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UK For Sale: The hidden opportunity in Britain's takeover boom
- June 2025
London’s financial circles are buzzing with deal activity, as overseas buyers and private equity firms circle UK-listed companies like bargain hunters at a summer sale. While headlines warn of an exodus from London’s public markets, savvy investors see a different story: a golden window for stra...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK M&A value up two-thirds in H1, despite drop in activityNew figures have revealed that UK M&A value increased by two-thirds during the first half of the yea...
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FOR BUYERS Private equity investment forecast to recover after H1 dipAccording to new research, UK private equity investment was down by a fifth during the first half of...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Pub insolvencies up amid cost-of-living and rising sobrietyPub and bar company insolvencies increased by nearly a third in the last year as the cost-of-living ...
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DEAL INSIGHT What advice would you give to someone selling their first business?In this video of our Deal Insight Series, we talk to Jonathan Jay gives his advice to first time bus...
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SECTOR GUIDES Retail accounts for 14 per cent of H1 insolvenciesNew data has revealed that the retail sector accounted for around one in seven UK insolvencies durin...
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SECTOR GUIDES Lawfront – Setting the pace in legal M&AOver the past two or three years, dealmaking in the legal sector has begun to spring back to life, f...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Call for new UK Labour government to introduce SBA-style business loansWith UK SMEs continuing to face an uncertain economy, low consumer confidence, high prices and, perh...
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DEAL INSIGHT When is the right time to sell a business?In this video of our Deal Insight Series, we talk to Jonathan Jay about the right time to sell a bus...
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FOR BUYERS Study suggests due diligence taking significantly longer than a decade agoAccording to new research from Bayes Business School conducted for SS&C Intralinks, investors are ta...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Company insolvencies fall as activity improvesOfficial data has revealed that fewer companies fell into insolvencies across England Wales during M...
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SECTOR GUIDES NatWest boss predicts further UK banking consolidationThe CEO of NatWest has predicted that there will be more consolidation in the UK banking industry ov...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS In M&A, crime definitely does not payM&A transactions are often complex and sometimes risky. Will the merged group generate the revenu...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK M&A expected to rebound from quarterly declineNew figures have revealed that the number of UK M&A deals declined during the first quarter of the y...
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SECTOR GUIDES Time to buy into UK services sector?The strong performance of businesses in the UK’s service industries has provided one of the cleare...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Lynx Equity – 60 business acquisitions and countingLynx Equity Limited is a private equity firm that specialises in the acquisition of small and medium...
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FOR BUYERS 90 per cent of IFAs and financial planners predict more M&AA new survey has revealed that nine in 10 (90 per cent) independent financial advisers (IFAs) and fi...