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UK insurance M&A defies EMEA slowdown
- March 2024
A new report has revealed that M&A activity in the UK’s insurance sector increased last year, despite the wider Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region seeing a slowdown in dealmaking during 2023. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence data, there were 156 acquisitions involving UK in...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Two years since pre-pack administration reforms - What’s changed?
In April 2021, a new set of regulations came into effect concerning pre-pack administrations in whic...
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FOR BUYERS Report: Almost half of middle market firms to seek PE finance
Close to half of middle market businesses in the UK say they plan to seek private equity finance ove...
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FOR BUYERS Inbound M&A poised to surge as valuations remain low
Low UK company valuations are set to see foreign takeovers of UK companies increase during the secon...
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DEAL INSIGHT How do you find out about distressed business opportunities?
In this video of our Deal Insight Series, Jonathan Jay talks about searching for distressed business...
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SECTOR GUIDES Construction worst affected by wave of insolvencies
New figures from the Insolvency Service have shown that the UK construction sector is the industry w...
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FOR BUYERS What is the key to successful post-deal integration?
Post-deal integration is the most vital part of an M&A deal. Other stages – such as target acqui...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Manufacturing M&A faces defining year as headwinds mount
As the UK faced up to the prospect of soaring energy prices last year, manufacturing was forecast to...
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DEAL INSIGHT Buying a business out of administration
In this video of our Deal Insight Series, Jonathan Jay talks about buying a business from administra...
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FOR BUYERS Fears that insolvencies could spread to bigger companies
Insolvency statistics from the first quarter of the year have raised concerns that larger companies ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Three quarters of SMEs worried about late payments
Approximately three quarters of small and medium-sized businesses in the UK are worried about cashfl...
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FOR BUYERS M&A activity forecast to be cautious yet stable in Q2 2023
M&A activity is expected to remain stable during the second quarter of 2023, despite a host of geopo...
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FOR BUYERS ESG & M&A - The correlation between ESG and company valuation
ESG is becoming a core consideration in many business’ M&A strategies and with good reason. Numero...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Earnouts – The benefits, complexities and tax considerations
An earnout – a financial arrangement in M&A in which a portion of a company’s purchase price is ...
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SECTOR GUIDES Accounting firms broaden their focus to stay relevant
The trend for accounting firms to venture beyond their traditional areas of service has been highli...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Insolvencies on the rise at mid-sized UK SMEs
A new report has highlighted an increase in insolvencies among mid-sized UK SMEs over the past year ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Mergers and acquisitions in language services - Localisation, globalisation and fragmentation
Updated March 2024 - scroll to end Most industry sectors saw a drop in dealmaking activity in 202...