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R&D Tax Claims: A warning for SMEs looking to exit or acquire
- May 2025
The UK government’s R&D tax credit scheme was designed to support innovation, particularly among SMEs. However, with HMRC now cracking down on fraudulent or erroneous claims amounting to £1.3bn in 2021-22 alone, businesses must ensure compliance to avoid serious financial consequences. As Russe...
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SECTOR GUIDES Consulting M&A remained resilient in 2023While many sectors saw a downturn in M&A activity last year, a new report has revealed that dealmaki...
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FOR BUYERS Financial services M&A sees 9 per cent fall in 2023M&A activity in the UK’s financial services sector fell by nine per cent last year, as dealmaking ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Could interest rate cut drive SME dealmaking?Following an unexpectedly sharp drop in the UK’s rate of inflation towards the end of last year, t...
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DEAL INSIGHT Buying a business with the sale in mindIn this video of our Deal Insight series, we talk to Jonathan Jay about exit strategies and buying a...
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SECTOR GUIDES MedTech faces M&A challenges, but innovation and the economy offer hopeM&A activity in the UK MedTech sector experienced a tough year in 2023, with economic conditions res...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK M&A Outlook 20242023 was not exactly a bumper year for M&A, with the headwinds that defined much of 2022 continuing ...
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SECTOR GUIDES Hotels and niche sectors offer hope for travel M&A after slow 2023Travel and tourism saw slow dealmaking during the first three quarters of last year as the sector co...
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DEAL INSIGHT What advisors do you need when buying a business?Having the right advice when buying a business is really important, so in this video of our Deal Ins...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Hospitality could see 2024 M&A surgeAnalysts are predicting that the UK hospitality sector could see a surge in dealmaking activity duri...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Companies increasingly looking to M&A to keep up with changing industriesA new survey has found that UK companies are increasingly looking to M&A activity to help them keep ...
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SECTOR GUIDES Logistics M&A growing, while haulage insolvencies hit new heightsM&A activity in the UK’s logistics and supply chain management industry has risen to a two-year hi...
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SECTOR GUIDES Consolidation starting to grip UK estate agent marketA trend of consolidation is emerging within the UK estate agency sector. Some agencies are strateg...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Corporate insolvencies surging as distress continues to growUK companies are facing an incredibly difficult winter as the economic challenges that have pounded ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Survey: UK dealmaking should improve within a yearA new survey has found that the majority of UK dealmakers believe that activity will pick up over th...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Survey reveals UK SME leaders optimistic about 2024 M&A marketDespite a year which has seen a continuation of the slow deal activity that defined much of 2022, a ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Government set to pare back M&A screening powersThe UK government is set to pare back its investment screening powers in an effort to make regulatio...