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M&A involving family offices, high net worth individuals up 13 per cent
- July 2025
The volume of M&A deals in the UK undertaken by family offices and high net worth (HNW) individuals has increased by 13 per cent over the past year, with suggestions that activity has been boosted by factors including an influx of US investment and HNW individuals increasingly choosing to lead or co...
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FOR SELLERS Planning an Exit StrategyPlanning 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 o...
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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...
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FOR BUYERS Caveat Emptor - Dangers of buying a business
There are many purchasing pitfalls that can trap the unwary. People sell their homes for a range of ...
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FOR BUYERS Caveat Emptor
Buying a business is not like buying a car. Get it wrong with a business and it is likely to seriou...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Entrepreneurs' relief - the latest concession from Alistair Darling
First there was retirement relief, then there was business asset taper relief, and now there is entr...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Entrepreneurs' relief - how to qualify
Entrepreneurs' relief is a welcome concession to the small business community who felt that the...
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FOR BUYERS What do you know about TUPE?
The other day I was talking to a business purchaser who told me he was just about to draft his Heads...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Tape Regulations 2006 - A recap
When buying all or part of a business, it is important to be aware that you will inherit not only it...
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FOR BUYERS Due diligence tips
The importance of due diligence to the success of a transaction is often underestimated. We thought ...