The UK Knack Group Reviews Today’s Events ……

New nursery in Leeds brings more jobs Twinkles Nursery, based in Wetherby, has opened a new nursery site with funding from Lloyds TSB. The new Nursery is in Leeds city centre, and will provide pre-school education for 67 children requiring 25 staff. The company, managing director Jill Johnson, employs 85 people in Yorkshire.

New restaurant in Ilkley means 25 new jobs Aagrah Restaurant Group, the UKs largest Kasmiri Restaurant chain, has opened its 15th branch in Ilkley, Yorks, creating 25 jobs. The company is headed by executive head chef and managing director Mohamed Aslam MBE.

Management Moves: Cooper Parry appoint new Chief Executive Accountancy firm Cooper Parry has made changes to its management team with the appointment of Ade Cheatham as new Chief Executive and Chairman.

Management Moves: 3 new executives at All Leisure Group All Leisure Group, newly relocated to Leicestershire, has appointed three new sales executives as they expand their sales to agents on the high street. The company, headed by group chief executive officer Ian Smith, has a turnover of £68.8m.

Management Moves: New appointment at Brewin Dolphin Brewin Dolphin, one of the UKs largest independently owned private client wealth managers, has appointed David Bellamy as the new Head of Office for its Leicester office.

Management Moves: Contractor Fletchrose appoints new MD Building and refurbishment contractor Fletchrose has appointed Dave Hutchinson as Managing Director.

Management Moves: New director at Conference Aston Conference Aston has appointed a new director to oversee a multimillion-pound expansion and refurbishment over the next three years.

New Deloitte’s business centre brings 177 new Belfast Deloitte, a global business services company, are opening a new technology hub for business services in Belfast, creating 177 new jobs with £1.2m in funding from Invest N.I. The company employs 200 people in Belfast and has a UK turnover of £1.1m.

Private Equity / Bank Funding: Finance package for new manufacturing facility in Vietnam Dewsbury-based Magma Ceramics and Catalysts have secured a £600K finance package from HSBC to support the development of a new manufacturing facility in Vietnam.  The company has grown from a turnover of £1.6m in its first year of operation to £6m in 2012 and is on course to generate sales of £10m in 2013. The company believes the Vietnam facility will be contributing up to £5m to turnover within two years of operation.

Management Moves: Ecclesiastical appoints Hews as CEO Ecclesiastical has appointed Mark Hews as Group Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect.

Euro Garages deal with Subway means 700 new jobs Euro Garages, service station operators based in Blackburn, have secured a deal with Subway to open 69 new sites and create 700 jobs. The company already owns 30 Subway stores and acquired 45 forecourt sites from Esso in 2013. Turnover £313m.

Management Moves: Buyout by Bucks IT Firm Globalwave Communications Limited, a Loughborough-based internet network provider, has been purchased by TFM Networks, based in Buckinghamshire, with funding from Yorkshire Bank. Globalwave's technical director Matt King will join TFM Group's board.

Management Moves: New board members at Harvey Nash Harvey Nash, a London-based recruitment and outsourcing company, have reported revenues rising 12% to £594m and profits up 2% at 8.7m. The growth comes after expansion in Asia and new female board members. The company, chief executive Albert Ellis, have 246 UK employees.

Venture Capital: Management Buyout of Nottingham-headquartered Red Box Recorders ISIS Equity Partners has completed a £14m investment to fund the management buyout of Nottingham-headquartered Red Box Recorders.

119 new jobs at Liverpool-based Redx Pharma Liverpool-based drugs discovery and development company Redx Pharma is creating more than 120 jobs with the launch of a new £10.5 million research and development facility in Cheshire.  The new venture, Redx Anti-Infectives, which received a £4.7 million grant from the Government's Regional Growth Fund, will create 119 posts. A further 28 specialist roles will also be created within the wider supply chain.

Private Equity / Bank Funding: Funding for Manchester-based demolition and remediation specialist KDC Manchester-based demolition and remediation specialist KDC has completed a £3.8m refinancing with the Yorkshire Bank.  The cash will be used to fund further growth and has also given an exit to YFM Equity Partners.  It backed a management buyout in 2008 along with Barclays Ventures, which still holds a stake.   Turnover has grown from £14m to £24m and there are now 140 staff.

Management Moves: New Chairman appointed at Neil Hudgell Solicitors Neil Hudgell Solicitors has appointed former Hull NHS chief Kath Lavery as its first chairman. It is also seeking to become an alternative business structure.

Bosch contact centre to expand to 200 staff by 2014 The Bosch Communication Centre in Liverpool operated by German group Bosch could expand threefold after going 24/7 this week. The Bosch Communication Centre network has 25 global sites, including Liverpool, providing contact centre services for its parent and a range of clients around the world. The operation will grow to 200 employees by the end of the year, with the option to treble in size.

Private Equity / Bank Funding: New Manchester College funding secured   The Brighton Institute of Modern Music has secured £12m from Barclays to fund a new music college in Manchester, and will relocate their London school to a new purpose-built site. BIMM will accept 3,000 students across the UK and Ireland from September 2013.

Management Moves: General Manager appointment at the Revo Group The Revo Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Carl Webb-Snowling as General Manager, Revo Facilities Services. Penny Winter – The UK Knack Group www.theukknackgroup.co.uk