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Alternative broadband providers look to M&A to survive and grow
- May 2025
UK-based alternative network providers are considering M&A activity and strategic partnerships as they seek to survive and secure growth in the highly competitive UK broadband market. A survey of 100 senior decision makers at UK-based altnets, conducted by Censuswide for business connectivity pro...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK service sector on a roll: new business, new staff
For most of the 20th century the British economy was built upon the stable foundations of a world-le...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Who gets paid first when a company enters administration?
When a company is forced into administration there is a long list of people waiting in line for thei...
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Bolt-on acquisitions: can they be successful even if loss-making?
The start of a new year brings fresh perspective for businesses and a new energy with which to drive...
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FOR SELLERS What to do with your business as retirement approaches
Commonly known as the baby boom generation, the huge group of people born in the aftermath of World ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Low Oil Prices: how business buyers can profit
Plummeting oil prices have dominated the news of late as supply and demand issues continue to conspi...
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FOR BUYERS A hike in court fees could push SMEs into insolvency
There are concerns that a rise in court fees could lead to a decline in smaller businesses seeking j...
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FOR BUYERS Landlords vent frustrations after HMV administrators pocket millions
There were many who lost out financially when HMV toppled into administration back in January 2013, ...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES What you need to know about winding-up petitions
For business buyers, the land of distressed opportunities can be a happy hunting ground, filled with...
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FOR BUYERS Technology acquisitions tipped to heat up in 2015/16
It has emerged that technology companies will be at the top of business buyers’ target list over t...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Rising costs squeeze already strained businesses
As 2015 gets underway, it is becoming clear that UK businesses are under mounting pressure as rising...
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FOR BUYERS Why IT is vital to your M&A success
If customers are the lifeblood of a business and staff the vital organs, then IT is the skeleton hol...
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FOR BUYERS Logistics industry enters a phase of high insolvencies
There has been a spike in the number of courier and haulier businesses becoming insolvent, impacted ...
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FOR BUYERS High street sees less retailers failing in 2014
It was thought the high street might be changed beyond recognition with the ongoing trail of collate...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Getting a head start on competitors when buying a business in administration
It didn’t take long for the wheels to kick into motion following City Link’s slide into administ...