Financial Services

Investments

Our current and past investments in the financial services sector include:

Giles Insurance Brokers
Commercial insurance brokers

Giles is one of the UK's fastest growing commercial insurance brokers. Headquartered in Glasgow they operate through a national network of 17 branches. The business specialises in a number of sectors including recruitment, charities, construction, motor trade, hotels and leisure, haulage and professional indemnity.

• Dynamic management team with deep industry experience
• Solid market position
• Excellent growth prospects
• Industry specialist teams

www.thebroker.co.uk

R P Martin
Inter dealer money broker

R P Martin (Holdings) Limited is the holding company for Martin Brokers (MB) and Trio Equity Derivatives (TED) the two principal trading entities within the Group (Martins). Established more than 100 years ago Martins is the oldest money broking company in the world.

• Management team with a long track record of success within the money broking industry and successfully running Martins for many years.
• ‘Blue chip’ customer base including all the leading clearing and investment banks.

www.brokerweb.co.uk

1^st Credit
Debt purchase & collection

1st Credit combines a traditional debt collection agency (DCA), a service business which collects fees contingent on success, with a special purpose financial vehicle which purchases third party consumer debt and then uses the collection skills within the business to collect debt as principal. Gresham had successfully backed the managing director, Mike Cleary, in a previous investment, Ultimate Business Services (UBS).

• Managing Director’s proven ability together with the strong complementary management team he brought into the business.

www.1stcreditltd.com