We know what we're good at

We have built our business firmly on the sectors and specialism where we know we can outshine the competition. This guides us to pick the right battles for us and for our clients.

Quality is something we won’t compromise on.

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We’re relentless in pursuit of the right answer

We’re agile thinkers, intellectually curious and up for a challenge. We’re not afraid to tell you what you need to hear.

That means we come up with the brave answers that set us – and our clients – apart.

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We’re surprisingly human

We’re an organisation of individuals cut from different cloths but united by a common purpose – working together with our clients and colleagues to build relationships that last.

That means we come up with the brave answers that set us – and our clients – apart.

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News and media

Monday 25 September 2023 News

FMCG’s global giants see record growth in OC&C Global 50 report

The world’s largest consumer goods companies surged to their highest growth in a decade last year, driven by soaring prices and solid sales volumes. Our Global 50 report found revenue growth hit a record high of 10.9% across the world’s largest suppliers, as huge input costs were passed on to consumers. That built on the 9.3% growth experienced in the post-Covid rebound of 2021, meaning major FMCG multi-nationals have seen growth of over 21% over those two years.

Monday 18 September 2023 News

OC&C support Butternut Box on capital raise

Butternut Box, the fresh pet food company founded in 2016, has raised GBP 280m in a funding round led by General Atlantic and L Catterton. Butternut Box is Europe’s largest fresh dog food brand, feeding dogs in the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Poland. Proceeds will go towards accelerating the organisation's UK leadership position, as well as helping grow its presence throughout Europe and beyond.

Monday 28 August 2023 News

OC&C advise Coalesce Capital on its investment in Examinetics

We’re thrilled to congratulate Coalesce Capital on backing its first deal with an investment in occupational-health compliance services company Examinetics. Coalesce is a private equity firm focused on investing in human capital-driven and technology-enabled business services companies.

Friday 11 August 2023 News

OC&C advise Evolution Funding and LDC on its sale to Carlyle

We're delighted to congratulate Evolution Funding, a portfolio company of LDC, on its successful transaction to Carlyle.

Thursday 03 August 2023 News

OC&C advise Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan on sale of Premier Lotteries Ireland

We're pleased to congratulate Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) on their recent sale of Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI). We provided commercial and strategy sell-side support during the process, working closely with both OTPP and the Management team. PLI, headquartered in Dublin, is the operator of the Irish National Lottery having been awarded a 20-year licence by the Irish Government in November 2014.

Wednesday 26 July 2023 News

OC&C advise Exponent on Investment in TestingCo

We're pleased to advise Exponent on their recent investment in TestingCo. OC&C provided buy-side support during this process. TestingCo is a leading European independent software testing platform. Based in the Netherlands, the company provides extensive software testing and quality engineering solutions for its long-term, blue-chip clients. Exponent will support the existing management team.

Tuesday 25 July 2023 News

OC&C advise With Intelligence on investment from Motive Partners

We're pleased to advise With Intelligence on receiving a majority investment from Motive Partners. We provided sell-side support during the process. With Intelligence are a leading provider of investment data and intelligence to the global asset management industry. Founded in 1998, and now with a footing in Europe, North America and Asia, the company blend data from a variety of the platform's brands to deliver a range of insights.

Thursday 20 July 2023 News

OC&C advise PM&Partners on acquisition of a complete wiper systems producer

We're pleased to have advised PM&Partners on their recent acquisition of Italtergi. We provided buy side support during the process. Founded in 1991, Italtergi is a leading European producer, specialising in complete wiper systems for: Agriculture Construction and Handling Equipments, Quadricycles, Marine, Avionics and Special Applications including limited series cars.

Tuesday 18 July 2023 News

OC&C advise Primat on add-on investments in the fasteners’ treatments market

We're pleased to congratulate Primat, owned by PE fund Hat, on their recent investment in Curtis Metal Finishing & Vi.Pi.Effe Pen. We provided support during the buy-side of the process. Curtis, an American group with offices in Sterling Heights (Michigan) and Machesney Park (Illinois), provide specialist engineered protective coating, pre-treatment, heat treatment for metal fasteners, with customers across several sectors, including automotive and construction.

Thursday 06 July 2023 News

OC&C advises Yo! Sushi and Snowfox during sale process

We're pleased to congratulate Mayfair Equity Partners on the sale of Snowfox Group to Zensho Holdings, one of Japan's biggest food companies. We supported the business as it was evaluating strategic options. The sushi kiosk chain produces sustainably sourced sushi and authentic Asian products, sold under various brands including Yo!, Bento and Snowfox across North America and Europe.

Tuesday 04 July 2023 News

OC&C advise Parfums de Marly on recent acquisition of majority stake by Advent International

We’re pleased to congratulate Parfums de Marly and INITIO Parfums Privés, the French fragrance brands owned by Julien Sprecher, on Advent International’s majority stake. We provided sell-side support during the process. Parfums de Marly, created in 2009 by Sprecher, is a French fragrance brand inspired by the 18th century, combining classic and contemporary.

Tuesday 27 June 2023 News

OC&C advises Nordic Capital on acquisition of circular IT services business

We're pleased to congratulate Nordic Capital on their recent acquisition of a majority share in Foxway, having provided buy side support on the deal. Foxway is a leading European provider of circular IT services, with over 1,000 employees operating across 8 geographies. Foxway are focused on driving sustainability in the IT sector through their circular proposition, which centres around device-as-a-service, and IT asset recovery and remarketing.

Monday 26 June 2023 News

OC&C advises NPM Capital on acquiring H&S Manufacturing

We're pleased to congratulate NPM Capital on the addition of H&S Manufacturing to Oxbo Group. Oxbo Group is a producer of agricultural equipment in the area of harvesting, foraging, and controlled application technology. H&S is a producer of agricultural implements for the Hay & Forage market, with a market leading position in the Mid West region in the US.

Friday 23 June 2023 News

OC&C advises Vendis Capital on acquisition of Meubelzorg

We're pleased to congratulate Vendis Capital on their recent acquisition of Meubelzorg. We provided buy-side support during the process. Founded in 2017, Meubelzorg produce premium rise & recline chairs for the elderly, designed to support independence and living alone for longer. Based in The Netherlands, Meubelzorg have successfully rolled out in Belgium and will look to continue to grow the business internationally with this investment.

Wednesday 21 June 2023 News

OC&C Supports Azets on Investment from PAI & Hg

OC&C is pleased to congratulate Azets on their recent successful investment from PAI Partners, alongside a re-investment from Hg. We have worked with Azets over several years as the business has grown and developed from a leading Nordics provider into also becoming a leading player in the UK.

Tuesday 20 June 2023 News

OC&C advises AB&C Management on the sale of AB&C Group to EPSA Groupe

We're pleased to congratulate AB&C Group on their recent acquisition by EPSA Groupe. We provided Vendor Support work during the process, advising both AB&C Management and Gate Invest. AB&C Group is specialized professional services platform, offering a broad portfolio of complementary services across the verticals of Procurement, Operations, and Finance & Technology.

Industries

OC&C Strategy Consultants help top management of major multinational corporations and leading national companies as well as private equity firms, governmental and other public institutions develop winning strategies.

We bring fresh insight, clarity and deep industry expertise to the table, dig into the numbers, and come up with pragmatic, creative solutions that have lasting impact.

Analytics

Using big data, advanced analytics techniques and AI, our specialist Analytics team help clients to unlock new solutions and create a better basis for commercial decisions to the most complex strategy questions.

B2B Products & Services

Our B2B team provides and develops superior insight to the winning business models in complex B2B products and services sectors. We cover a broad range of topics and sectors, but we combine unrivalled experience and insight in six key areas.

Consumer Goods

We build relationships with the people at the forefront of consumer goods - from the smallest insurgent David to the largest Goliath.

Our in-depth knowledge across the spectrum from farm, to factory, to shelf, and ultimately to consumer, and this insight, when combined with our passion and personal commitment, enables us to help our partners compete and win.

Leisure & Hospitality

We have unrivalled experience providing strategic and operational advice to clients across the Leisure sector. Our team work with some of the biggest global players and national names across a variety of sub-sectors.

Private Equity and M&A

We work with private equity (across a range of fund sizes), other asset class investors and corporate acquirers, helping them on acquisitions, portfolio support and exits.

Retail

Our retail sector sits at the core of our business. We have deep expertise across categories and channels, earned from over 1,500 retail engagements since our founding in 1987: our clients range from multinational grocery giants through to nascent online category specialists.

TMT

TMT covers all aspects of Telecoms, Media, and Technology.

Our Media team are experts on both Consumer and Business Information services and Education, whilst in Technology we're advisors across Software, Communication Networks/Platforms, Equipment and Services, and IT/Cyber Security for companies and investors worldwide.

Our Insights

The philosophy of OC&C is to treat each problem as unique, applying uncommon sense™ and providing truly customised solutions rather than generic packages for our clients.

OC&C's publications illustrate our ability to think creatively, generate new insights and provide a fresh perspective on established thinking.

Our Insights

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We solve complex problems in short, intense and highly collaborative projects. And we also prioritise the individual: we invest in you making sure that you get the structure and support you need to succeed.

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Tuesday 26 September 2023

Mind the Gap

Structural skill gaps faced by businesses today are driving a change in approach to learning and development (L&D), fast. This includes both what the learning goals are, as well as how that learning occurs. A number of key human capital challenges - low productivity, difficulties recruiting & retaining talent, alongside a shortening tech cycle – and a need to drive mission-critical digital transformations are putting skill development at the top of the C-suite agenda.

Thursday 03 August 2023

Generative AI in Consumer Media & Internet

We all know that Gen. AI is the most disruptive innovation since the birth of the internet – the question is, what does that mean for your business? There are an ever-growing number of ways Gen. AI can be deployed in consumer media. These can present valuable opportunities for those to deploy it to their advantage, but it can also pose an existential threat to some businesses unless they act fast.

Monday 24 July 2023

Riding the AI wave in Travel and Accommodation

Last week, our Travel and Accommodation team hosted a breakfast discussion with industry leaders, exploring how AI is impacting the sector and how brands can capitalise on this. We’ve identified 5 key takeaways from the event to help inform businesses in their approach – both immediate and long-term - to riding the AI wave.

Friday 21 July 2023

Winning through the squeeze

The last 12-18 months have seen global levels of inflation that we haven’t experienced for 40 years, which has required rapid and drastic actions from players across the consumer goods landscape. But as input cost deflation becomes a live and very real phenomenon in many (but not all) areas, retailer and consumer expectations continue to evolve at pace.