Vision Capital
Financial Services Company and Company
First Quench to shed more jobs and stores...as Threshers and Wine Rack, it operated under the The Local, Bottoms Up, Victoria Wines and Haddows brands. The group was owned by Vision Capital, the private equity firm, which blamed its failure on the withdrawal of credit insurance... In this article: KPMG, Vision Capital, Recession, Greggs, UK, and Walsall |
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Guardian Unlimited | 1 day ago
2,000 jobs go at off-licence chain
...group and two years later purchased 200 shops from collapsed rival Unwins. Since 2007 it has been owned by the US private equity group Vision Capital. Sorry, something has gone wrong and this action cannot be completed. Please try again...
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Times Online | 1 day ago
Threshers group axes almost 2,000 more jobs
...to June 28, 2008, the latest period for which figures are available, on turnover of GBP687 million. The company has been owned by Vision Capital, an American private equity company, since 2007. This year it warned that some of its shops...
In this article: KPMG, Woolworths, Recession, Tax, Whitbread, and Costa Coffee
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Times of India | November 05, 2009
Majority of Indians use Twitter for news
...send and receive status updates via text messages, which sets it apart," says Tejeswar Rao, IT consultant with Abu Dhabi-based software firm Vision Capital. Priyanka Tripathi, an executive with an MNC, says, "Unlike Facebook, Twitter is...
In this article: Twitter, Facebook, Orkut, Google, India, California, and US
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scotsman.com - Business | October 31, 2009
With Threshers falling into administration, is this the end of the off-licence?
...in the 1950s and became part of Whitbread, current owner of Premier Inn and Costa Coffee, in 1962. First Quench has been owned by Vision Capital, a US private equity company, since 2007. Earlier this year it warned that some shops may have to...
In this article: Oddbins, KPMG, UK, Edinburgh, Sandwich, and Tax
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Independent.co.uk - Business | October 30, 2009
'Store closures likely' at failed Threshers owner
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Times Online | October 30, 2009
Threshers axes jobs in scramble for new buyer
...of the stores are franchises, with independent management, which have not fallen into administration. First Quench has been owned by Vision Capital, an American private equity company, since 2007. This year it warned that some of its shops...
In this article: KPMG, Recession, Woolworths, Tax, Whitbread, and Costa Coffee
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Reuters | October 29, 2009
PRESS DIGEST - Financial Times - Oct 30
...a going concern, sources close to the matter fear a quick sale may not materialise. Julian Mash, chief executive of First Quench's owner Vision Capital, said: "We were making progress on the turnround in 2008, when it was hit by the impact of...
In this article: Tanfield, Financial Times, KPMG, Standard Chartered, Virgin, Graham Love, Virgin Media, Tax, and QinetiQ
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ITN Headline News - UK News | October 29, 2009
Threshers goes into administration
...secure a sale and staff wages will be paid next week as planned. FQR is owned by private equity firm Vision Capital, which had said it was "actively considering" restructuring and strategic options. "It is no secret that the credit crunch...
In this article: KPMG, Thresher, and Credit crunch
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Independent.co.uk - Business | October 28, 2009
Threshers owner on the verge of administration
...2008, in accounts filed at Companies House. Many of the potential 6,500 job losses at FQR are part- time. The private equity firm Vision Capital bought Thresher Wine Holdings in July 2007 for GBP95m. Post a Comment Offensive or abusive...
In this article: Thresher Group, KPMG, Best interests, Tax, Credit crunch, Retail Week, and Unwins
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Daily Mail | October 28, 2009
6,500 jobs under threat as wine giant fights for its life
...although this process is considered less suited to First Quench. First Quench is majority owned by London-based investment firm Vision Capital, who bought it from private equity firm Terra Firma in 2007. No comments have so far been...
In this article: Thresher, KPMG, Best interests, Credit crunch, and Somerfield
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Vision Capital buys companies, mainly in whole portfolios, from organisations that wish to exit from their investments or divest subsidiaries for strategic reasons.
Between 1997 and 2007, Vision Capital raised six funds totalling over €1 billion and invested in seven portfolios with an underlying enterprise value of over €2 billion. Their funds own and actively manage controlling interests in a multi-sector portfolio of companies, most of which are based in Europe.
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