Oghma Partners is proud to be sponsoring the Food Manufacture awards once again in 2013. The awards, which recognise “the best of the best in Britain’s largest manufacturing sector” take place in November, however nominations are still open for the full range of categories. Click here to nominate your company for an award – nominations close on Wednesday 31st July.
Food Manufacture Awards – nominations closing soon
Oghma Partners renews sponsorship of the Food Manufacturing Excellence Awards
Partners Mark Lynch, Tim Owen and Tim Potter of Oghma Partners LLP are proud to renew their sponsorship of the Food Manufacturing Excellence Awards which recognises the hard work and great achievements of food manufacturers across the UK. Oghma Partners is keen to champion this successful sector of the UK economy and to celebrate the leaders in the industry.
The Awards, which take place in November, are a highlight of the industry calendar and offer a chance to reward those companies at the very top of their fields.
There is still time to enter your company for a chance to win one of several awards, including Manufacturing Company of the Year in each market sector. This year’s new category is Best New Use of Food Ingredients.
Voting is also now open for the personality of the year – nominees are Mark Allen (Chief Executive of Dairy Crest), Simon Baldry (MD of Coca Cola Enterprises), Richard Clothier (MD, Wyke Farms), Fiona Kendrick (Chairman and Chief Executive, Nestlé UK and Ireland), James Lambert (Chief Executive and Executive Chairman, R&R Ice Cream) and John Stevenson, MP (Chairman, APPG for Food Manufacturing).
More information on Oghma Partners can be found at www.oghmapartners.com and for more information on the Food Manufacturing Excellence Awards 2013, please click www.foodmanawards.co.uk.
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Latest M&A Review released
Oghma Partners is pleased to announce the release of the latest M&A review covering the food and beverage industry for the first months of 2013. Activity highlights include the £720 million acquisition of R&R ice cream by private equity group PAI Partners (the largest Private Equity deal involving the UK food sector since the 2008 acquisition of Foodvest by Lion Capital) as well as LDC’s investment in Fever Tree.
The UK, European and Global economic outlook remains mixed with contradictory signals being generated across the breadth of the global economy. Thus, for example, whilst GDP growth appears to be in mildly positive territory in the UK and the fear of a triple dip dissipates – concerns for growth in Southern Europe have mounted and worries of a slowdown in emerging markets has risen in intensity.
In contrast to the economic background, equity markets have risen significantly and there are some signs of a re-emergence of the IPO market in the UK and Europe – usually a helpful backdrop for M&A activity.
Please do get in touch via our “contact us” link if you would like further information on Oghma Partners, or to request a copy of the review.
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The latest Oghma Partners M&A Review for T1 2013 is now available.
The latest Oghma Partners M&A Review for T1 2013 is now available, on request.
It has been an interesting year so far with overseas buyers continued to be an important factor in M&A activity in the UK, accounting for a quarter of transactions by volume in the period down from 30% for the FY 2012. Oghma has noticed a significant increase in deal value ytd in 2013, albeit the number of deals remained in line with those recorded in the first tertial of 2012.
For more information, please contact us to request a copy.
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Further recovery in UK Food & Beverage M&A deal volume
The latest Oghma Partners M&A review is now available, covering the Food and Beverage industry for the last full year. 2012 witnessed a further recovery in UK Food & Beverage M&A deal volume with a 20% increase over 2011 to an estimated 87 deals. The increased volume of deals is also reflected in the value of deals with total deal value estimated at circa £4.3bn. The UK sector clearly remains an attractive market for inward investment, given its relatively open nature, the existence of scale branded businesses and the ownership structure of many of the companies. Private Equity/Financial buyers accounted for 16% of buyer activity in the period – little different from 2011.
We look forward to hearing from anyone who may be interested in receiving the review – please do contact us for further information.
Latest M&A Review Released
The latest Oghma Partners M&A review is now available, covering the Food and Beverage industry for the last full year. 2012 witnessed a further recovery in UK Food & Beverage M&A deal volume with a 20% increase over 2011 to an estimated 87 deals; this total compares with only 64 deals in 2010 and is the highest volume of transactions in five years, though still some way off the 114 transactions we tracked in 2007.
We look forward to hearing from anyone who may be interested in receiving the review – please do contact us for further information.
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Greencore completes disposal of Minsterley facility to Muller
Oghma Partners is pleased to announce that the disposal of Greencore’s Chilled Desserts facility in Minsterley to the Müller Dairy UK group has now completed. Oghma Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to Greencore Group plc during the transaction, which was announced in June 2012.
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Cargill completes sale of its cultures and enzymes business to DSM
Oghma Partners is pleased to announce its role as exclusive financial adviser to Cargill BVBA in relation to the following transaction, which was completed on 6 December 2012:
Cargill completes sale of its cultures and enzymes business to DSM
6 December 2012: Cargill has completed the sale of its cultures and enzymes business to Royal DSM. All antitrust clearances have been obtained and the transaction was completed on 6 December 2012.
Note to editors: This transaction was signed and announced on 26 October 2012. Cargill BVBA announced at that time that it was selling its cultures and enzymes business to Royal DSM, the global life sciences and materials sciences company, in an all cash transaction for a total enterprise value of €85 million. This sale is in line with Cargill’s strategy to re-focus its texturizing business and concentrate on product lines that are adjacent to the company’s core activities and where it can be a leading or relevant player in the marketplace.
The full press release can be downloaded here.
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Oghma Partners advises McCambridge on Cake Division Disposal
Oghma Partners is pleased to announce its role as exclusive financial adviser to McCambridge Group Holdings Limited in relation to the following disposal, which was completed today:
Blackburn, UK 5th December 2012. McCambridge Group has sold its Private Label Cake Division to private equity group, NBGI Private Equity. This follows the announcement of talks with an unnamed party in October.
The Cake Division, which operates bakeries in Manchester, Bradford, Blackburn, Salisbury and Szczecin, Poland, produces a range of cakes and pies for leading retailers.
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Finalists for the 2012 Food Manufacturing Excellence Awards Announced
2012 Finalists
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Ambient Manufacturing Company of the Year |
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Bakery Manufacturing Company of the Year |
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Beverages Manufacturing Company of the Year |
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Cakes & Biscuits Manufacturing Company of the Year |
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Chilled & Fresh Manufacturing Company of the Year |
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Environmental Initiative of the Year |
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Frozen Manufacturing Company of the Year |
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Ice Cream Manufacturing Company of Year |
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Protein Manufacturing Company of the Year |
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Training Programme of the Year |
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Small Company of the Year |
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Personality of the Year |
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