quill’s pioneering production model combines a glob... |
| - | Panoramic invests in traffic management provider | Panoramic is pleased to announce that it has backed Somerset-headquartered traffic management provider Hooke Highways, with a multi-million-pound investment. This marks the continued expansion of Panoramic’s portfolio in Southern England an... |
| - | Panoramic invests in e-commerce specialist | Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), a leading equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial UK companies, today announced that it has supported a development capital investment in Quill Content Limited (“Quill”) alongside existing inv... |
| - | Mister Free’d launches healthy tortilla chips in Waitrose and appoints Juliet Barratt as Chairwoman |
Free from snack brand Mister Free’d, has launched two varieties of its healthy tortilla chips range in Waitrose stores on 11th May. Mister Free’d, will be launching its Cheezie (vegan cheese) and Blue Maize in the free from aisle.
Separa... |
| - | In conversation with: Mark Briscoe, co-investor and managing director of Majestic Polymers and DSA Chemicals | In November 2017, Panoramic backed chemical industry experts and co-investors Mark Briscoe and Peter Weaver in the Management Buy-in of Yorkshire based specialty chemicals businesses Majestic Polymers and DSA Chemicals. Six months in, Manag... |
| - | Panoramic exits electric vehicle charging company to EDF Energy | Panoramic, a leading equity investor in fast growing, owner managed businesses, is delighted to announce the second exit from Panoramic Growth Fund 2 with Pod Point being sold to French Energy company EDF. The sale generated an exceptional ... |
| - | The calling: Malcolm Kpedekpo | The following article appeared in Real Deals Magazine.
You could say that. I signed for Aberdeen FC when I was 16 because they agreed to let me stay at school and go to university. I made my debut for the club at 18, when I was in my first... |
| - | Solfex awarded for fast growth | Renewable energy distribution specialists, Solfex Energy Systems (“Solfex”), which was backed by Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), the leading equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial companies, in September 2011, today announc... |
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| - | A year in the life of… HECK! Food | In May 2017, HECK will open a new state of the art production unit on the site of the old family farm, featuring state of the art machinery that can produce 700 sausages per minute. This will be followed in September 2017 by ‘Sausage World’... |
| - | New fund targets equity gap | Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), an independent investment business, is pleased to announce it has secured a £21.7m commitment into its new fund through the UK Government’s Enterprise Capital Fund (“ECF”) scheme.
This is the largest ... |
| - | One investment, one board member, and Barcelona… | On 31 May 2012 Drew Thomson, a member of the Panoramic Growth Equity Advisory Board, launched starcount – the world’s first truly global social media popularity leaderboard, supported by thousands of charts. starcount has gained huge intere... |
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| - | Panoramic backs buyout of electrical specialist | Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), the leading equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial companies, today announced that it has supported the management buy-in (MBI) of electrical contracting specialist Process Control Services L... |
| - | Panoramic closes second fund at £65m | Successful SME investment strategy is given fresh firepower
Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), the leading provider of investment to smaller businesses that are focussed on management buyouts and growth, today announced the final close... |
| - | Panoramic nets significant return on Cascade sale | Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), a leading equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial companies, today announced that it has sold its stake in gas sensing instruments manufacturer, Cascade Technologies (“Cascade”) to Emerson. Wi... |
| - | Panoramic supports expansion of Dog Digital | Creative agency Dog Digital opens London office to service its growing financial services client base
Award-winning digital communications agency, Dog Digital (“Dog”), which is backed by the leading equity investor in fast growing, entrepr... |
| - | In conversation with Richie McBride, CEO of Edesix | In March, Panoramic backed a group of serial British technology entrepreneurs with a £750,000 investment in their business Edesix. Before founding Edesix in 2002, the founders worked together at computer networking pioneer Spider Systems, w... |
| - | On the right foot | This article was published in New CA magazine.
From professional footballer to partner in a succesful SME investment house, the sure-footed Malcolm Kpedekpo discusses the value of entrepreneurialism and ambition.
Malcolm Kpedekpo’s career... |
| - | Chairman appointed at Majestic Polymers and DSA Chemicals | Panoramic portfolio companies Majestic Polymers and DSA Chemicals are pleased to announce the appointment of John Bush as Chairman.
John obtained a PhD in Chemical Engineering at Cambridge University before a career working for chemical co... |
| - | In conversation with Ian Finlay, CEO of Specialist Tours | In May 2015, Panoramic sold its stake in specialist tour operator, Specialist Tours Limited, in a secondary buyout. The sale generated another strong return on investment for Panoramic in the two and a half years since it invested in the co... |
| - | Concorde Solutions raises $2.5m | Concorde Solutions, a leading provider of business analytics for managing software compliance, vendor performance and spend across Hybrid IT, has secured a multi-million dollar investment. Panoramic Growth Equity has backed the company sinc... |
| - | In conversation with: Andrew Blain, Managing Director of Photonic Solutions | In June 2017, Panoramic supported the Employee buyout of specialist laser system distributor, Photonic Solutions, based at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh. Over a year later, Managing Director Andrew Blain gives his views on the process... |
| - | Panoramic invests in sausage makers | Heck Foods secures £1m investment to make their Yorkshire sausages famous
Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), a leading equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial UK companies, today announced that it has invested £1m of growth ca... |
| - | Panoramic Growth Equity exits Solfex Energy Systems | Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), the leading equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial companies, today announced that its renewable energy distribution specialist business, Solfex Energy Systems (“Solfex”), has been sold to Tr... |
| - | Panoramic invests in chemicals manufacturer | Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), the leading equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial companies, today announced that it has invested in speciality chemicals manufacturers Majestic Polymers Limited (‘Majestic’) and DSA Chemica... |
| - | Panoramic Growth Equity leads Dog Digital on a fast-track to growth | £1M Boost for Award-Winning Independent Digital Agency
Independent venture capital firm, Panoramic Growth Equity (PGE), has committed £1m to digital communications agency Dog Digital Limited to help fuel global expansion plans.
Malcolm Kp... |
| - | Panoramic invests in internet provider | Panoramic Growth Equity, a leading equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial UK companies, today announced that it has invested in a multi-million pound growth capital package from its second fund into multiple award winning internet... |
| - | Fourth Exit for Fund 1 | In April, Panoramic backed Concorde Solutions, a leader provider of SaaS software asset management solutions, was acquired by Ivanti (backed by Clearlake Capital). Panoramic originally invested in Concorde in 2011 and provided additional fu... |
| - | In conversation with Dominic Joseph, Co-Founder and CEO of Captify | In 2015, we raised £8m in a series B funding round to which Panoramic contributed, and our intention was always that some of the proceeds would be used to fund international expansion. Since then, we opened overseas offices in Kiev and then... |
| - | Panoramic invests in premium healthy snacking company | Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), a leading equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial UK companies, today announced that it has invested £1.5m of growth capital into healthy snacking company Freed Foods Limited, which provides a... |
| - | Tim Linacre appointed to advisory board | The partners at Panoramic Growth Equity are delighted to announce that Tim Linacre has accepted a position on the firms’s Advisory Board. Tim brings a wealth of experience with over 30 years in the City as a stockbroker and investment banke... |
| - | Private Equity Investment: More than money | Private Equity investors believe they bring ‘smart money’ to the table when investing to grow a business. Prospective management teams rightly want to understand what this looks like in practice, given the co-ownership and longer investment... |
| - | Panoramic Growth Equity appoints Senior Investment manager from BGF | Panoramic Growth Equity strengthens London presence with appointment of Senior Investment Manager from the Business Growth Fund
Independent private equity firm, Panoramic Growth Equity (PGE), has appointed Jane Reoch as a Senior Investment... |
| - | Panoramic Private Float | Background
Panoramic Private Float provides owner managers with ‘cash and control’; cash to diversify their personal wealth, whilst retaining control to grow their business further.
Designed for those who are too young to retire and belie... |
