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SME lending remains subdued despite annual growth
- September 2024
Overall gross lending to UK small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) showed a year-on-year increase during the second quarter of the year, but remained subdued compared to pre-pandemic levels. According to data from UK Finance’s Business Finance Review 2024 Q2, overall gross lending to UK SMEs ...
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SECTOR GUIDES Hospitality insolvencies rise in first half of the yearInsolvencies in the UK hospitality industry increased slightly during the first half of 2024, as bus...
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SECTOR GUIDES M&A in building products and services: Will growth replace resilience?While many sectors have seen a sharp decline in M&A activity over the past couple of years, the buil...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Mid-market and bolt-on deals set to drive private equity M&ADespite declining in the first half of the year, private equity M&A is expected to increase over the...
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DEAL INSIGHT Startup vs long-established companyLearn about the difference between acquiring a startup and a long-established business....
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FOR BUYERS Trade buyers shape recruitment M&A in H1 2024Strategic trade buyers accounted for three quarters of dealmaking in the recruitment sector during t...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES UK insolvencies in past year exceed levels seen during financial crisisUK company insolvencies over the past year have exceeded levels seen during the global financial cri...
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FOR BUYERS Threat actors evolving tactics to exploit cybersecurity gaps amid M&A increaseRising dealmaking activity and a growing reliance on major software vendors have created new opportu...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Over half of UK construction contractors involved in projects hit by insolvencyMore than half of UK construction contractors polled in a new report have said that they were involv...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Businesses developing building projects most likely to collapse – studyA new study has revealed that businesses involved in the development of building projects are the mo...
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FOR BUYERS The BSR guide to roll-up business acquisition strategyA roll-up acquisition strategy involves a buyer or investor acquiring multiple smaller businesses wi...
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SECTOR GUIDES Food and beverage M&A on the rise in tough conditionsThe UK’s food and beverage sector has been one of the M&A success stories this year, with consiste...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK M&A value up two-thirds in H1, despite drop in activityNew figures have revealed that UK M&A value increased by two-thirds during the first half of the yea...
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FOR BUYERS Private equity investment forecast to recover after H1 dipAccording to new research, UK private equity investment was down by a fifth during the first half of...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Pub insolvencies up amid cost-of-living and rising sobrietyPub and bar company insolvencies increased by nearly a third in the last year as the cost-of-living ...
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SECTOR GUIDES Retail accounts for 14 per cent of H1 insolvenciesNew data has revealed that the retail sector accounted for around one in seven UK insolvencies durin...