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High value deals the priority as UK activity slows in H1 2025
- September 2025
M&A activity in the UK slowed down by nearly a fifth during the first half of 2025, with dealmakers seemingly focusing on fewer, but more high-value transactions. According to PwC’s latest Global M&A Industry Trends report, there were 1,478 UK M&A deals during H1 2025, a drop of 19.1 per cent co...
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SECTOR GUIDES Consulting M&A remained resilient in 2023While many sectors saw a downturn in M&A activity last year, a new report has revealed that dealmaki...
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FOR BUYERS Financial services M&A sees 9 per cent fall in 2023M&A activity in the UK’s financial services sector fell by nine per cent last year, as dealmaking ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Could interest rate cut drive SME dealmaking?Following an unexpectedly sharp drop in the UK’s rate of inflation towards the end of last year, t...
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SECTOR GUIDES MedTech faces M&A challenges, but innovation and the economy offer hopeM&A activity in the UK MedTech sector experienced a tough year in 2023, with economic conditions res...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK M&A Outlook 20242023 was not exactly a bumper year for M&A, with the headwinds that defined much of 2022 continuing ...
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SECTOR GUIDES Hotels and niche sectors offer hope for travel M&A after slow 2023Travel and tourism saw slow dealmaking during the first three quarters of last year as the sector co...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Hospitality could see 2024 M&A surgeAnalysts are predicting that the UK hospitality sector could see a surge in dealmaking activity duri...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Companies increasingly looking to M&A to keep up with changing industriesA new survey has found that UK companies are increasingly looking to M&A activity to help them keep ...
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SECTOR GUIDES Logistics M&A growing, while haulage insolvencies hit new heightsM&A activity in the UK’s logistics and supply chain management industry has risen to a two-year hi...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Corporate insolvencies surging as distress continues to growUK companies are facing an incredibly difficult winter as the economic challenges that have pounded ...
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SECTOR GUIDES Consolidation starting to grip UK estate agent marketA trend of consolidation is emerging within the UK estate agency sector. Some agencies are strateg...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Survey: UK dealmaking should improve within a yearA new survey has found that the majority of UK dealmakers believe that activity will pick up over th...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Survey reveals UK SME leaders optimistic about 2024 M&A marketDespite a year which has seen a continuation of the slow deal activity that defined much of 2022, a ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Government set to pare back M&A screening powersThe UK government is set to pare back its investment screening powers in an effort to make regulatio...