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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 SME M&A activity expected to surge in 2012Merger and acquisition activity is to surge among the UK's small-and medium-sized enterprises (...
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FOR BUYERS Christmas could see a rise in retailers going under
UK retailers could be facing a lean Christmas, if predictions that insolvencies and corporate failur...
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FOR BUYERS RBS to step up its lending to SMEs
The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced its intentions to step up its efforts to lend more money to...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS How entrepreneurs could be paying over 50 per cent tax when selling their business
Entrepreneurs selling their businesses could be paying tax of more than 50 per cent on the sale, sug...
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FOR SELLERS Open your eyes to management buyouts
With the numbers of trade and institutional buyers declining, management buyouts (MBOs) should be lo...
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ALL How entrepreneurs could be paying over 50 per cent tax when selling their business
Entrepreneurs selling their businesses could be paying tax of more than 50 per cent on the sale, sug...
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ALL Open your eyes to management buyouts
With the numbers of trade and institutional buyers declining, management buyouts (MBOs) should be lo...
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FOR BUYERS SMEs must "grow their way out of hard times"
Many small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) need to stop sitting on stockpiles of cash that they ...
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FOR BUYERS Scottish businesses facing increasing distress
Increasing numbers of Scottish businesses are facing financial distress, according to new figures re...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Business founder share dilution over time
Came across a wonderful graphic put together by Mark Shuster of VC firm, GRP Partners, that shows ju...
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ALL Property developers head to the pub looking for a bargain
The number of pubs closing down in the UK is currently running at 25 per week, according to figures ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Property developers head to the pub looking for a bargain
The number of pubs closing down in the UK is currently running at 25 per week, according to figures ...
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ALL Banks set to return formerly failed businesses to the market
A wide range of businesses that were close to bankruptcy a little while ago could soon be put on the...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Banks set to return formerly failed businesses to the market
A wide range of businesses that were close to bankruptcy a little while ago could soon be put on the...