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Logistics M&A ploughs on despite headwinds

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M&A activity in the UK logistics sector has continued to grow, despite the issues facing the sector and the wider economy, as well as a drop in bigger transactions – with the dominance of smaller deals leading to a decline...continue reading


Financial advice M&A: Valuations for larger firms rise as market shifts

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Multi-adviser financial advice firms are attracting higher valuations as the sector’s intense M&A market shifts. Over recent years, consolidation in the sector has largely been led by sales of smaller independent financial a...continue reading


Online Business M&A in 2023 - Advertising and SaaS businesses driving activity

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Given the vast scale of the internet and the importance of online enterprise to the global economy, online businesses are at the heart of much M&A nowadays. Even if firms aren’t 100 per cent online-based, the vast majority o...continue reading


Legal sector set for an M&A boom

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Despite seemingly having all the hallmarks of a sector that should see booming M&A activity, dealmaking in the UK legal industry has been somewhat slow for a number of years now. M&A declined over much of the 2010s, a trend subseq...continue reading


Construction worst affected by wave of insolvencies

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New figures from the Insolvency Service have shown that the UK construction sector is the industry worst affected by high insolvency levels. The data has revealed that the construction sector accounted for almost a fifth of all in...continue reading


Accounting firms broaden their focus to stay relevant

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The trend for accounting firms to venture beyond their traditional areas of service has been highlighted by Ballards LLP's recent acquisition of one of their clients, Northampton-based creative design agency, CreativeFolks. T...continue reading


M&A in financial services - digitisation, disruption and divestments

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As M&A activity dropped worldwide last year, the financial services sector remained something of an anomaly. Globally, deal volume and value both fell, as the industry was hit by headwinds such as increasing regulation, geopolitic...continue reading


UK recruitment sector M&A remains buoyant in an uncertain economy

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The past two years have turned the recruitment sector on its head, with the chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic followed last year by the “great resignation”, as huge numbers of UK workers took stock of their career paths i...continue reading


UK Snapshot: Dental Industry M&A

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Despite global uncertainty and the rising costs of running a business amid the UK’s soaring inflation, dealmaking in the UK dental sector has proven extremely resilient over the past 18 months. Record levels of activity were...continue reading


Cosmetics set for continuing recovery and M&A growth

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Like many industries, from hospitality and events to formalwear, the cosmetics industry suffered as a result of COVID-19-enforced lockdowns throughout 2020. With people staying at home during the pandemic, the need, desire and (in...continue reading


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