Roxburgh Milkins has worked with Granada Learning during the last 4 years and has developed a strong and enjoyable relationship with this ambitious company and its directors.
Granada learning at a Glance
Leading provider of educational resources in the UK.
Ambitious company committed to growth organically and through acquisition.
Majority owned by Veronis Suhler Stevenson, a private equity firm, which acquired the company from ITV for £53 million in 2006.
Work we have done for Granada
Granada Learning is committed to growing its business organically and by acquisitions and Roxburgh Milkins has worked closely with Granada and its directors as they have implemented this strategy. Our work has included advice in connection with:
- the acquisition of the trade and assets of Newcastle-based Kirkland Rowland, the UK’s largest independent supplier of stakeholder surveys for schools
- the acquisition of W3 Insights, the market leader in psychometric attitude measurements for schools
- publishing agreements, customer and supplier contracts and other commercial contracts
- enforcing, protecting and exploiting IP rights
- new banking facilities for the Group to fund its expansion plans
- the sales of Sherston Publishing and ASE
- company secretarial services.
How Roxburgh Milkins works with Granada Learning
Because Granada’s business has been growing fast we have had the opportunity to work regularly with the management team, Adrian Eaglestone (managing director) and Rob Dargue (finance director), on a number of transactions and on day to day matters. This has enabled us to gain a good understanding of the business and also develop close working relationships with Adrian and Rob.
We believe our relationship with Granada is a good example of how we can help an ambitious and growing business which is looking for the quality of advice you’d expect of a large commercial law firm but at the same time a personal service and grounded advice.
The speed of response, quality of work, diversity of services and professionalism that RM deliver allows us to meet all of our commercial needs in a proper and timely manner. As a business that is growing both organically and through acquisition, RM are and will continue to be imperative in our quest for continued growth and success. Rob Dargue, Finance Director, Granada Learning.
More about Granada Learning
Granada Learning provides a wide range of educational resources. Its businesses include:
- GL Assessment - publishes online and print based tests that assess children’s progress in literacy
- Kirkland Rowell - provides surveys and results looking at the attitudes and perceptions of teachers, pupils and parents
- Schoolcentre.net - is an online tool for monitoring self evaluation and school improvement
- W3 Insights - the UK’s market leader in psychometric attitude measurments for schools
