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UK civil engineering sector riding tailwinds of change
- July 2025
Conditions are emerging that could drive strong M&A activity in the UK’s civil engineering industry. The sector has already delivered strong dealmaking figures over recent years, with a wide range of both smaller and mid-sized deals and multi-billion-pound acquisitions. This potential increas...
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SECTOR GUIDES UK recruitment sector M&A remains buoyant in an uncertain economyThe past two years have turned the recruitment sector on its head, with the chaos of the COVID-19 pa...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK the most attractive destination in Europe for M&A investmentNew research has revealed that the UK has overtaken the Netherlands and Germany to become Europe’s...
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SECTOR GUIDES UK Snapshot: Dental Industry M&ADespite global uncertainty and the rising costs of running a business amid the UK’s soaring inflat...
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FOR BUYERS Peter Lidgitt: Building a £22m business through acquisitionsPeter Lidgitt is the Chairman of Mastiff Group, a group comprised of close to thirty independent bus...
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FOR BUYERS The key steps to making successful distressed acquisitionsBusiness distress is soaring in the UK, as companies contend with the withdrawal of government suppo...
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FOR BUYERS M&A as a strategy to mitigate global disruptionM&A is often used by companies to respond to shifts within their sector, whether these shifts are dr...
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FOR BUYERS How private business mergers and acquisitions differ between the US and UKWhen examining the respective M&A markets of the USA and the UK, perhaps the most striking thing to ...
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FOR SELLERS How do you know when the right time is to sell your business?When you’ve dedicated yourself to a business - whether started from scratch or taken on at a later...
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FOR SELLERS Do I need a broker to sell a business?The simple answer, no. Selling a business does not mandate a broker. As a business owner, you wil...
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FOR BUYERS How to turn around a struggling businessAnyone buying a business out of administration will know that they face a challenge to make it profi...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Issa brothers, TDR Capital to acquire Asda in highly-leveraged takeoverBrothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa and private equity firm TDR Capital are set to acquire the supermarke...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES One-third of UK businesses close to running out of cashNine months of interrupted trading have taken an enormous toll on UK businesses across many sectors,...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS COVID-19, pre-pack administrations and distressed acquisitions - 2020 in reviewThere’s not much left to be said about 2020, a year of enormous upheaval and disruption across alm...
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FOR BUYERS Government COVID-19 business lending hits £62 billion but criticisms persistAccording to new figures released by the Treasury, the total value paid out to businesses through th...