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Food & Beverage M&A: Outlook remains strong for buoyant sector
- August 2025
The food and beverage sector is expected to see continued growth in M&A, following a second quarter in which dealmaking activity accelerated once more. Activity is being driven by a range of strong tailwinds, including private equity interest, strategic consolidation and major transactions. Accord...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Insolvencies remain steady as construction continues to lead the way
UK insolvencies remained steady last month, according to the latest government figures, with the con...
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SECTOR GUIDES Strategic consolidation defining resilient logistics M&A
M&A activity remains a prominent feature of the UK’s logistics and supply chain management sector,...
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SECTOR GUIDES Health and social care deals boost UK healthcare M&A
The UK’s healthcare industry saw a strong first half of the year, with activity driven by strong a...
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BSR DEAL INSIGHT SERIES Chelsea Corporate: Ran Carmon
Acquisitions, Business Valuations and Brexit....
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SECTOR GUIDES Insurance M&A: Is dwindling supply driving focus away from broker deals?
After years of rapid consolidation in the UK’s insurance broker market, activity has slowed down s...
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FOR BUYERS ETA and Search Funds: A viable M&A model?
There has been heightened interest within lower tier M&A circles about Entrepreneurship through Acqu...
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SECTOR GUIDES Insurance carrier M&A falls to lowest since 2008 in H1 2025
M&A activity involving global insurance carriers fell to the lowest level since 2008 during the firs...
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FOR BUYERS Tech add-on deals drive recovery in PE activity
Add-on deals in the technology and media sector helped to drive a recovery in private equity M&A act...
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FOR BUYERS M&A involving family offices, high net worth individuals up 13 per cent
The volume of M&A deals in the UK undertaken by family offices and high net worth (HNW) individuals ...
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SECTOR GUIDES UK tech firms expect increase in M&A and inward investment
The majority of UK tech companies expect M&A activity to increase over the coming year, with growth ...
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FOR BUYERS Survey: Majority of HR teams unprepared for M&A increase
Dealmakers are largely optimistic about a potential increase in M&A activity during 2025, but HR tea...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK civil engineering sector riding tailwinds of change
Conditions are emerging that could drive strong M&A activity in the UK’s civil engineering industr...
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FOR SELLERS Personal readiness - A neglected aspect of exit planning?
The deal was everything Karl Watkins thought he’d been striving for. After 22 years building t...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Drop in hospitality insolvencies could prove temporary
Company insolvencies in the accommodation and food services industry were down year-on-year and mont...
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SECTOR GUIDES Building products & services sees record increase in M&A
M&A activity has continued to grow in the building products & services (BP&S) sector, with the indus...