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Study: Early adopters seeing benefit of Gen AI in M&A
- February 2025
The use of generative AI (Gen AI) among M&A practitioners continues to grow at a relatively slow rate, but dealmakers are showing increasing appetite to incorporate the technology into their processes. In a new Bain & Company survey of more than 300 M&A practitioners, 21 per cent of respondents s...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Capital Gains Tax changes – Mitigating and minimising the burden
In this preview for our exclusive insight examining the impact of Capital Gains Tax changes on M&A,...
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FOR BUYERS Key cybersecurity considerations throughout the M&A process
Cybersecurity is a growing concern in M&A and is something that both vendors and buyers need to pay ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK law firms prioritising organic growth, despite industry fragmentation
UK law firms are seemingly prioritising organic growth opportunities over M&A during 2025, despite h...
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DEAL INSIGHT Startup vs long-established company
Learn about the difference between acquiring a startup and a long-established business....
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SECTOR GUIDES Food and beverage M&A rises 29 per cent in 2024
M&A activity in the UK’s food and beverage industry continued its upward trajectory last year, wit...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Investors ramping up pressure on PE firms to strike deals
Heading into 2025, pressure is building on private equity firms to increase their activity, followin...
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SECTOR GUIDES Financial services M&A reaches 12-year high
Dealmaking in the UK financial services industry hit its highest volume in 12 years during 2024, acc...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Foreign takeovers once again driving UK deals
2024 has largely been a year of normalisation in the UK M&A market, following the near total halt th...
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FOR BUYERS UK M&A outlook 2025
Heading into the new year, uncertainty continues to define the UK M&A market. While there is signifi...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS PE exits up nearly 50 per cent in year to November
Private equity exits increased nearly 50 per cent in the year to November 1 2024, new research has r...
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SECTOR GUIDES Construction tops insolvency stats in year to November
New figures from the Insolvency Service have revealed that more than 4,200 construction companies co...
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SECTOR GUIDES Small business acquisitions in the UK - dental industry snapshot
Whilst it is true that many sellers of micro and small UK companies have unreasonable value expectat...
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SECTOR GUIDES Hospitality optimism tempered by budget fears
Corporate insolvencies in the UK hospitality sector fell to a two-year low in October, providing a b...
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SECTOR GUIDES Drop in builders’ merchant insolvencies, but construction woes continue
The number of builders’ merchants falling into insolvency fell sharply during November 2024, accor...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Inbound investment up, but UK deal activity stalls in Q3
New data has revealed that UK M&A activity was sluggish during the third quarter of the year, with d...