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Healthcare M&A dips amid caution and tight financing conditions
- June 2026
UK healthcare M&A declined during the first quarter of the year, as dealmakers in the sector contended with a more cautious environment and tight financing conditions. According to Heligan Group's UK healthcare M&A Q1 2026 update report, there were 53 deals recorded in the UK healthcare sector dur...
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FOR BUYERS Autumn Budget 2025: An outlook for dealmakersThe Autumn Budget arrives later this week amid significant economic and political uncertainty and on...
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SECTOR GUIDES UK insolvencies up ahead of Budget, but retail boosted by summer momentumWith the Autumn Budget looming, new insolvency figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)...
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SECTOR GUIDES Valuation gaps driving sharp decline in UK PE activityValuation gaps between buyers and sellers are driving a significant decline in private equity and ve...
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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 Pub insolvencies on the rise amid mounting cost pressuresPub insolvencies increased sharply in the UK during the second and third quarters of the year, as th...
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SECTOR GUIDES Is UK retail dying? Or a fabulous opportunity?Poundland, Claire’s, HobbyCraft, Bodycare. Walk through any UK town centre in the past twenty year...
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FOR SELLERS Business valuation: Why cash flow is more accurate than EBITDAWhen valuing a business ahead of a sale, many owners will instinctively refer to their business’ b...
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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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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Financial distress up sharply, with SMEs “on a knife edge”The number of businesses in financial distress has risen sharply over the past year, with inflation,...
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FOR SELLERS Survey shows retirement primary motive for business salesRetiring or stepping back from a business are the primary motivations for business owners seeking to...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK dealmaker confidence low amid disaffection with governmentConfidence among UK dealmakers is low amid global volatility and growing disaffection with the UK’...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Business Sale Report launches BSR Deal Value Index: an interactive tool to track UK company market multiplesBusiness Sale Report (BSR), the UK’s leading platform for private company M&A intelligence, has ...
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SECTOR GUIDES PE activity drives late Q3 surge in insurance broking M&APrivate equity activity last month drove a late flurry of insurance broking M&A at the end of Q3 202...
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SECTOR GUIDES M&A Report: Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT)Valuable mix of resilience and innovation drive TMT dealmaking The UK’s tech, media and telecom...
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FOR BUYERS Hitting the due diligence timeframe sweet spotAmid global uncertainty, M&A due diligence periods are getting longer as dealmakers seek to reduce r...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Modella swoops for Claire’s UK in latest opportunistic dealModella Capital, a retail investment boutique, has agreed to acquire more than half of the business ...