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2025 deal values lifted by AI-driven investment and infrastructure demand
- February 2026
UK deal value increased during 2025, with the biggest transactions being underpinned by demand for AI and digital infrastructure. Despite highly uneven market conditions, dealmaking activity was supported by stabilising inflation, improving sentiment and the renewed availability of capital. That...
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FOR BUYERS An insider look at intellectual property in M&AIntellectual property (IP) has long been a key component in M&A deals. Company owners view IP as a c...
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FOR BUYERS Autumn Budget 2025: The key takeaways for M&AAfter weeks of intense press coverage, the Autumn Budget arrived with a raft of headline announcemen...
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FOR BUYERS Autumn Budget 2025: An outlook for dealmakersThe Autumn Budget arrives later this week amid significant economic and political uncertainty and on...
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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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SECTOR GUIDES UK insolvencies up ahead of Budget, but retail boosted by summer momentumWith the Autumn Budget looming, new insolvency figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)...
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SECTOR GUIDES Valuation gaps driving sharp decline in UK PE activityValuation gaps between buyers and sellers are driving a significant decline in private equity and ve...
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SECTOR GUIDES Pub insolvencies on the rise amid mounting cost pressuresPub insolvencies increased sharply in the UK during the second and third quarters of the year, as th...
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DEAL INSIGHT The right approach to valuing a businessOne big mistake to avoid making when valuing a business....
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SECTOR GUIDES Is UK retail dying? Or a fabulous opportunity?Poundland, Claire’s, HobbyCraft, Bodycare. Walk through any UK town centre in the past twenty year...
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FOR SELLERS Business valuation: Why cash flow is more accurate than EBITDAWhen valuing a business ahead of a sale, many owners will instinctively refer to their business’ b...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Financial distress up sharply, with SMEs “on a knife edge”The number of businesses in financial distress has risen sharply over the past year, with inflation,...
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FOR SELLERS Survey shows retirement primary motive for business salesRetiring or stepping back from a business are the primary motivations for business owners seeking to...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK dealmaker confidence low amid disaffection with governmentConfidence among UK dealmakers is low amid global volatility and growing disaffection with the UK’...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Business Sale Report launches BSR Deal Value Index: an interactive tool to track UK company market multiplesBusiness Sale Report (BSR), the UK’s leading platform for private company M&A intelligence, has ...
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SECTOR GUIDES PE activity drives late Q3 surge in insurance broking M&APrivate equity activity last month drove a late flurry of insurance broking M&A at the end of Q3 202...
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SECTOR GUIDES M&A Report: Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT)Valuable mix of resilience and innovation drive TMT dealmaking The UK’s tech, media and telecom...