Speciality Finance

Speciality Finance

ECI Partners acquires majority stake in digital marketing agency, Croud, to accelerate growth, following ÂŁ77.6m club loan from OakNorth

Monday November 4th, 2024

Launched in 2011, Croud is a global, full-service digital agency with offices in the UK, US and Middle East; The business has worked with household brands including: International Workplace Group (IWG), Selfridges, Amazon’s Audible and Prime Video, and Nespresso; The transaction follows OakNorth’s initial ÂŁ34m club loan to Croud in May this year to support […]

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Hospitality

SGS Group completes refinancing of four major shopping centres following ÂŁ445m club loan from OakNorth

Monday September 23rd, 2024

The four shopping centres are: Lakeside in Essex, Atria in Watford, Victoria Centre in Nottingham, and Braehead in Glasgow; With a catchment population totalling 9.4m the sites are four of the leading shopping centres nationally; Average occupancy rates for the sites have increased to 93%, with tenants consisting of international and national retail brands, including […]

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Speciality Finance

OakNorth provides bespoke capital call facility to returning customer and private equity real estate investor, Paloma Capital

Monday September 16th, 2024

Founded in 2015 by Joe Froud and Jack Pitman, Paloma Capital is a leading entrepreneurial private equity real estate investor; Paloma has raised over ÂŁ450m of wholly discretionary capital in three value-add funds since launch, mainly from institutional investors in the UK, Europe and the Middle East; The bespoke facility will be deployed within the […]

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Real Estate

OakNorth provides Kester Capital with loan facility to support its investment in world-leading architectural visualisation business, The Boundary

Friday July 19th, 2024

Founded in 2014, The Boundary has an international reputation for excellence in architectural visualisation and the built environment; It serves several of the world’s largest real estate developers from three offices across three continents; Kester Capital is a leading UK private equity investor, focused on the technology and healthcare sectors. OakNorth – the digital bank […]

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Speciality Finance

OakNorth completes £52m loan to support Warwick Capital Partners’ acquisition of national care home operator, Danforth Care

Thursday July 18th, 2024

Founded in 2010, Warwick Capital Partners is a global private equity and credit firm focused on addressing complex capital needs; With offices in London and Stamford, Connecticut, the firm’s assets under management total over $2.5b; The ÂŁ52m loan from OakNorth will part fund Warwick’s acquisition of national care home operator, Danforth Care, from LNT Care […]

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Manchester-based professional services firm, AMS Group, to accelerate “buy and build” strategy following a loan facility from OakNorth

Thursday July 11th, 2024

OakNorth the digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, has provided loan facility to AMS Group, the Manchester headquartered, full-service professional services firm. Established in 1982, the AMS Group is a national full-service professional services firm specialising in creating value for mid-market clients. The Group have a differentiated approach to maintain the highest levels of client satisfaction through dedicated Relationship […]

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