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Paul Anscombe, Chief Executive Officer of Seventeen Group, comments, "The acquisition of Everards is consistent with our strategy of growing and creating specialist lines of business. The team in West Malling is hugely knowledgeable in their field and ambitious to grow the business.
Anscombe further adds, "We are grateful to Gary Medcraff of Darwin Smith for providing essential business acquisition support and introducing Everards to us. Successful acquisitions require experienced business partners, and there is no doubt that M&A specialists like Darwin Smith were instrumental in helping both parties achieve our desired outcomes."
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"Darwin Smith provided exceptional business acquisition support by introducing us to several buyers and guiding us throughout the process. They truly understood our business and demonstrated expertise as M&A specialists when it came to valuations and deal structures. Their wealth of experience really shone through as they helped us overcome unexpected hurdles, culminating in a successful deal—an excellent end-to-end service."
- Barry Shereston, MD of Arthur C Savage & Co Ltd.
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Darwin Smith has provided us with numerous attractive business acquisition support opportunities. Their expertise as M&A specialists has been invaluable in assisting us with our selective approach to acquisitions. I wholeheartedly recommend their services.
- Managing Director of a large Southern based IFA
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"They did a first class job providing business acquisition support. They enabled us to secure an excellent price for our business, and we were very pleased with their service. Exceptionally honest and trustworthy people, these M&A specialists truly exceeded our expectations."
- Mike Alderson, Managing Director of PIM Ltd, Bristol.
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