A West Midlands flooring company is to float on AIM.
Bromsgrove-based Likewise, which distributes floorcoverings and matting, said it would list on the sub-market of the London Stock Exchange on August 18.
The company was founded in 2018 by Tony Brewer and Andrew Simpson, two former directors of Birmingham-based floorcovering firm Headlam, and initially listed on The International Stock Exchange in Guernsey, raising £7 million.
It is now seeking to raise approximately £10 million to help accelerate the group's growth aspirations with this latest float.
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The directors, including non-executive chairman and Birmingham property entrepreneur Paul Bassi, have also invested £1 million.
Since launching, Likewise has grown rapidly by acquiring a string of other sector firms including William Armes and Lewis Abbott.
Mr Brewer said: "The group has developed rapidly during the last two years and the foundations are now in place to build a substantial business in the 海角视频 flooring industry, maximising our relationship with our manufacturing partners, along with flooring retailers and contractors.
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"Our listing on AIM will provide us with the potential to drive this growth and enhance Likewise's position as a market leading provider of floor coverings."
Likewise's logistics network was boosted at the turn of the year with the opening of a new distribution centre in Leeds to add to its regional centres in Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, Sudbury and Peckham.
In addition, the group has just signed a leasehold agreement for a unit on Birmingham Business Park in Solihull to support growth in the Midlands and South West.