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Hotel insolvencies up, but business travel could provide a boost
- April 2024
A new report has revealed a significant increase in UK hotel insolvencies over the past year, as operators continue to struggle with a slew of adverse conditions. However, a potential recovery in business travel during 2024 suggests there could be light at the end of the tunnel for an industry that ...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Buying a business out of insolvency
While buying a business out of insolvency may not seem an obvious choice, there are many advantages ...
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FOR BUYERS Post Merger Integration: Branding
Mergers and acquisitions are today recognised as one of the key ways in which to promote a business&...
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FOR BUYERS Buying a Business: completing the deal
Buying a business is a lengthy and complicated process. You've identified the right business fo...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Venture Capital Trusts: a great tax shelter
Prime minister-elect Gordon Brown has been the subject of a fair amount of criticism for widening th...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Private equity under fire
As most readers will no doubt be aware there has been a fierce debate engulfing the private equity (...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Earn-outs: Key issues to consider
When negotiating the deal, the seller should seek to keep as much control as possible over the asset...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Nursery Sector in Danger
One of the UK's oldest-established nursery chains has warned that government policy over provid...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS 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...
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FOR BUYERS 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....
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FOR BUYERS Budget 2007: budget for business?
Many small to medium sized businesses around the UK are more than a bit miffed about the March 2007 ...
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FOR BUYERS 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...
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FOR BUYERS Post merger integration: company culture
When making an acquisition, a company can typically expect to gain access to markets, brands, techno...
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FOR BUYERS Raising finance for acquisition
Smart business purchasers will usually try to leverage their acquisition as the first priority. In o...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS How to buy or sell a private company
HOW TO BUY OR SELL A PRIVATE COMPANY Excerpts from the full version (available to su...