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Duke Street Capital is looking to sell Simple, the Solihull-based supplier of sensitive skin products with 55 staff, for more than £250m. 26-Oct-2009 Burton's Foods, the biscuit manufacturer with 3,000 staff and four factories, is to be acquired by Duke Street Capital for an estimated £210m. 19-Mar-2007 Esporta, the chain of 52 fitness clubs, is to be sold by Duke Street Capital to the Halabi family trust for about £460m. 20-Nov-2006 Duke Street Capital is to acquire a 58% stake in 2e2, the Newbury-based IT services company valued at £132m. 28-Sep-2006 Duke Street Capital is to acquire sandwich supplier Food Partners, as well as Buckingham Foods and Thomas Food Group, for a total £100m. 11-Apr-2006 Duke Street Capital is to sell Paragon Healthcare Group, the chain of 250 residential care homes, to private equity firm HgCapital for £322m. 05-Apr-2006 Duke Street Capital is looking to sell Paragon Healthcare Group, the operator of about 230 care homes with 4,000 staff, for up to £400m. 24-Oct-2005 Duke Street Capital has appointed NM Rothschild to conduct a strategic review of Sporting Index, the spread betting company, which could lead to the business being sold for up to £200m. 04-Jul-2005 Duke Street Capital has acquired Affinity Healthcare, the operator of psychiatric hospitals in Cheshire and Durham, for up to £75m. 27-Dec-2004 Duke Street Capital has sold its collateralised debt obligation funds business to David L Babson of the US for £42m. 25-Mar-2004 Duke Street Capital has acquired Accantia, the Birmingham-based toiletries manufacturer, from ABN Amro Capital for £225m. 24-Nov-2003 Duke Street Capital, the private equity firm, has acquired Galaxie of France for £139m, and Duke Street plans to double the chain of budget hotels to about 200 over the next seven years. 10-Jul-2003 Duke Street Capital is to acquire Sporting Index, the sports spread betting company, for £53m. 11-Dec-2002 Duke Street Capital is to support plans for a £55m management buy-out of Thornbury Nursing Services, the Bristol-based healthcare recruitment firm. 26-Aug-2002 Duke Street is setting up a new management company in Madrid called Iberduke Capital Partners, as part of a strategy to expand its private equity business in Spain and Portugal. 25-Oct-2001 Duke Street Capital has announced a £50m deal to acquire a 51% stake in Hertfordshire-based waste management group Wastepack, and plans to develop up to eight new plastics recycling factories across the country. 16-Aug-2000 Duke Street Capital has bought a £15m majority stake in Wastepack, the waste management company, and the proceeds will be used to invest in new recycling plants. 12-Jun-2000 Duke Street Capital, the private equity firm, has acquired full control of Marie Brizard, the French drinks company, in a deal worth £118m. 02-Jun-2000 Duke Street Capital has raised its stake in Steiner Industries, the Austrian plastic containers company, from 31 to 65%. 29-Jun-1999
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