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Corporate Finance Case Study

Sale of CMG Technologies Limited

Conway Marsh Garrett Technologies Limited (trading as CMG Technologies Ltd) a subsidiary of Conway Marsh Garrett (Holdings) Limited was founded over twenty years ago and is based in Rendlesham, Suffolk.

They specialise in Metal Injection Moulding (MIM), providing injection moulded components to the medical, aerospace, automotive and industrial sectors for diverse applications. This is a niche market and they are the only manufacturing company in the UK that can do this.

Business consultancy Corporate Finance Due Dilligence Mergers & Acquisitions

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Corporate Finance Case Study

Barenbrug UK acquisition of Watson Seeds

Watson Seeds was founded in 1990 by third-generation seedsman Johnny Watson and is based in East Lothian. It also comprises Seed Logistics and GroGreen and enjoys a loyal customer following with its Castle range of seed mixtures.

Barenbrug UK is part of the Royal Barenbrug Group, a worldwide grass seed business based in Holland, which was established in the UK in 1983. It supplies more than 4,000 tonnes of grass seed each year for UK amenity and agriculture sectors. They have previously worked with Scrutton Bland’s Business Advisory team, and approached our Corporate Finance team some months ago as they were keen to grow their distribution operations across the UK.

Business Restructuring Corporate Finance Due Dilligence Mergers & Acquisitions

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Corporate Finance Case Study

Sale of John Catt Educational Publishers to Hachette UK

From its roots as an important publisher of independent school prospectuses the business has thrived, expanding its range of educational resources significantly both in print and online. It is now regarded as one of the leading publishers in the sector.

John Catt authors include former Secretaries of State, senior civil servants, Heads, teachers, researchers and academics, union leaders, journalists and many other leaders in their fields.

Corporate Finance

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Corporate Finance Case Study

Genesis PR

In October 2021 the firm won Agency of the Year for the third year in succession in the Chartered Institute of PR awards for Anglia, Thames and Chiltern region along with eight other awards. It works with clients in business and professional services as well as education, training, health, public sector and charities.

Corporate Finance

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SB Digital Case Study

Integrating Agrismart to Xero

Scrutton Bland have been working with a number of software providers, including Agrismart, to offer their software as an option in our SBDigital service. This service aims to identify areas where use the latest financial technology may be of benefit to our clients, and to help them select and implement the appropriate software, and to assist them as they use these new systems to increase their efficiency and profitability.

Accountancy Payroll SB Digital

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Accountancy Case Study

Conway Marsh Garrett Technologies Limited

CMG’s current main activity is manufacturing metal parts for gas sensing technologies. During the COVID-19 pandemic demand for parts for critical care ventilators increased significantly from around 1000 per month to 10,000 of each part. Rachel Garrett, managing director said: “Our team worked above and beyond to deliver this as part of our commitment to stepping up as key workers during the health crisis.”

Accountancy Audit Business consultancy

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Case Study

Fashion retail brand

The client is an independent Suffolk fashion retailer with two boutiques in different towns, plus an online store which has been operational for almost ten years. They carry a range of designer fashion brands for both men and women as well as a selection of fashionable gifts and accessories.

SB Digital

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Corporate Finance Case Study

Bollfilter

Over the years Managing Director John Dow and Finance Director Veronica Brown, operating as Geedon Ltd, built up Bollfilter UK Ltd to become an exceptionally well-managed and successful business. Geedon Limited owned 75% of the issued share capital in Bollfilter UK Limited and the remaining 25% was owned by Boll & Kirch Filterbau GmbH (based in Germany). In early 2019, after having devoted years to establishing the Bollfilter brand, John and Veronica decided to exit the business and look to retirement.

One of the core objectives for both Veronica and John was ensuring succession and continuity of both the business and the Bollfilter brand that they had spent so many years developing. The Corporate Finance team at Scrutton Bland were able to help the pair draw up a robust business plan enabling the sale to proceed to German partner Boll & Kirch Filterbau GmbH which gave the existing UK management team the continuity of a buyer who was already known to them, whilst at the same time meeting John and Veronica’s own personal financial goals.

Corporate Finance

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Business Consultancy Case Study

Hawk Express Cabs

Hawk Express Cabs is the largest private car hire company in Ipswich. It operates over 270 vehicles across the region. They also specialise in airport transfers to Stansted and Heathrow.

Accountancy Business consultancy

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SB Digital Case Study

Kingsland Linassi Limited

Kingsland Linassi Limited are a branding and digital marketing agency specialising in luxury hotel and resort branding and marketing. They were founded in 2008 and have been a client of Scrutton Bland since 2016.

Accountancy SB Digital Tax Advice

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SB Digital Case Study

Suffolk Family Carers

Its primary purpose is to bring information, options and choices to family carers in Suffolk as well as raising awareness, advocating for and advancing the cause of family carers. One of their key aims is to ensure that there continues to be provision of valuable and accessible services for family carers, utilising new technological solutions as well as more traditional routes of support.

SB Digital

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Scrutton Bland has come a long way since Alfred Scrutton and Francis Goodchild first founded their firm in Ipswich in 1919.

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