{"id":2150139,"date":"2026-02-11T08:06:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/yorkshire\/?p=2150139"},"modified":"2026-02-11T08:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:07:08","slug":"rainmakers-interview-with-david-hall-of-yfm-equity-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/yorkshire\/news\/2150139-rainmakers-interview-with-david-hall-of-yfm-equity-partners","title":{"rendered":"Rainmakers: Interview with David Hall of YFM Equity Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"348\">With a management-led buyout completed and the baton formally passed, it has been a defining few months for YFM Equity Partners. After more than three decades at the firm, David Hall is stepping into what he prefers to call a \u201cslowdown\u201d rather than retirement &#8211; a transition that marks the close of one chapter and the careful beginning of another.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"350\" data-end=\"692\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">As YFM enters a new era under its next generation of leaders, Sheryl Moore sat down with Hall to reflect on a journey that began in the regional development days of the 1980s and evolved into one of the UK\u2019s most consistent lower mid-market growth stories &#8211; built on partnership, patience and, in Hall\u2019s words, plenty to feel \u201cchuffed\u201d about.<\/p>\n<p>The interview appears on Rainmakers, the premium content platform from TheBusinessDesk.com.<\/p>\n<p>Rainmakers subscribers get two unique pieces a week and full access to our back catalogue of investigations, scoops, and insights, including updates from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rainmakers.thebusinessdesk.com\/p\/introducing-the-secret-investor\">The Secret Investor<\/a>, interviews with entrepreneurs, and the leaders from VC and PE investors like this one. 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