NorthEdge considers more Yorkshire offices

THE co-founder of NorthEdge Capital has said that the private equity firm could open more offices in Yorkshire.

Andy Ball, who co-founded NorthEdge in 2009, has delivered a bullish assessment of UK economic prospects.

The firm already has offices in Manchester and Leeds, and is working on five deals across the North of England.

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Mr Ball told The Yorkshire Post: “We’re going to be close to where the investments are made. If anything, we will end up opening offices in other towns across the north.

“There’s a real potential for more offices in Yorkshire. We’re busier than we have ever have been.”

In April last year, NorthEdge Capital invested £11m in Help-Link, valuing the Leeds-based home heating business at £30m.

Mr Ball is an industry veteran who joined LDC in Leeds in 1996, and then opened up the firm’s Manchester office in 2000.

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He said NorthEdge was purely focused on investing in businesses based in the North of England.

Mr Ball added: “I am really proud of the team we’ve put together at NorthEdge and the culture we have created.

“It really is a great business to be part of. As an ex-colleague once said ‘values aren’t just something that you have on a poster and wish you could exhibit – you have to live them’.”

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