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Hospitality insolvencies rise in first half of the year
- September 2024
Insolvencies in the UK hospitality industry increased slightly during the first half of 2024, as businesses in the sector continued to be impacted by high inflation, rising wage costs and the cost-of-living crisis. According to figures from the latest Buchler Phillips Hospitality Index of insolve...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Cazoo’s struggles: Self-inflicted? Or a warning to the used car sector?As an online used car retailer launched within the last decade, Cazoo was in many ways a poster chil...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Insolvencies forecast to keep rising before situation improvesUK insolvency levels could rise even further this year, despite signs of economic improvement, accor...
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FOR BUYERS How Sir Jim Ratcliffe built INEOS into the UK’s biggest private companyUntil his acquisition of a 25 per cent stake in Manchester United, one of the world's richest f...
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DEAL INSIGHT What is the most challenging aspect of buying a distressed business?In this video of our Deal Insight Series, Jonathan Jay talks about some of the challenges you face w...
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SECTOR GUIDES Environmental & sustainability M&A – Consulting and Engineering driving dealsAmid the ever-growing importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG), businesses in the en...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS South East the most active area for high-growth M&A outside LondonA new report has revealed that the South East of England was the most active region of the country o...
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SECTOR GUIDES Consulting M&A remained resilient in 2023While many sectors saw a downturn in M&A activity last year, a new report has revealed that dealmaki...
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DEAL INSIGHT When buying a distressed business, how do you weigh up the risks?In this video of our Deal Insight Series, Jonathan Jay talks about weighing in the risks when buying...
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FOR BUYERS Financial services M&A sees 9 per cent fall in 2023M&A activity in the UK’s financial services sector fell by nine per cent last year, as dealmaking ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Could interest rate cut drive SME dealmaking?Following an unexpectedly sharp drop in the UK’s rate of inflation towards the end of last year, t...
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SECTOR GUIDES MedTech faces M&A challenges, but innovation and the economy offer hopeM&A activity in the UK MedTech sector experienced a tough year in 2023, with economic conditions res...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK M&A Outlook 20242023 was not exactly a bumper year for M&A, with the headwinds that defined much of 2022 continuing ...
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SECTOR GUIDES Hotels and niche sectors offer hope for travel M&A after slow 2023Travel and tourism saw slow dealmaking during the first three quarters of last year as the sector co...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Hospitality could see 2024 M&A surgeAnalysts are predicting that the UK hospitality sector could see a surge in dealmaking activity duri...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Companies increasingly looking to M&A to keep up with changing industriesA new survey has found that UK companies are increasingly looking to M&A activity to help them keep ...
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SECTOR GUIDES Logistics M&A growing, while haulage insolvencies hit new heightsM&A activity in the UK’s logistics and supply chain management industry has risen to a two-year hi...