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High value deals the priority as UK activity slows in H1 2025
- September 2025
M&A activity in the UK slowed down by nearly a fifth during the first half of 2025, with dealmakers seemingly focusing on fewer, but more high-value transactions. According to PwC’s latest Global M&A Industry Trends report, there were 1,478 UK M&A deals during H1 2025, a drop of 19.1 per cent co...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Canny business buyers contribute to rise in distressed acquisitionsCanny bargain-hunters seizing on the opportunity to buy a business while values are low are one of t...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Publishing firm issued with winding up petition
Following an investigation by the Companies Investigation Branch of the Department of Business, a pu...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Somerset business sale confirmed by insolvency group
Insolvency group Menzies Corporate Restructuring (MCR) has confirmed that the packaging firm Riversi...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Right conditions in place for tech M&A to pick up
Analysts from KPMG have already singled out the technology sector as ripe for a wave of M&A activity...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS British staycation trend sees hotel insolvencies surge
The last three months of 2009 saw a drop in company insolvencies in every UK sector except that of h...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Insolvency lag anticipated amid weak return to growth
Following six consecutive quarters of contraction, Britain may finally have emerged from recession, ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Clydes and Shadbolt finalise law merger
Plans have been finalised for UK top 20 law firm Clyde & Co to acquire parts of construction boutiqu...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS KPMG: M&A market set for modest return in 2010
After revisions of "over-optimistic earnings expectations" in 2009, the global and UK M&A market loo...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS OFT mulls over mobile merger review
The UK's competition watchdog, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), is weighing up whether to carr...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Media M&A deals to pick up in 2010
After hitting their lowest levels last year since the dot.com crash of 2002, UK media M&A deals are ...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Fewer companies in administration
Aggressive cost cutting and improved cash management by firms has meant the number of businesses fal...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Due diligence reminder follows 2009 M&A analysis
Ensuring staff are trained to "deal with deals" and "being diligent' about due diligence are tw...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Report says private equity buyers hungry for ICT acquisitionsA report by Grant Thornton UK, the financial advisor firm, found that private investors continue to ...
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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...