A Guide to Private Equity
Private equity - investing in Britain's future

Preface

An introduction to private equity
Sources of private equity
Selecting a private equity firm
The business plan
The investment process
The role of professional advisers
Your relationship with your investor
Realising the investment
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Appendix - further information

Private equity - investing in Britain's future
  • Each year UK private equity firms provide several billions of pounds to form, develop and reshape around 1,600 ambitious UK companies with high growth prospects.
  • Private equity makes managers into owners, giving them the freedom, focus and finance to enable them to revitalise their companies and take them onto their next phase of growth.
  • Private equity is committed, long-term and risk sharing. It provides companies with personal experience and a stable financial base on which to make strategic decisions.
  • UK private equity firms offer a wide range of sources, types and styles of private equity to meet many different needs.
  • A great variety of businesses in different industry sectors benefit from private equity; from high to low technology and in different development stages, from start-up to large established companies.


"The BVCA represents private equity and venture capital in the UK and is devoted to promoting the private equity industry and improving the performance and professional standards of member firms and the individuals within those firms."

BVCA mission statement

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