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UK set for record renewables M&A in 2025
- September 2025
The UK’s renewable energy market is on track to see a record level of M&A in 2025, with major investment flows into battery storage, solar power and onshore wind. This is being driven by UK government policies and ambitious Net Zero targets, which are generating significant opportunities for inves...
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FOR BUYERS Threat actors evolving tactics to exploit cybersecurity gaps amid M&A increaseRising dealmaking activity and a growing reliance on major software vendors have created new opportu...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Over half of UK construction contractors involved in projects hit by insolvencyMore than half of UK construction contractors polled in a new report have said that they were involv...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Businesses developing building projects most likely to collapse – studyA new study has revealed that businesses involved in the development of building projects are the mo...
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DEAL INSIGHT The most challenging aspect of selling a businessIn this video of our Deal Insight Series, we talk to Jonathan Jay about the most challenging aspect ...
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FOR BUYERS The BSR guide to roll-up business acquisition strategyA roll-up acquisition strategy involves a buyer or investor acquiring multiple smaller businesses wi...
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SECTOR GUIDES Food and beverage M&A on the rise in tough conditionsThe UK’s food and beverage sector has been one of the M&A success stories this year, with consiste...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK M&A value up two-thirds in H1, despite drop in activityNew figures have revealed that UK M&A value increased by two-thirds during the first half of the yea...
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DEAL INSIGHT How do you value a potential acquisition?In this video of our Deal Insight series, we talk to Jonathan Jay about valuing potential acquisitio...
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FOR BUYERS Private equity investment forecast to recover after H1 dipAccording to new research, UK private equity investment was down by a fifth during the first half of...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Pub insolvencies up amid cost-of-living and rising sobrietyPub and bar company insolvencies increased by nearly a third in the last year as the cost-of-living ...
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SECTOR GUIDES Retail accounts for 14 per cent of H1 insolvenciesNew data has revealed that the retail sector accounted for around one in seven UK insolvencies durin...
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SECTOR GUIDES Lawfront – Setting the pace in legal M&AOver the past two or three years, dealmaking in the legal sector has begun to spring back to life, f...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Call for new UK Labour government to introduce SBA-style business loansWith UK SMEs continuing to face an uncertain economy, low consumer confidence, high prices and, perh...
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FOR BUYERS Study suggests due diligence taking significantly longer than a decade agoAccording to new research from Bayes Business School conducted for SS&C Intralinks, investors are ta...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Company insolvencies fall as activity improvesOfficial data has revealed that fewer companies fell into insolvencies across England Wales during M...
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SECTOR GUIDES NatWest boss predicts further UK banking consolidationThe CEO of NatWest has predicted that there will be more consolidation in the UK banking industry ov...