Terra Firma Capital Partners is an venture capital firm based in London, UK. It was formed as a spin-off company from Nomura's Principal Finance Group in 1994 and has invested £4.7 billion since its creation. Its first investments were in waste management and ex-Ministry of Defence housing but has since moved into leisure (pub & hotel ownership and cinemas) and transport, as well as other areas. Venture capital is a general term to describe financing for startup and early stage businesses as well as businesses in turn around situations. ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7,500,000 and a metropolitan area population of between 12 and 14 million. ... The Nomura Group (野村グループ; Nomura gurūpu) is an international conglomerate of financial services and consulting companies, headquartered in the Nihombashi district of Tokyo, Japan. ... Main Building - The Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence, Whitehall, Westminster, London Tri-service badge of the UK armed forces The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and the headquarters of the UK military. ... An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada... A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging, usually on a short-term basis and especially for tourists. ...

Investments

• Phoenix Inns, pub ownership
• Angel Trains, UK railway rolling stock ownership
• AT&T Capital
• Annington Homes, UK based residential home ownership (ex-Ministry of Defence housing)
• Inntrepreneur, pub ownership
• William Hill plc, bookmakers
• Thorn
• Inn Partnership, pub ownership
• Unique Pub Co, pub ownership
• Hyder plc, UK ultilities company
• First Quench, drinks retailer
• HBS
• Deutsche Annington, German based residential home ownership
• Meridien, hotel ownership
• Voyager Pubs, pub ownership
• Waste Recycling Group, waste management
• Shanks, waste management
• Odeon Cinemas, cinema ownership
• UCI, cinema ownership
• Tank & Rast, hotel ownership
• BGCL

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External links

Terra Firma Capital Partners website