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Asda owners finance EG takeover with proceeds from previous disposal
- June 2023
It has been revealed that Asda owners the Issa brothers and TDR Capital used the proceeds from an earlier disposal to finance the supermarket chain’s recent acquisition of parts of the EG Group – another company that the two parties jointly own. Last week, Asda announced a deal to acquire pe...
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SECTOR GUIDES Legal sector set for an M&A boomDespite seemingly having all the hallmarks of a sector that should see booming M&A activity, dealmak...
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FOR BUYERS Distress set to spread to larger companiesAs insolvencies continue to rise among UK companies, there have been further warnings that corporate...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Two years since pre-pack administration reforms - What’s changed?In April 2021, a new set of regulations came into effect concerning pre-pack administrations in whic...
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DEAL INSIGHT Startup vs long-established companyLearn about the difference between acquiring a startup and a long-established business....
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FOR BUYERS Report: Almost half of middle market firms to seek PE financeClose to half of middle market businesses in the UK say they plan to seek private equity finance ove...
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FOR BUYERS Inbound M&A poised to surge as valuations remain lowLow UK company valuations are set to see foreign takeovers of UK companies increase during the secon...
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SECTOR GUIDES Construction worst affected by wave of insolvenciesNew figures from the Insolvency Service have shown that the UK construction sector is the industry w...
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FOR BUYERS What is the key to successful post-deal integration?Post-deal integration is the most vital part of an M&A deal. Other stages – such as target acqui...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Manufacturing M&A faces defining year as headwinds mountAs the UK faced up to the prospect of soaring energy prices last year, manufacturing was forecast to...
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FOR BUYERS Fears that insolvencies could spread to bigger companiesInsolvency statistics from the first quarter of the year have raised concerns that larger companies ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Three quarters of SMEs worried about late paymentsApproximately three quarters of small and medium-sized businesses in the UK are worried about cashfl...
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FOR BUYERS M&A activity forecast to be cautious yet stable in Q2 2023M&A activity is expected to remain stable during the second quarter of 2023, despite a host of geopo...
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FOR BUYERS ESG & M&A - The correlation between ESG and company valuationESG is becoming a core consideration in many business’ M&A strategies and with good reason. Numero...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Earnouts – The benefits, complexities and tax considerationsAn earnout – a financial arrangement in M&A in which a portion of a company’s purchase price is ...
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SECTOR GUIDES Accounting firms broaden their focus to stay relevantThe trend for accounting firms to venture beyond their traditional areas of service has been highli...