Welcome to Orbis Partners

Orbis worked exclusively with the Unsworth family over an 18-month period, to originate and invest in high-quality food manufacturing businesses. As part of the deal, owner Jason Geary retained a significant equity stake within the business, remaining as a Managing Director.

Nationwide Hire is a leading hire services aggregator with a network of over 4,000 suppliers based in over 9,000 locations across the UK and Ireland. Orbis were retained to evaluate different exit options on behalf of the company. The preferred option for both the shareholders and management was a private equity backed MBO. Orbis identified Livingbridge as an ideal partner to help deliver management’s vision for the business.

Japan Pulp and Paper Company Limited (JPP) has acquired RADMS, the holding company that owns Premier Paper Group (Premier Paper) in a multi-million-pound sale. Having been approached by JPP, Orbis was appointed by Premier Paper to negotiate on price and terms to ensure the best deal for shareholders and then manage the sales process through to completion.

IDE systems supply temporary power equipment for events, construction work and facilities management companies. Orbis Partners was engaged by Santander to perform financial due diligence on IDE Systems to enable Santander to provide funding to the MBO of the business.

Orbis was retained by T. H. Baker Ltd to research, identify, approach and act as lead advisors in acquiring an e-commerce business. Orbis identified Hobbies Ltd and led the transaction through to completion.

Radius Payments Solutions (Radius) are the group behind the telematics and fuel card brands Kinesis and UK Fuels. Orbis Partners was engaged by Radius Payments Solutions to provide both financial and tax due diligence of Plant-i, providers of vehicle tracking and telemetry solutions and specialists in connected camera technology for the plant and construction sectors.

Weeting Tyres provides a tyre fitting, automotive service and MOT facility to consumers and corporate clients from five retail branches across East Anglia. Four out of the five branches operate within Goodyear’s franchise network, HiQ, with the fifth branch being independent. The acquisition strengthens Goodyear’s position within the retail market and enhances the groups value proposition for customers.

Based in Coventry, Signis provides a range of services to promote the welfare and safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults through its two brands, Tri.x and Reconstruct. Tri.x is a market-leading provider of online procedure manuals used by some 80% of English local authority social services departments as well as an increasing number of private sector care businesses.

In 2018, the directors of Siamo Group completed a management buy-out of KCP to become independently owned. The group was backed by Clydesdale Bank to allow the business to enter its next phase of growth. Orbis Partners completed the financial due diligence for the transaction, reporting directly to Clydesdale Bank.

Voice Mobile, headquartered at Fort Dunlop, Birmingham was formed in 2001 and is one of the largest independent suppliers of mobile phone solutions in the UK. The Company is a key distribution partner for EE, delivering corporate and consumer mobile phone solutions over the EE network.