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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 to pursue private equity backing for acquisitive growth
With the UK economy struggling to recover from the effects on the population of the coronavirus pand...
Funding shortfall amongst SMEs creates acquisition opportunities
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Pub heavy hitters cash in on the anticipated Great British Pub Recovery
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‘Race to complete’ wealth management deals as M&A takes off
Following an unstable year in the advice and wealth management sector, the race is on to complete de...
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What is the most challenging aspect of buying a distressed business?
In this video of our Deal Insight Series, Jonathan Jay talks about some of the challenges you face w...
The outlook for SPACs in the UK
Among the possible UK M&A trends as we look ahead to 2021, one causing particular discussion has bar...
Capital Gains Tax – The proposed changes and what they could mean for business sales
With vaccines hopefully bringing the COVID-19 crisis to a long-awaited conclusion in 2021, thoughts ...
The rising cost of professional indemnity insurance and its impact on business sales
The mounting cost of professional indemnity insurance (PI) has become an issue that neither business...
DEAL INSIGHT
When buying a distressed business, how do you weigh up the risks?
In this video of our Deal Insight Series, Jonathan Jay talks about weighing in the risks when buying...
Alternative deals emerge as go-to option for dealmakers in 2020
The pandemic has hit the 2020 M&A market hard. There’s no denying that it’s had an impac...
Tighter pre-pack regulations - What could the proposed changes mean for dealmaking?
Pre-pack sales are a vital tool in business rescue. This much is not really up for debate. However, ...
Remote learning drives wave of ‘EdTech’ investments
Like so many other things we’ve previously taken for granted, COVID-19 has changed the way we ...
Remote dealmaking – M&A in the time of COVID-19
The most fundamental of the numerous changes COVID-19 has wrought to M&A is the way deals are conduc...
Cybersecurity M&A – A sector defining the new normal
The hammer blow that COVID-19 has dealt to global M&A activity is no secret, with deal-making all bu...
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 ...