Benchmark International continues to rake in awards in 2016. Benchmark International gained recognition in Tampa with the Best of Tampa Award for Business Services and won the 2016 Corporate LiveWire M&A Award Corporate Exit Strategy of the Year for the Fingerprint document while Kendall Stafford, a Managing Director for Benchmark International, won the M&A Advisor Emerging Leaders Award. The company continues to strive for excellence within the industry and 2016 should be no exception.

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Benchmark International is pleased to announce the sale of the Osprey Management Company Limited to Reit Plc.

Benchmark International is pleased to have advised on an agreed deal for the sale of Melpass Limited to Vil Holdings Limited.

Benchmark International is pleased to announce the sale of Pocketbond Limited to Bachmann Europe Plc.

Benchmark International is pleased to announce the sale of CH4 Gas Utility & Maintenance Services Limited to Smart Metering Systems Plc.

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Benchmark International is pleased to announce the sale of Berriewood Wholesaler LLP to VioVet Limited.

Benchmark International is pleased to announce the sale of Complete Limited to Sparks Commercial Services.

Benchmark International is pleased to announce the sale of Yeovil Plumbing Supplies Limited to the Bradfords Group.

Benchmark International will sponsor ACG Intergrowth 2015, held at the Waldorf Astoria Resort, Orlando Florida, 13-15 April.

On 6 February 2015 over 90% of UK Private Equity firms will gather at The Landmark Hotel in London and, once again, Benchmark International be in attendance to meet with them.

Benchmark International will be in attendance when the annual ACG Capital Connection conference returns on November 18-19 held at the Grand Hyatt, Tampa Bay on November 18-19.

Benchmark International will return to RealDeals’ UK Mid-Market private equity event for the third year running in 2015, and next year’s event promises to be bigger and better than ever before.

For the second year in succession, Benchmark International has been invited to participate in Insider’s ‘How Much is Your Company Worth?’ breakfast, taking place Thursday 20^th November.

Benchmark International is immensely proud to announce its recent accreditation under the prestigious, widely recognised ‘Investors In People’ framework.

Thomson Reuters has released its M&A Mid-Market Financial Advisor Rankings for the first nine months of 2014 and, once again, Benchmark International is positioned amongst the leading advisors in global M&A.

Following the announcement of Benchmark International’s sponsorship of Cannock Town under 9’s, the team has gone on an undefeated run throughout September culminating in an emphatic 8-0 victory.

In further recognition of its efforts Benchmark International has been named ‘International Mid-Market Corporate Finance Advisory of the Year’ at the ACQ Global Awards 2014.

Benchmark International is proud to announce that it has reached a sponsorship agreement with Cannock Town Football Club (Under 9s).

As part of Benchmark International’s commitment to making a positive impact on our local and wider environment, we actively participate in a number of environmental schemes.

Benchmark International is proud to have been named ‘Dealmaker of the Year’ at the Acquisition International M&A Awards 2014.

Another milestone is set down as Benchmark International proudly announces that that our Twitter account has now surpassed the 1,000 follower mark.

Benchmark International’s corporate finance team was the proud recipient of the prestigious ‘Team of the Year’ award at the Insider Young Professionals Awards 2014, beating off competition from fellow nominees KPMG and Savills.

Last night Benchmark International was proud to sponsor and attended the annual Private Equity Awards, hosted by RealDeals.

Benchmark International is pleased to announce that one of its several recently completed deals, in which 4 Sight Consulting was successfully acquired by Wilde Analysis, has been selected by Finance Monthly’s editorial panel for their ‘Deal of the Month’ feature in the April edition of the magazine.

Benchmark International was pleased to return for a second successive year as sponsors of the Real Deals UK Mid-Market 2014 private equity event.

Today we received a very nice letter of gratitude for our help from Coronation Street following their success at the National Television Awards 2014 which took place last night.

Following a fantastic year in 2013 in which Benchmark International achieved a record number deals completed, highest average deal value and multiple and the prestigious ‘Deal of the Year’ award at the Insider Dealmakers awards 2013, our achievements have also been recognised in Experian’s 2013 Advisor League Tables.

2013 will be looked back on as the year when confidence truly returned to the M&A industry. After a slow start, buyers returned to the market in droves in H2 2013, with a strong focus on quality opportunities, backed with unspent cash and driven by pent-up demand.

November saw Benchmark International’s UK Corporate Finance Team; based at the company’s Greater Manchester head office, complete a record ten (10) deals.

Benchmark International’s UK team were the proud recipients of the ‘Deal of the Year (Sub £5m)’ award at the Insider Dealmaker Awards 2013, held at Manchester Central, Thursday 24 October 2013.

Benchmark International Corporate Finance Director, Nick Hulme, will be speaking at Insider’s Finance for Growth Breakfast to be held on Thursday 24^th October 2013 in Manchester.

Benchmark International are proud to announce that we have been nominated for an award at Insider’s prestigious Dealmakers award ceremony which will take place on 24 October 2013 at Manchester Central.

Today we received a very nice letter from Bob Turner of Fleet Wizard (formerly trading as Fleet Auto-Mates) thanking Benchmark International for the role we played in the sale of his company. Based in Greater Manchester, Bob Turner sold the Company, MSA Software Systems to the Cheshire-based IT services company in March 2013.

Last weekend (3-4 August 2013), 20,000 cyclists descended upon London for the inaugural Prudential RideLondon cycling event, part of the governments Olympic legacy plans. The festival of cycling ran over the weekend consisting of a freecycle through London, an 8 mile open event which allowed riders to take in the sites of England’s capital city without cars. There was also a pro cycling event on Sunday which covered the Olympic road race 140 mile route from London to Surrey and back.

Benchmark International is delighted to welcome Martin Kelway to our International Research Team. Martin will take up the position of Head of Research Strategy, working closely with UK & US Corporate Deal Teams to help source and connect with highly motivated potential acquirers for our client companies.

Occupying the position of Deal Lead Director, Kendall manages and coordinates a large team of Deal Leaders and Executives that are responsible for driving deals utilizing a strong commercial awareness and negotiation skills, ensuring ultimate satisfaction for Benchmark International’s clients.

We recently received a very nice letter from one of our current UK clients, David Brown of Skypark Secure Ltd (Skypark).

Occupying the position of Director and based out of our Tampa office, Clinton performs an extremely important role in ensuring our US-based deals come to fruition. Holding an exceptional degree of knowledge, experience and drive, we truly believe that Clinton is one of the most talented individuals currently working within our industry.