back to article A private equity titan has just forked out £700m for IT training biz QA

IT training company QA has been bought out by Europe's largest private equity firm, CVC Capital Partners. The deal is worth £700m, according to the Financial Times, although the partners declined to disclose the financial terms of the transaction. QA, which provides 1,500 training courses across 20 UK centres, was bought by …

  1. Alistair
    Coat

    Coming soon to QA training near you

    Financial Assistance!!!! We will help you!

    (interest rates subject to variation on the whims of the board of directors parachute values)

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    QA are about to make a boatload of money raking in that sweet, sweet apprenticeship levy dough. They were the sole provider of higher/degree apprenticeships to the likes of IBM, Capgemini, Accenture etc. in the UK. Now everyone is after such programmes and QA are raking it in.

    Makes sense that they'd need capital to expand. Makes sense for the fund to provide it.

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    I bet the nice biscuits in the St Katherines Dock Centre get downgraded.

    1. Kane
      Thumb Up

      I hope the coffee gets upgraded in all their centres!

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