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Buying a business is not like buying a house Here’s what the majority of people do when they are seriously intent on buying a business: they treat the process like buying a house. They go to the estate agent, put in an offer and cross their fingers that the offer will be accepted. This is an amateur approach and will usually involve the buyer deliberating for days, refining the offer before sending it over to the seller or broker and holding their breath. What do you think the s...
How apps are helping businesses keep up with evolving consumer demand
For online enterprises everywhere, business is booming. With bricks and mortar stores and high stree...
Acqui-hiring: M&A strategy to boost talent pool and enterprise value
In tech, who you have working for you is everything. If you don’t have the best talent, you&rs...
Carve-outs and bolt-ons surge as COVID prompts firms to refocus
Corporate and private equity dealmaking has been heavily disrupted since the onset of COVID-19 last ...
Staycation summer makes domestic travel a hot sector
As the UK moves closer to the end of lockdown (preliminarily set for June 21st), many people’s...
DEAL INSIGHT
Distressed businesses – what you need to know about them
In this video of our Deal Insight Series, Kevin Counihan from SIA Group talks to us about some of th...
Will M&A be this year’s big trend in the fashion industry?
As a sector largely driven by the glamour of social events, the formality of face-to-face business a...
Nine solutions for bridging the COVID-19 valuation gap
What is the situation? Despite the resurgence in dealmaking that saw M&A recover from the seismic im...
Upside Down Management - will more business leaders operate like Timpson post-pandemic?
With three decades of acquisition-led growth behind them, key cutting, shoe repair and watch repair ...
DEAL INSIGHT
What price should a business buyer open with?
In this video of our Deal Insight Series, Rob Goddard from Evolution CBS How much you should offer w...
Resilience and reform: Care home sector ripe for consolidation post-COVID
It’s been an incredibly tough year for the care home industry. Over the past twelve months, mo...
Exploit IP to Maximise Deal Value
How is IP affecting M&A deals?Clifford Chance’s ‘A Global Shift’ report highlights...
Ad-tech: Could COVID be the making of this enigmatic sector?
Ad-tech is a historically topsy-turvy sector that has experienced several peaks and troughs over its...
Opportunity knocks as the strain on the UK building industry continues
On the surface, the construction sector in the UK looks to be among those that are recovering best f...
Travel and tourism giants prepare for industry recovery with M&A activity
The next six months, at least, are likely to bring more of the same for travel businesses in the UK ...
Can the UK get the balance right on FDI screening?
The UK is slowly emerging from the murky COVID/Brexit period and is arriving on the World stage on i...
IR35 in the private sector: Could the new rules impact M&A?
From April 6 2021, IR35 rules relating to the payment of off-payroll contractors operating through l...
UK business distress at record levels – what happens when support is turned off?
Recently, a series of different reports have indicated the scale of financial distress impacting UK ...