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2025 deal values lifted by AI-driven investment and infrastructure demand
- February 2026
UK deal value increased during 2025, with the biggest transactions being underpinned by demand for AI and digital infrastructure. Despite highly uneven market conditions, dealmaking activity was supported by stabilising inflation, improving sentiment and the renewed availability of capital. That...
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FOR BUYERS Working Capital Adjustments in M&AIn such a challenging M&A environment, a core priority for both buyers and sellers should be to head...
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SECTOR GUIDES UK Events Industry - M&A Update 2026The UK events market is busy again, but the landscape has changed. Scale and specialism are coming t...
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SECTOR GUIDES Food and drink M&A dips but remains resilient in 2025M&A activity in the UK’s food and drink sector remained resilient in 2025, despite widespread geop...
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BSR DEAL INSIGHT SERIES Chelsea Corporate: Ran CarmonAcquisitions, Business Valuations and Brexit....
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SECTOR GUIDES Global transport M&A improves in 2025, but investor caution remainsM&A activity in the global transport and logistics sector increased slightly during 2025, but the re...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK second most attractive market for international investmentThe United Kingdom has retained its position as the world's second most attractive destination for i...
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SECTOR GUIDES Insurers redirecting budgets towards post-merger integrationA new report has highlighted how UK insurers are increasingly prioritising investments in post-merge...
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FOR BUYERS Value of UK financial services M&A almost doubles in 2025The value of dealmaking in the UK financial services sector soared last year, with the total disclos...
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FOR BUYERS Buy & build M&A: Why integration matters more than volume and scaleOver recent years, there have been a number of flashy pieces written profiling buy and build consoli...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK M&A Outlook 2026: Tempered optimism after a slow yearAs 2025 comes to a close, it seems to have once again been a year that promised much for dealmakers,...
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FOR BUYERS UK sees 74 per cent rise in value of inbound M&A during 2025Interest in UK companies from foreign buyers soared during 2025, with the increase directly responsi...
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SECTOR GUIDES Recruitment M&A boosted by strategic and PE-backed buyersM&A activity in the UK’s recruitment sector increased by nearly a third in the first three quarter...
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SECTOR GUIDES Public funding and essential services drive resilient infrastructure M&AM&A activity in the UK’s infrastructure services sector has demonstrated resilience over the past ...
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FOR SELLERS Stop valuing your business on a spreadsheetTwo acquisition deals we recently reported on nicely illustrate a few points we have previously made...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Uncertainty hits M&A in Q3, but Q4 boost expectedDeal completions declined in the UK during the third quarter of the year, as M&A was impacted by eco...