We acquire and invest in established UK companies, then work with their people to improve operations, open new markets and build lasting value.
Alliance acquires businesses with unrealised potential and provides the capital, leadership, operational capability and strategic support required to make them stronger.
We don't acquire businesses simply to become bigger. We acquire businesses where we believe we can create lasting value — for the company, its people, its customers and our investors.
Acquire. Stabilise. Strengthen. Grow. Integrate. Compound.
We start with what the business already does well. Then we work through the bottlenecks: cash, capacity, sales, systems and leadership. Owners can leave, stay or take part in the next stage when the structure suits everyone.
We acquire businesses with potential, support their people and strengthen their operations. Across the group, value is built through the work that follows an acquisition.
Electric fires business with British design, UK retail and fulfilment, and an international manufacturing and supply agreement with Luxstar.
Intercard produces plastic and eco-friendly cards for councils and other organisations. Customer data can personalise names, photographs, numbers, barcodes and RFID cards, with secure data processing, mailing and fulfilment. Abacus adds mailing and scanning; Direct CDs adds disc and printed media production.
A digital services platform that includes Solution 17, with scope to bring complementary businesses and capabilities together.
Building a complete automotive group by combining Alliance’s acquisition expertise, Driven Group’s operating capability and relationships with work providers.
The businesses have different company and ownership structures. We show opportunities under discussion separately from acquired operations.
Our current Alliance platforms span digital marketing, manufacturing, cards, data, fulfilment and automotive repair. Each needs its own operating plan, capable people and disciplined support.
Our wider experience also includes signage, children’s furniture and hotels. C2 Group sits outside Alliance.
See where we are goingFrom time with our teams to production, fulfilment and supply partnerships, these are the places where the work happens.
Signage and print production is part of Mark’s wider operating experience. C2 is owned outside Alliance.
We work with investment and funding partners to acquire established UK SMEs where operational improvement can create value. Capital is matched to the specific transaction and its cash needs.
An investable case needs clear terms, a credible use of funds, a named operating team, cash forecasts, downside scenarios and reporting. A good story cannot substitute for those basics.
Alliance brings deal origination, structuring, governance and hands-on support. We are building repeatable platforms in related sectors while assessing each acquisition on its own merits.
Alliance combines deal origination with finance, commercial and operational experience. The wider team supports businesses according to what each one needs.
Mark McIvorFounder · acquisitions and group direction
David KingInternational relationships and investment development
Craig ShawFinance and acquisition support
Jason ArcherOperations
George CoxMarketing and growthSpecialist managers and partners work within individual businesses and projects.
Our next phase brings together Alliance’s acquisition expertise, the existing Driven Group and work providers. Together, we are developing an automotive group with the ability to acquire businesses, run the operations and connect repair capacity with work.
Acquire businesses where a clear operating plan can create lasting value.
Understand cash, protect customer relationships and establish reliable reporting.
Put leadership, operational capability and better systems around the business.
Develop sales, capacity and commercial opportunities with disciplined use of capital.
Bring complementary businesses and capabilities together where there is a practical benefit.
Reinvest improvements in people, capability and the next stage of sustainable growth.
Alliance Group brings the acquisition skills to identify opportunities, structure transactions and develop the group.
Driven Group brings an established operating partner and automotive capability.
Work providers connect the group with repair work. The aim is to build these complementary strengths into a complete automotive group.
Running a body shop takes more than repairing vehicles. It means looking after your people, keeping customers moving, managing cash and making sure the work keeps coming. If you want to step back, stay involved with more support or discuss bringing your business into the group, we want to understand what matters to you.
Alliance brings the acquisition and transaction expertise. Driven brings the automotive operating capability. Together, we can explore a practical route for your body shop to join the automotive group, with a clear plan for who runs it and how the handover works.
Talk to Mark confidentiallyYour people and reputation. We want to understand the team, customer relationships and local reputation you’ve built, and how to support them through a transition.
A role that works for you. Tell us whether you want to leave, remain involved or hand over day-to-day responsibility. Your role and the operating arrangements need to be agreed clearly.
A plan before a handover. We review the business together and agree the proposed structure, responsibilities and priorities. That includes an honest assessment of its finances, capacity and work provision.
Clarity on the next step. An initial conversation is exploratory. Any agreement must set out the terms, commitments and responsibilities for both sides.
The Page businesses are moving into their next phase within the automotive partnership, with new branding reflecting their place in Driven Automotive Solutions.
Whether you want to exit, stay involved, solve a growth problem or discuss an investment partnership, start with a confidential conversation.
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