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The most fundamental of the numerous changes COVID-19 has wrought to M&A is the way deals are conducted on the purely functional level. We are talking here about social distancing, which has transformed deal methodology. With social distancing a fact of life for the past seven months or so, and likely to remain in place for the foreseeable future, remote working has become the norm and the face-to-face element that has been such a core component of M&A for as long as dealmaking has been around...
Government COVID-19 business lending hits £62 billion but criticisms persist
According to new figures released by the Treasury, the total value paid out to businesses through th...
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 ...
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Startup vs long-established company
Learn about the difference between acquiring a startup and a long-established business....
COVID-19 driving long-term change at UK SMEs
The impact of COVID-19, and the way in which businesses have had to react and adapt, is driving long...
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 ...
M&A in the Veterinary Sector – Mass Consolidation
Interestingly, both of these companies were started by the same founder, August Equity, which invest...
Confidence strong among UK SMEs, studies suggest
Two recent studies have suggested that confidence among the UK’s small- and medium-sized enter...
Report claims fast-growing UK SMEs face £15 billion funding shortfall
According to a new report, the UK’s fast-growing small- and medium-sized enterprises could fac...
End of the road for casual dining? Or a new dawn?
Three Hills Capital Partners put its Byron Burger brand into administration after failing to find a ...
Is now the time to buy into the delivery sector?
Most aren’t new companies, of course. Operators such as online-only supermarket Ocado and take...
The strange case of Wigan Athletic - What really happened and what does it mean for football?
On July 1st, Wigan Athletic, a historic English football club who were in the Premier League as rece...
Going from minority stakeholder to owner
We look at Fairstone Financial Management’s ‘Downstream Buy-Out’ acquisition strat...
Mountain of unpaid SME invoices creating acquisition opportunities
With a huge number of businesses set to be impacted by this, from those with mounting piles of invoi...