Acquisition Insights
Search our comprehensive catalogue of insights on every aspect of the industry.
Note that some insights and reports are only viewable by Members.
Categories
Latest Insight Article
Strategic consolidation defining resilient logistics M&A
- August 2025
M&A activity remains a prominent feature of the UK’s logistics and supply chain management sector, with new figures demonstrating that a large proportion of dealmaking is currently being driven by strategic consolidation. According to a new M&A update from BDO, there were 21 deals completed in th...
-
SECTOR GUIDES Health and social care deals boost UK healthcare M&AThe UK’s healthcare industry saw a strong first half of the year, with activity driven by strong a...
-
SECTOR GUIDES Insurance M&A: Is dwindling supply driving focus away from broker deals?After years of rapid consolidation in the UK’s insurance broker market, activity has slowed down s...
-
FOR BUYERS ETA and Search Funds: A viable M&A model?There has been heightened interest within lower tier M&A circles about Entrepreneurship through Acqu...
-
BSR DEAL INSIGHT SERIES Chelsea Corporate: Ran CarmonAcquisitions, Business Valuations and Brexit....
-
SECTOR GUIDES Insurance carrier M&A falls to lowest since 2008 in H1 2025M&A activity involving global insurance carriers fell to the lowest level since 2008 during the firs...
-
FOR BUYERS Tech add-on deals drive recovery in PE activityAdd-on deals in the technology and media sector helped to drive a recovery in private equity M&A act...
-
FOR BUYERS M&A involving family offices, high net worth individuals up 13 per centThe volume of M&A deals in the UK undertaken by family offices and high net worth (HNW) individuals ...
-
-
SECTOR GUIDES UK tech firms expect increase in M&A and inward investmentThe majority of UK tech companies expect M&A activity to increase over the coming year, with growth ...
-
FOR BUYERS Survey: Majority of HR teams unprepared for M&A increaseDealmakers are largely optimistic about a potential increase in M&A activity during 2025, but HR tea...
-
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK civil engineering sector riding tailwinds of changeConditions are emerging that could drive strong M&A activity in the UK’s civil engineering industr...
-
FOR SELLERS Personal readiness - A neglected aspect of exit planning?The deal was everything Karl Watkins thought he’d been striving for. After 22 years building t...
-
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Drop in hospitality insolvencies could prove temporaryCompany insolvencies in the accommodation and food services industry were down year-on-year and mont...
-
SECTOR GUIDES Building products & services sees record increase in M&AM&A activity has continued to grow in the building products & services (BP&S) sector, with the indus...
-
FOR BUYERS UK For Sale: The hidden opportunity in Britain's takeover boomLondon’s financial circles are buzzing with deal activity, as overseas buyers and private equity f...
-
SECTOR GUIDES IT and comms sector buyers confident in M&A, despite dip in activityCompanies targeting acquisitions in the communications and IT sectors have a “high level of underl...