An Irish certification and training firm backed by the Bank of Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and two Irish universities has been sold for €6m to a UK company. Certification Europe - a firm based in Park West Business Park in Dublin with satellite offices in the UK, Japan and Italy - is becoming part of the Amtivo Group. While terms of the sale were not publicly disclosed, Amtivo is understood to have paid about €6m to acquire Certification Europe. Founded in 1999, Certification Europe had been a portfolio company of the Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Fund since 2014. Like Certification Europe, Amtivo provides a wide range of services, chiefly to SMEs.

Source: Irish Independent March 23, 2020 02:26 UTC