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UK tech firms expect increase in M&A and inward investment
- July 2025
The majority of UK tech companies expect M&A activity to increase over the coming year, with growth sentiment among UK businesses appearing strong following years of muted expectations. In a new survey, law firm Browne Jacobson polled more than 380 C-suite leaders from £100m+ businesses across a ...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Tories set to increase insolvency thresholdConservative leader David Cameron says that he intends to increase the insolvency threshold from £7...
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SECTOR GUIDES Luxury tearoom and B&B business for sale in LudlowMany of us dream about quitting the rat-race and setting ourselves up with a nice café, B&B or gues...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS More activity in buying and selling of businesses anticipated in the food and drink sectorThere are indications of a recovery in mergers and acquisitions in the UK's food and drink sect...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Exit strategies lacking among British businesses
Nearly three-quarters of sole traders in the UK do not have a business exit strategy in place, while...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Thornfield Ventures Limited goes into administration
The Rock, a £220 million development in Bury, Lancashire including 60 retail units, a cinema, resta...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS FSB counts business cost of closed schools
Businesses are inevitably suffering because of Britain's cold snap, but head teachers can do th...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Govt to push banks for NIC small business funding
The government's National Investment Corporation (NIC) - a fund to help small businesses - may ...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Buying a business out of insolvency
A guide from company rescue firm KSA on how to buy a business from an Administrative Receiver, Admin...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS What business brokers are saying about the prospects for 2010
At the Business Sale Report we have undertaken a straw poll of the business brokers and other profes...
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FOR SELLERS How to approach hotels for sale
Demand for hotels for sale in the UK has been stimulated by an influx of newcomers to the hospitalit...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Large rise in retail businesses in administration expected for 2010
The UK's retail sector faces another "bloodbath" on the high street next year, according to ins...
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FOR SELLERS No increase announced in UK capital gains tax
Entrepreneurs considering selling their businesses over the next year are breathing a sigh of relief...
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FOR SELLERS Selling a magazine title
If you have a successful and profitable magazine title to sell, and a genuine reason for selling i...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Borders - a business turnaround that was doomed to fail
As Borders UK slipped into administration yesterday, many book-lovers across the UK were saddened a...