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Mergers and acquisitions in language services - Localisation, globalisation and fragmentation

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Most industry sectors saw a drop in dealmaking activity last year, driven by economic turmoil, soaring inflation and geopolitical upheaval in Europe. Language services was no exception, although it appeared somewhat more resilient...continue reading


Finding M&A value in an economic downturn

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During a recession or economic downturn, M&A activity will typically decline as sentiment dampens among dealmakers and causes companies to pause ambitious growth plans in order to focus on safeguarding their operations. As a ...continue reading


How ego and pride can ruin a good deal...and a company

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By Chris St Cartmail An intriguing tale of a cross-border private equity deal that failed at the last hurdle and produced no winners. As relayed by a finance broker and dealmaker - one of the author’s cohorts on the Merge...continue reading


2023: An outlook on developing M&A trends

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After an explosive year of M&A in 2021 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, dealmaking returned to more normal levels during 2022. While it is true that this reflected a natural correction following a year of inflated activity a...continue reading


Elon Musk, Twitter and Acquisition Mistakes

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"Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app." Elon Musk’s tweet may one day come to fruition, with Twitter becoming a payment provider, all-encompassing social networking / messaging app and ecomm...continue reading


Seafood M&A - a look at what is behind the surge

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2021 was the busiest year for dealmaking in the global seafood industry to date, with a record level of dealflow. This was driven by a wave of new investment in the sector from external buyers, including private equity and investm...continue reading


UK the most attractive destination in Europe for M&A investment

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New research has revealed that the UK has overtaken the Netherlands and Germany to become Europe’s most attractive destination for inbound and domestic investment. In the latest rankings from the Mergers and Acquisitions Res...continue reading


M&A volumes in UK back to pre-pandemic levels

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Last month, BDO released the latest edition of its Private Company Price Index Report (PCPI), giving an important overview of the state of M&A activity in the UK in the first quarter of this year. The key takeaway from this PCPI r...continue reading


How the high street decline is driving a shift in the commercial property market

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Over the past two years, much has been written about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the retail sector. Since the pandemic began, numerous high-profile UK retailers have disappeared, as businesses that had long neglected e-...continue reading


How will the UK government’s new national security powers impact M&A?

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After receiving final approval in the spring of 2021, the UK government’s new National Security and Investment Act came into force on January 4th. The new rules were introduced in response to long-standing calls for more to ...continue reading


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