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Value of UK financial services M&A almost doubles in 2025
- January 2026
The value of dealmaking in the UK financial services sector soared last year, with the total disclosed deal value for 2025 nearly double that of 2024. This came in spite of a dip in deal volume, as value was driven by a number of major transactions. According to data from EY’s latest analysis of...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES More calls for US-style Chapter 11 insolvency proceduresIn light of the recent freeze on credit and the effect this has had on UK business and consumer spen...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Low value of sterling can be good news for those looking to buy or sell businesses
Is there a silver lining to the low value of Sterling that has hit the headlines in recent days? Ac...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Pre-pack administrations to be more closely monitored
Following vocal complaints by groups of aggrieved creditors, any future pre-pack administrations wil...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES New pre-pack code of practice for insolvency practitioners
A crackdown on insolvency regulations will come into effect from 1 January 2009 that will make it ha...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Double shareholder returns by completing deals during times of economic stress
Analysis from Deloitte, the business advisory firm, shows that companies can almost double their sha...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS European M&A activity in the media sector reaches highest level for six years
M&A activity in the European media sector during 2006 reached its highest level since the market...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Current state of the M&A market
Up until this summer, the small to mid-sized business M&A market has not been severely affected by t...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Sector Valuations
A look at the relative multiples paid across different sectors on the sale of large private companie...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Entrepreneurs' confidence in UK economy dips
According to the Tenon Forum think-tank recent economic uncertainty has left UK entrepreneurs feelin...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES How to profit from buying distressed businesses
Now that the 'easy-credit' party is over and businesses are facing uncertainty in the face...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES How to profit from buying distressed businesses
Now that the 'easy-credit' party is over and businesses are facing uncertainty in the face...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Entrepreneurs could be caught out by capital gains tax loophole
So how did businesses take advantage of the 10% rate of capital gain tax payable on the selling of a...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS CGT loophole could cause problems for entrepreneurs
One of the most significant events to affect the corporate M&A market occurred this year when Alista...
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FOR BUYERS Post Merger Integration - Thinking about the human elements of any acquisition or merger
Last month we examined the importance of setting up a framework of teams to manage the post integrat...