Article: Duke Street Capital sells stake in Focus Wickes to rival Apax for pounds 340m

Article: Duke Street makes partial exit from Focus ...
Financial News;  November 29, 2002 ;     545 words ... ... Hutchings Duke Street Capital has ... exit from Focus Wickes, the UK do ... clients. Duke Street, which created Focus Wickes in 1987 by ... advisers to Duke Street and Bill Archer ... executive of Focus Wickes who helped ...

Article: Focus Wickes Group Ltd - Sale of Wickes.
M2 Presswire;  December 16, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... December 2004-APAX PARTNERS: Focus Wickes Group Ltd - Sale of Wickes ... Archer, Chairman and CEO of Focus Wickes, said: "We have successfully ... Edmund Truell, Chairman of Duke Street Capital, said: "Focus Wickes is an iconic buy and build ...

Article: Focus Wickes considers a DIY dividend Home ...
The Independent - London;  July 7, 2002 ;     679 words ... ... dividend would mean that Duke Street, the venture capital house that owns 55 per cent of Focus Wickes, would receive some early ... the chief executive of Duke Street. "The banks to Focus Wickes are very prepared to lend ...

Article: DIY retail giant Focus Wickes may go on market for ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 28, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... largest DIY chain, Focus Wickes, could be on the ... investment held by Duke Street Capital, which ... unlikely because Duke Street has owned the company ... million pounds. Duke Street tried to float Focus Wickes in July 2002 with ...

Article: Owners seek to sell British home-improvement chain Focus ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 29, 2004 ;     621 words ... ... yourself chain Focus Wickes, which is being ... auction by owners Duke Street Capital and Apax ... Sachs is advising Focus Wickes on the sale ... Homebase and Focus Wickes. US chain Home ... October 2003. Duke Street and Apax own ...

Article: Focus Wickes founder nets pounds 75m as Apax buys ...
The Independent - London;  November 30, 2002 ;     284 words ... ... 9 per cent stake in Focus Wickes, the country's second ... private equity firm Duke Street Capital and other investors ... deal, which values Focus Wickes at about pounds 1 ... thought to have made Duke Street a return of more than ...

Article: Apax Partners acquires 28.9% of Focus Wickes.
M2 Presswire;  November 29, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... of 28.9% of Focus Wickes, the second ... the business. Duke Street Capital; Bill ... Executive of Focus Wickes; other existing ... Truell, CEO of Duke Street Capital said ... history with Focus Wickes and allows us ...