“We needed an adviser who was both knowledgeable and sympathetic to the particular sensitivities of the situation. Mark Ledger-Beadell, who led the transaction, completely met our expectations in all regards. We wholeheartedly would recommend Meta to our friends and business acquaintances.”
Jim Madden
Blanchelande Park
“The merger is an opportunity to gain some significant operational synergies and represents an exciting phase for Red Snapper to complement our strong organic growth of recent years. We are very grateful to Mark and Meta for their role in helping us bring this transaction to fruition – their command of the detail and constructive and creative approach were invaluable.”
Helen Midwinter
Red Snapper
“These changes mark the start of a new era for Itad, enabling us to move forward with confidence while remaining proudly independent. Meta’s role in this transaction has been essential, from the instigation, through to the negotiation and completion. The whole Itad team has benefitted from a very high level of experience and detailed advice from the Meta team. These changes mark the start of a new era for Itad, enabling us to move forward with confidence while remaining proudly independent. Meta’s role in this transaction has been essential, from the instigation, through to the negotiation and completion. The whole Itad team has benefitted from a very high level of experience and detailed advice from the Meta team.”
Tim Ruffer, Strategy Director
ITAD
"We are very pleased to welcome James and Carol Knight and their team at Knight Meats to our group. Knight Meats is a fabulous business and we will continue to help support and promote them through our customer base of independent restaurants and caterers. I am delighted that Peter Counsell of Meta Corporate Finance was able to source this opportunity for us, it is very much representative of the types of business that we seek to acquire.”
Stephen Oswald, Chief Executive
Bidvest Fresh
"We are delighted that Alad has joined Hemming Group and look forward to expanding further in our specialist sectors alongside existing Hemming products” He continued; “I am pleased that we appointed Meta Corporate Finance to work with us on this transaction. Their focussed approach to the tasks at hand meant that the disruption to the day to day workings of the business was kept to a minimum.”
Neil Levett
Alad
“Ferrabyrne is justified in working with such a solid adviser as Meta in our corner during the last decade and a half. It means that they already get the objectives of the business and it really helps that they have seen and done it all, so that the inevitable ups and downs of the process are negotiated without fuss. We definitely look forward to the working with them in round three!”
