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Mon, 26 Jul 2010: During the first half of 2010 almost one in ten (9.4%) of UK mergers and acquisitions involved distressed businesses. Of the 1,491 deals completed in the UK, 141 involved companies acquired out of administration or other formal insolvency procedure, according to research by Experian Corpfin on behalf of insolvency trade body R3. The total value of all distressed deals in the first six months of the year amounted to close to £519m (£...
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Wed, 07 Jul 2010: Acquisitions of British companies by US businesses is skyrocketing of late, mainly due to the weak pound....
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Wed, 23 Jun 2010: Opex Group has secured a £2m investment from Octopus Capital for Enterprise to fund the expansion of its Newport-based events support business....
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Tue, 22 Jun 2010: The Chancellor, George Osborne, announced today that Entrepreneurs' Relief will be increased to £5m. This is welcome news for anyone who is looking to sell their business, especially if it is valued in the £...
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Thu, 20 May 2010: George Osborne's latest signalling of the government's intention to lower corporation tax rates during the current Parliament has encouraged leaders of British ...
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Wed, 12 May 2010: The new coalition government is thought likely to fulfill its promise on dropping corporation tax rates. The Tories have talked of cutting the main rate by three per cent to 25 per cent, and the small company rate from 22 per cent to 20 per cent....
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Fri, 07 May 2010: The rate of failed businesses entering administration has fallen dramatically over the course of 12 months. In the first quarter of 2010 there were a total of 783 for England and Wales, compared with 1,311 in the same period last year. ...
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Tue, 04 May 2010: Twenty is to sell DFPP, the holding company of Dataforce Interact, to HOV Global Services for an initial £7.2m....
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