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M&A involving family offices, high net worth individuals up 13 per cent
- July 2025
The volume of M&A deals in the UK undertaken by family offices and high net worth (HNW) individuals has increased by 13 per cent over the past year, with suggestions that activity has been boosted by factors including an influx of US investment and HNW individuals increasingly choosing to lead or co...
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ALL M&A activity in the food and drink sector expected to rise
A recovery in mergers and acquisitions has been forecast for the UK's food and drink sector in ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Private equity return to the M&A Market
Private equity players have increased their activity substantially in the first 3 months of this yea...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Business Confidence Improving
The future of the economy looks to be a brighter place for UK businesses as confidence has returned ...
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ALL Now is a good time to invest in distressed businesses.
Now that we are technically out of recession, many businesses are still facing uncertainty in the fa...
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ALL Entrepreneur's Relief increased to £2m
In the 2010 Budget of March 24th, Alistair Darling announced that the upper limit of Entrepreneur�...
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FOR BUYERS Guide to Enterprise Investment Schemes & Corporate Venturing Schemes
The Enterprise Investment Scheme The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) is designed to encourage inv...
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SECTOR GUIDES How to buy a business in the commercial property industry
Buying a property business can be a good way to indirectly invest in property. The fortunes of prope...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Entrepreneurs relief increased to 2m
In the 2010 Budget of March 24th, Alistair Darling announced that the upper limit of Entrepreneur�...
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SECTOR GUIDES Entrepreneur's relief increased to £2m
The Chancellor has given some tax concessions to business in the form of business rates, increased i...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS The end of the recession could prompt rush of businesses for sale
As the recession period draws to a close, some analysts are wondering if it will spell the start of ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Company valuations rising
image:lZEBKJLjK9ZfOjKMdDh0aOGqQkmSOOXf4PqFiVma.jpeg Mergers and acquisition activity declined for t...
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SECTOR GUIDES Buying or selling a construction business
Construction businesses are very much focused on people and relationships and as such have their own...
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FOR BUYERS HiT Entertainment may be forced to sell brands
HiT Entertainment, the children’s media group and owner of popular brands including Thomas the Tan...
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FOR BUYERS Towergate buys John Charcol in pre-pack sale
High profile mortgage advice company, John Charcol, has been bought by Towergate Financial, the fina...