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Significant financial distress up more than 30 per cent
- April 2024
New data has revealed that the number of UK companies in “significant” financial distress was up more than 30 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2024, with the macroeconomic challenges that businesses faced in 2023 continuing during the first three months of the year. According to ...
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FOR BUYERS UK Hospitality faces cruel winter - rise in acquisition and consolidation plans forecast
As the UK economy enters a winter of almost unprecedented uncertainty, the hospitality industry is a...
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FOR BUYERS Accelerating M&A deal origination
Deal origination is the foundation of any successful acquisition-led growth strategy and, at a time ...
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FOR BUYERS Logistics firms targeting acquisitions despite falling confidence
Close to half of logistics firms in the UK say that they are likely to make an acquisition over the ...
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DEAL INSIGHT The most challenging aspect of selling a business
In this video of our Deal Insight Series, we talk to Jonathan Jay about the most challenging aspect ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Seafood M&A - a look at what is behind the surge
2021 was the busiest year for dealmaking in the global seafood industry to date, with a record level...
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FOR BUYERS Rock-bottom pound and low company valuations attract overseas buyers
The UK has recently established itself as Europe’s number one destination for inbound M&A investme...
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SECTOR GUIDES UK recruitment sector M&A remains buoyant in an uncertain economy
The past two years have turned the recruitment sector on its head, with the chaos of the COVID-19 pa...
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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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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK the most attractive destination in Europe for M&A investment
New research has revealed that the UK has overtaken the Netherlands and Germany to become Europe’s...
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SECTOR GUIDES UK Snapshot: Dental Industry M&A
Despite global uncertainty and the rising costs of running a business amid the UK’s soaring inflat...
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FOR BUYERS Peter Lidgitt: Building a £22m business through acquisitions
Peter Lidgitt is the Chairman of Mastiff Group, a group comprised of close to thirty independent bus...
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FOR BUYERS The key steps to making successful distressed acquisitions
Business distress is soaring in the UK, as companies contend with the withdrawal of government suppo...
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FOR BUYERS M&A as a strategy to mitigate global disruption
M&A is often used by companies to respond to shifts within their sector, whether these shifts are dr...
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FOR BUYERS How private business mergers and acquisitions differ between the US and UK
When examining the respective M&A markets of the USA and the UK, perhaps the most striking thing to ...
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FOR SELLERS How do you know when the right time is to sell your business?
When you’ve dedicated yourself to a business - whether started from scratch or taken on at a later...
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FOR SELLERS Do I need a broker to sell a business?
The simple answer, no. Selling a business does not mandate a broker. As a business owner, you wil...