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As M&A deals become increasingly reliant on technology, the digital side of dealmaking becomes ever more sophisticated as it increases the efficiency of M&A transactions. However, the flip side is that any tech-related incidents or cybersecurity breaches have the potential for more devastating consequences for deals than ever before. A survey conducted by Deloitte in October 2020 found that 51 per cent of respondents considered cybersecurity threats to be their top concern when managing M&A de...
Can the UK get the balance right on FDI screening?
The UK is slowly emerging from the murky COVID/Brexit period and is arriving on the World stage on i...
IR35 in the private sector: Could the new rules impact M&A?
From April 6 2021, IR35 rules relating to the payment of off-payroll contractors operating through l...
UK business distress at record levels – what happens when support is turned off?
Recently, a series of different reports have indicated the scale of financial distress impacting UK ...
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...
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...
How to pursue private equity backing for acquisitive growth
With the UK economy struggling to recover from the effects on the population of the coronavirus pand...
Funding shortfall amongst SMEs creates acquisition opportunities
While the UK economy remains in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, the hope offered by vaccines me...
Pub heavy hitters cash in on the anticipated Great British Pub Recovery
If there’s one thing that’s been made clear through the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s th...
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...
‘Race to complete’ wealth management deals as M&A takes off
Following an unstable year in the advice and wealth management sector, the race is on to complete de...
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,...
The outlook for SPACs in the UK
Among the possible UK M&A trends as we look ahead to 2021, one causing particular discussion has bar...
Capital Gains Tax – The proposed changes and what they could mean for business sales
With vaccines hopefully bringing the COVID-19 crisis to a long-awaited conclusion in 2021, thoughts ...
The rising cost of professional indemnity insurance and its impact on business sales
The mounting cost of professional indemnity insurance (PI) has become an issue that neither business...
Alternative deals emerge as go-to option for dealmakers in 2020
The pandemic has hit the 2020 M&A market hard. There’s no denying that it’s had an impac...
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...
Tighter pre-pack regulations - What could the proposed changes mean for dealmaking?
Pre-pack sales are a vital tool in business rescue. This much is not really up for debate. However, ...