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From April 6 2021, IR35 rules relating to the payment of off-payroll contractors operating through limited companies will apply to firms in the private sector who work with contractors. The debate about the impact of these rules on contractors and the companies that engage them has been raging for years now. But here we’re going to take a different perspective and look at what impact the rules could have on M&A. The rules, which have been applied to public sector contract work from 2017,...
From a standing start to a £300 million exit
In 1980, Dinesh Dhamija and his wife started selling travel tickets from an 80-square-foot kiosk in ...
Packed auction houses as business distress set to surge
During the COVID-19 crisis the company has seen goods pour in from insolvency advisers appointed to ...
M&A in the Veterinary Sector – Mass Consolidation
Interestingly, both of these companies were started by the same founder, August Equity, which invest...
End of the road for casual dining? Or a new dawn?
Three Hills Capital Partners put its Byron Burger brand into administration after failing to find a ...
Is now the time to buy into the delivery sector?
Most aren’t new companies, of course. Operators such as online-only supermarket Ocado and take...
The strange case of Wigan Athletic - What really happened and what does it mean for football?
On July 1st, Wigan Athletic, a historic English football club who were in the Premier League as rece...
Mountain of unpaid SME invoices creating acquisition opportunities
With a huge number of businesses set to be impacted by this, from those with mounting piles of invoi...
DEAL INSIGHT
The right approach to valuing a business
One big mistake to avoid making when valuing a business....
Post-COVID M&A: Which sectors will be the first to bounce back?
What happened next was dramatic, as UK M&A deal value fell 99 per cent from March to April. The mont...
This may be the perfect time to buy into the hotel sector
Of course, the situation at the moment for hotel operators is purely one of making it through the cr...
Financing options for distressed companies
As in any type of business distress, one of your first actions should be to speak to a specialist, p...
In-depth: The Government’s new Future Fund
Eligible companies may be unable to access other schemes due to being pre-revenue or pre-profit and ...
If ever there was a time for business restructuring, that time is now
Severely diminished cash flow for businesses will see widespread administrations and liquidations ov...
Thrasio - from £0 to £160 million in 18 months entirely through acquisitions
The story of Thrasio may not be long, but it is fascinating. The company was founded less than two y...
A guide to Entrepreneurs’ Relief
While the tax break has encountered criticism from some quarters, many entrepreneurs swear by it as ...