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The importance of decentralising a business owner
- May 2024
For many entrepreneurs, the idea of defining and driving a business forward as its leader, taking a central role in the company’s operations, strategy and decision-making, may seem highly appealing. It may even be one of their main motivations in starting a business to begin with. At the early ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Post Brexit Focus – Burgeoning Export Markets
A number of countries are enjoying population and economic growth at the moment, creating new market...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Almost a quarter launch businesses with a sale in mind
Almost a quarter of entrepreneurs starting their own businesses do so with the aim of selling the bu...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS 2017: A Record Number of Global Business Acquisitions
Fact: 2017 was the biggest ever in terms of numbers of mergers and acquisitions across the globe. Da...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Where is the UK construction industry headed? Opportunities & threats in 2018 and beyond
The UK’s construction industry has dominated newspaper headlines in recent months. Some read that ...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES The 2018 business turnaround cheatsheet
There are a number of signs that indicate the health of your business may be in trouble, and many sm...
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FOR BUYERS Renewable energy sector ripe for M&A activity
There has been a significant shift towards renewable energy investment in recent years and the appet...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS How acquisition & innovation created a market leader
Luxury online department store The Hut Group, who claims to have invented the 'multi-website re...
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SECTOR GUIDES Brewers' Bounty: the rise of microbreweries
We all know a friend who has tried to make their own beer in a home-rigged brewery: more often than ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Corporates still hungry for SME acquisitions
Why spend on R&D when acquiring a ready-made, smaller company can provide the product, service, tech...
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FOR BUYERS Business rates reform leads to higher bills but greater opportunity
The government’s re-evaluation of the country’s business rates has driven up the tax bill for ma...
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FOR BUYERS How the Autumn Budget will benefit small companies
Earlier this week the Chancellor, Phillip Hammond, unveiled the much-anticipated Autumn Budget, a do...
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FOR BUYERS Betting companies limber up for autumn of dealmaking
Some of the most globally renowned betting groups are preparing for a round of multibillion pound de...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Business buyers target buoyant UK manufacturers
The UK's manufacturing sector has entered into a period of expansion in what promises to be an ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Why buyers are snapping up home-grown artificial intelligence businesses
There’s no avoiding the increasing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) on our daily lives. I...