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Asda owners finance EG takeover with proceeds from previous disposal
- June 2023
It has been revealed that Asda owners the Issa brothers and TDR Capital used the proceeds from an earlier disposal to finance the supermarket chain’s recent acquisition of parts of the EG Group – another company that the two parties jointly own. Last week, Asda announced a deal to acquire pe...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK the most attractive destination in Europe for M&A investment
New 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&A
Despite 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 acquisitions
Peter Lidgitt is the Chairman of Mastiff Group, a group comprised of close to thirty independent bus...
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DEAL INSIGHT Distressed businesses – what you need to know about them
In this video of our Deal Insight Series, Kevin Counihan from SIA Group talks to us about some of th...
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FOR BUYERS The key steps to making successful distressed acquisitions
Business 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 disruption
M&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 UK
When examining the respective M&A markets of the USA and the UK, perhaps the most striking thing to ...
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DEAL INSIGHT What price should a business buyer open with?
In this video of our Deal Insight Series, Rob Goddard from Evolution CBS How much you should offer w...
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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 business
Anyone 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 takeover
Brothers 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 cash
Nine 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 review
There’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 persist
According to new figures released by the Treasury, the total value paid out to businesses through th...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS COVID-19 driving long-term change at UK SMEs
The impact of COVID-19, and the way in which businesses have had to react and adapt, is driving long...