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Insurance M&A increasingly focusing on specialty firms
- September 2026
UK insurance M&A is now increasingly concentrated on specialty firms, as overall dealmaking in the sector shrinks amid a contraction in the broker activity that has previously dominated the market. According to M&A advisory firm MarshBerry, three of the seven UK insurance distribution deals record...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS AI investment poised to drive record levels of UK venture capital activityStrong dealmaking during the first half of 2026 has put the UK on course for a record annual level o...
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FOR BUYERS Management retention after an acquisition: what actually worksIn small company acquisitions, a lack of focus on management retention often means key figures leave...
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SECTOR GUIDES Exposure to key sectors driving precision engineering M&AA surge of M&A activity is gripping the UK’s precision engineering industry, bolstered by the sect...
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BSR DEAL INSIGHT SERIES Chelsea Corporate: Ran CarmonAcquisitions, Business Valuations and Brexit....
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SECTOR GUIDES Logistics M&A continues to be driven by trade buyersTrade buyers targeting geographic and service expansion continue to dominate UK logistics sector M&A...
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SECTOR GUIDES Construction insolvencies up as Middle East tensions and project delays biteConstruction insolvencies rose during July 2026, with the sector once again recording the highest ra...
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SECTOR GUIDES Resilience defines UK healthcare M&A in Q2 2026Despite a challenging start to the year, recent data has emphasised the healthcare sector’s status...
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FOR BUYERS Buyers prioritising AI-enabled targets, as defensibility becomes core concernBuyers are increasingly prioritising AI-enabled targets in their M&A processes, while the proliferat...
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SECTOR GUIDES UK financial services M&A 2026: Dealmaking accelerates amid digital and strategic transformationThe UK’s financial services sector registered record H1 deal value during the first half of 2026, ...
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FOR BUYERS Carve-out opportunities arising for SMEs as larger firms divestA growing number of larger UK firms are seeking to sell off business units in order to refocus, stre...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK M&A value on track to reach record high in 2026The value of UK M&A activity is on track to hit a record high this year, in a dealmaking environment...
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SECTOR GUIDES UK defence sector M&A surges in first half of the yearThe UK defence sector saw a record level of M&A activity during the first half of the year, with str...
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SECTOR GUIDES Health & wellness and premium food boost F&B dealmaking17th July 2026 M&A activity in the UK’s food and beverage sector increased in the year to March 2...
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SECTOR GUIDES Insurance distribution sees slowest H1 M&A since 2017The UK insurance distribution sector saw just 41 announced M&A deals during the first half of the ye...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Buy, fix, keep: Bending Spoons takes its acquisition machine publicBending Spoons has turned the acquisition of struggling internet businesses into an industrial proce...