TDR Capital IV Acquires BPP Holdings Ltd

BPP Acquires Buttercups Training

April 18, 2024

Healthcare Services

BPP, a leading provider of professional and vocational higher education, has acquired Buttercups Training, a UK specialist provider of pharmacy training and apprenticeships. The deal expands BPP’s healthcare offering by adding pharmacy-focused training capabilities to help address shortages of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians across hospitals, community pharmacies and primary care.

BPP Acquires Firebrand Training

June 20, 2022

Education

BPP, a UK-based provider of professional and vocational higher education, has acquired Firebrand Training, a specialist IT and digital training business established in 2001. The deal expands BPP's programme portfolio—adding accelerated IT certifications, apprenticeships and bootcamps—and supports its geographic expansion across the UK and continental Europe.

BPP Acquires Digital Marketing Institute

February 8, 2023

Education

BPP has acquired Digital Marketing Institute (DMI), a Dublin-founded provider of digital marketing training and a global certification standard, expanding BPP’s offerings into digital marketing education and direct-to-consumer online courses. The acquisition gives BPP ownership of a certification standard, access to a high-growth vertical and a new channel for online course provision to expand into new geographies and markets.

BPP Education Group Acquires Estio Training from Palatine Impact Fund

November 2, 2021

Education

BPP Education Group has acquired Estio Training, a UK specialist provider of NVQ level 3 and 4 IT and digital apprenticeships, from Palatine Private Equity's Impact Fund. The deal expands BPP’s vocational and digital apprenticeship offering and follows Palatine’s 2018 investment during which Estio significantly grew revenues and learner numbers.

TDR Capital IV (via Sherwood Acquisitions) Acquires Arrow Global Group plc

October 11, 2021

Financial Services

TDR Capital IV, via its acquisition vehicle Sherwood Acquisitions Ltd, has completed a take-private acquisition of Arrow Global Group plc, a London-listed European asset manager specialising in non-performing loans and alternative credit. The transaction will allow Arrow to transition to a fully vertically integrated fund management business and pursue long-term growth across its core European markets.

BKV Corporation Acquires Additional Interest in BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture

January 30, 2026

Energy

BKV Corporation acquired one-half of Banpu Power US Corporation’s (BPPUS) interest in BKV-BPP Power, LLC for approximately $115.1 million in cash and 5,315,390 newly issued BKV common shares, increasing BKV’s ownership in the power joint venture to 75% from 50%. The transaction gives BKV majority control of the JV (which owns the Temple I and II combined-cycle gas power plants in Temple, Texas) to consolidate results and accelerate expansion of its power operations in the ERCOT market.