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Insolvencies on the rise at mid-sized UK SMEs
- March 2023
A new report has highlighted an increase in insolvencies among mid-sized UK SMEs over the past year and forecast that this trend could continue during 2023. The analysis, from alternative lender ThinCats, found that insolvency rates among mid-sized SMEs increased from 0.39 per cent in 2021 to 0.65 p...
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FOR BUYERS Now is the time to buy a businessNo surprise to learn that in the first quarter of this year, there was a reduced appetite amongst bo...
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FOR BUYERS Now is the time to buy!
In the first quarter of 2008 there has been a reduced appetite in boardrooms for mergers and acquisi...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Due Diligence, Buffett Style
For those big, powerful and wise enough, the latest trend in due diligence strategy is... don'...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Earnouts - key issues to consider
When buying or selling a business, there is frequently a gap between the seller's perception of...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Buying Distressed Companies
What does the sensible buyer need to know about purchasing companies in financial difficulty? Acco...
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FOR SELLERS Preparing a business for sale
Businesses are so often sold at values beneath their potential, allowing buyers to achieve additiona...
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FOR SELLERS Selling Your Business: The Need for Documentary Evidence
Selling Your Business: The Need for Documentary Evidence You've done the hard work and built u...
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FOR SELLERS Planning an Exit Strategy
Planning Your Exit Strategy Many owner-managers put in a lifetime of hard work building their busin...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES What is a Winding Up Petition?
Winding-up petitions are applications made to courts to wind up a company (close down a business) an...
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FOR BUYERS Putting Right a Poor Acquisition
The Business Sale Report has teamed up with a leading business turnaround practitioner who has put t...
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FOR BUYERS Internal Rate of Return
Valuing a Business: Discounted Cash Flow and the Internal Rate of Return Valuing a business can oft...
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FOR SELLERS Company Exit Multiples
Private Company Exit Multiples Set to Overtake Public Company Comparables The PCPI, produced by BDO...
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FOR BUYERS Evaluating a Target Company
Evaluating and Wooing the Target Having identified a target or made a shortlist, the acquiring comp...
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FOR BUYERS Current state of the M&A market
A look at the current state of the M&A market for small and medium sized businesses Up until this s...