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It’s now well-documented that stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated an existing shift in retail from physical to online. Regular or occasional online shoppers increased their online shopping, of course, and began buying things online that they previously hadn’t, but there was also a huge, sudden growth in first-time online shoppers. Many older people, for instance, who were perhaps most vulnerable to the virus, turned to online grocery shopping for the first ...
Earn-outs: Key issues to consider
When negotiating the deal, the seller should seek to keep as much control as possible over the asset...
Food manufacturers fall into foreign hands
One in five of all UK food manufacturing companies sold over the past ten years has fallen into fore...
Private equity investment for small and medium sized companies
There has been something of an outcry in the media of late over the booming private equity industry....
Budget 2007: budget for business?
Many small to medium sized businesses around the UK are more than a bit miffed about the March 2007 ...
Buying a business: avoiding the ten main deal-breakers
We outline ten situations that most commonly cause deals to fail, and how to avoid them: 1. The bu...
Post merger integration: company culture
When making an acquisition, a company can typically expect to gain access to markets, brands, techno...
Raising finance for acquisition
Smart business purchasers will usually try to leverage their acquisition as the first priority. In o...
How to buy or sell a private company
HOW TO BUY OR SELL A PRIVATE COMPANY Excerpts from the full version (available to su...
UK Companies Entering Administration Reaches Highest Level For 10 Years
The latest corporate insolvency figures from credit agency Experian show that the number of UK compa...
Internal Rate of Return and the Discounted Cash Flow Model
Valuing a business can often be a subjective process, and there are no hard and fast rules. When ask...
Family business owners opt for sale
Owners of UK family businesses are increasingly opting to sell their business rather than pass it on...
Pharmaceutical businesses start M&A trend
A recent spate of mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceuticals industry could be the beginning of...
Private Equity Debt at Record Levels
Private equity groups are getting into increasing levels of debt when buying new companies, accordin...