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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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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 approachesCommonly 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 profitPlummeting 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 insolvencyThere 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 millionsThere 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 petitionsFor 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 2015/16It 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 businessesAs 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 successIf 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 insolvenciesThere 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 2014It 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 administrationIt didn’t take long for the wheels to kick into motion following City Link’s slide into administ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Why 2015 is set to be a big year for business salesWhile last year might have started slow, the merger and acquisition (M&A) market certainly gathered ...