Business support services companies enable private and public-sector organisations to contract-out certain activities in order to focus on more effectively performing their core business. Key markets include logistics, business administration and professional services.

The business support services sector has long been a prime target for private-equity investment, and has recently proven virtually irresistible to investors thanks to:

•                   strong, recurring revenues

•                   the potential for long-term contracts and growth

•                   an avid appetite for outsourcing in both the private and public sector

•                   the economic downturn forcing businesses to further increase efficiency.