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Drop in hospitality insolvencies could prove temporary
- June 2025
Company insolvencies in the accommodation and food services industry were down year-on-year and month-on-month in April 2025, according to newly released figures. However, insolvencies could be set to rise again after the industry saw a downturn in trade during May. Insolvency statistics showed...
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FOR BUYERS Due diligence in a recession
Carrying out due diligence before deal completion is prudent for all business purchases at any time....
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ALL New business opportunities in outsourcing
Buying a business during a difficult economic period presents a number of additional challenges. In ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS New business opportunities in outsourcing
Buying a business during a difficult economic period presents a number of additional challenges. In ...
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FOR BUYERS Almost half of SMEs consider selling up
The optimism of some of Britain's small businesses appears to be failing as many start to feel ...
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FOR BUYERS How to obtain MBI Finance
A management buy-in (MBI), wherein the control of the business passes to outside management, will ty...
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FOR BUYERS Do we still need the salesman?
It is tempting in a world full of innovative products and wide-reaching marketing campaigns to think...
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ALL How to buy a care home
Over the past decade there has been a shift in the care home industry towards tighter regulations. T...
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ALL Returning a distressed business to profit - A subscriber’s story
Recently we met with entrepreneur Mark Levey to talk through his fascinating experience of turning a...
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SECTOR GUIDES How to buy a care home
Over the past decade there has been a shift in the care home industry towards tighter regulations. T...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Returning a distressed business to profit - A subscriber’s story
Recently we met with entrepreneur Mark Levey to talk through his fascinating experience of turning a...
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FOR BUYERS Consumer champion Martin Lewis sells business to price comparison site
News reaches us that the ‘financial consumer champion’, Martin Lewis, has sold his Shepherd’s ...
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FOR BUYERS Revealed: The Billionaire Recipe of Carlos Slim
Would-be billionaires, or even millionaires, ought to study the contrarian business and investing pr...
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FOR BUYERS Retail identified as most troubled sector
The recent recession has hit nearly every business sector, with many businesses forced to close thei...
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ALL Golf and country club for sale
A leisure business near Royal Wootton Bassett has come on to the market after its business tycoon ow...