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Insurance carrier M&A falls to lowest since 2008 in H1 2025
- August 2025
M&A activity involving global insurance carriers fell to the lowest level since 2008 during the first half of 2025, with carriers reported to be increasingly cautious amid persistent geopolitical instability and inflationary pressures, along with broader macroeconomic headwinds. The data, from law...
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FOR BUYERS Tech add-on deals drive recovery in PE activity
Add-on deals in the technology and media sector helped to drive a recovery in private equity M&A act...
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FOR BUYERS M&A involving family offices, high net worth individuals up 13 per cent
The volume of M&A deals in the UK undertaken by family offices and high net worth (HNW) individuals ...
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SECTOR GUIDES UK tech firms expect increase in M&A and inward investment
The majority of UK tech companies expect M&A activity to increase over the coming year, with growth ...
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BSR DEAL INSIGHT SERIES Chelsea Corporate: Ran Carmon
Acquisitions, Business Valuations and Brexit....
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FOR BUYERS Survey: Majority of HR teams unprepared for M&A increase
Dealmakers are largely optimistic about a potential increase in M&A activity during 2025, but HR tea...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK civil engineering sector riding tailwinds of change
Conditions are emerging that could drive strong M&A activity in the UK’s civil engineering industr...
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FOR SELLERS Personal readiness - A neglected aspect of exit planning?
The deal was everything Karl Watkins thought he’d been striving for. After 22 years building t...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Drop in hospitality insolvencies could prove temporary
Company insolvencies in the accommodation and food services industry were down year-on-year and mont...
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SECTOR GUIDES Building products & services sees record increase in M&A
M&A activity has continued to grow in the building products & services (BP&S) sector, with the indus...
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FOR BUYERS UK For Sale: The hidden opportunity in Britain's takeover boom
London’s financial circles are buzzing with deal activity, as overseas buyers and private equity f...
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SECTOR GUIDES IT and comms sector buyers confident in M&A, despite dip in activity
Companies targeting acquisitions in the communications and IT sectors have a “high level of underl...
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SECTOR GUIDES UK recruitment M&A 2025: Strong activity in a resilient market
UK recruitment companies find themselves in a challenging position in 2025, as they face rising cost...
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FOR BUYERS The business buyer’s guide to value creation
What’s the goal of any business acquisition? There are, of course, any number of strategic consi...
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FOR BUYERS Private equity buyouts down in first quarter
Despite rising pressure to increase their activity, private equity funds in the UK cooled their M&A ...
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SECTOR GUIDES UK food and drink M&A at eight-year high, but tariffs threaten momentum
The UK has continued to see strong M&A activity in the food and drink sector so far this year, with ...