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High value deals the priority as UK activity slows in H1 2025
- September 2025
M&A activity in the UK slowed down by nearly a fifth during the first half of 2025, with dealmakers seemingly focusing on fewer, but more high-value transactions. According to PwC’s latest Global M&A Industry Trends report, there were 1,478 UK M&A deals during H1 2025, a drop of 19.1 per cent co...
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FOR BUYERS Expanding your business through M&A or organic growthThere’s little doubt that growth through mergers and acquisitions is high on the agenda for many b...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Changes to the informal winding-up process you should be aware of
Although selling your company is usually the most desirable outcome after years of hard work, it may...
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FOR BUYERS Tech start-ups to expand investment opportunities?
Small and medium-sized enterprises are at the heart of the UK economy, accounting for almost half of...
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FOR BUYERS Another tax on success for UK business ownersWinding up a solvent company just got a little more complicated. Before 1st March 2012, if a compan...
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FOR BUYERS M&A IT due diligence insufficient
Companies engaging in mergers and acquisitions are not giving sufficient consideration to the IT con...
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FOR BUYERS Surveys show SME owners looking at acquisitions in 2012
A new survey has shown that more than half of British entrepreneurs are looking at acquisitions as t...
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ALL Buying liquidated assets an attractive option
Buying the assets of a company in liquidation is potentially an attractive and low cost means of exp...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Buying liquidated assets an attractive option
Buying the assets of a company in liquidation is potentially an attractive and low cost means of exp...
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ALL Buyers to see more opportunities through increased insolvencies
Company insolvency figures were up 7.4 per cent in the final quarter of last year and it is predicte...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Buyers to see more opportunities through increased insolvencies
Company insolvency figures were up 7.4 per cent in the final quarter of last year and it is predicte...
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FOR BUYERS BoE executive calls for banking reform for small business lending
One of the top officials at the Bank of England (BoE) has called for sweeping changes to be made to ...
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FOR BUYERS M&A in UK aerospace likely to rise in 2012
Merger and acquisition activity in the British aerospace manufacturing industry is expected to surge...
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FOR BUYERS SME bosses 'losing enthusiasm'
Nearly a third of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owners have admitted in a new survey that ...