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Early business exits driven by tax fears
- April 2025
A new survey on motivations behind business sales has revealed that over half of entrepreneur respondents (56%) are considering an early business exit over concerns about tax rises. Of those who have already sold, nearly two-thirds (65%) said fear of tax hikes drove them to exit their business early...
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SECTOR GUIDES Drop in builders’ merchant insolvencies, but construction woes continueThe number of builders’ merchants falling into insolvency fell sharply during November 2024, accor...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Inbound investment up, but UK deal activity stalls in Q3New data has revealed that UK M&A activity was sluggish during the third quarter of the year, with d...
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SECTOR GUIDES Media M&A: Is a resurgence in the works for 2025?In this exclusive insight report, we examine the state of M&A activity in the media sector as a whol...
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DEAL INSIGHT Distressed businesses – what you need to know about themIn this video of our Deal Insight Series, Kevin Counihan from SIA Group talks to us about some of th...
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FOR SELLERS Rush to lock in favourable tax rates no match for carefully planned exitBy the time that new Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered the Labour government’s first Budget in la...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Report: More than one in 10 UK restaurants facing insolvencyMore than one in 10 restaurants in the UK are reportedly at risk of imminent closure as operators co...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES UK insolvencies down, but fears that budget measures could increase distressDuring October 2024, the UK recorded a 10 per cent fall in corporate insolvencies compared to the pr...
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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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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Confidence in UK deals increasing among PE firmsM&A activity has increased in the UK during 2024, with improvements in economic and financing condit...
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FOR BUYERS How to find and buy distressed assetsOver recent years, insolvency levels and financial distress among UK businesses have soared. In the ...
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SECTOR GUIDES Over 90 per cent of financial services firms would consider M&AOver 90 per cent of financial services firms have said that they either are planning M&A as a key pa...
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SECTOR GUIDES Waste and recycling M&A: Resilience, disruption and sustainabilityUnsurprisingly, the UK waste and recycling industry has remained largely immune to the country’s r...
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SECTOR GUIDES Fashion manufacturer insolvencies up by nearly a quarterThe number of UK fashion manufacturers falling into insolvency rose by close to a quarter in the yea...
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FOR SELLERS Labour Government Budget deflates Business Asset Disposal ReliefThe small print of The Autumn 2024 Budget contained a particularly nasty surprise for the millions o...
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FOR SELLERS Business owners face immediate CGT blowBusiness owners will be less likely to invest and ‘take risks’ following an increase in Capital ...
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FOR SELLERS Business owners blasted by Halloween Budget NI hikesBusiness owners will do the ‘heavy lifting’ as Labour hiked taxes by £40 billion in its first b...