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Food and beverage M&A rises 29 per cent in 2024
- January 2025
M&A activity in the UK’s food and beverage industry continued its upward trajectory last year, with a new study showing a 29 per cent increase in deal volume compared to the levels recorded in 2023. According to the report from Oghma Partners, there were 151 transactions in the sector last year...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Investors ramping up pressure on PE firms to strike deals
Heading into 2025, pressure is building on private equity firms to increase their activity, followin...
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SECTOR GUIDES Financial services M&A reaches 12-year high
Dealmaking in the UK financial services industry hit its highest volume in 12 years during 2024, acc...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Foreign takeovers once again driving UK deals
2024 has largely been a year of normalisation in the UK M&A market, following the near total halt th...
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DEAL INSIGHT Startup vs long-established company
Learn about the difference between acquiring a startup and a long-established business....
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FOR BUYERS UK M&A outlook 2025
Heading into the new year, uncertainty continues to define the UK M&A market. While there is signifi...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS PE exits up nearly 50 per cent in year to November
Private equity exits increased nearly 50 per cent in the year to November 1 2024, new research has r...
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SECTOR GUIDES Construction tops insolvency stats in year to November
New figures from the Insolvency Service have revealed that more than 4,200 construction companies co...
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SECTOR GUIDES Small business acquisitions in the UK - dental industry snapshot
Whilst it is true that many sellers of micro and small UK companies have unreasonable value expectat...
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SECTOR GUIDES Hospitality optimism tempered by budget fears
Corporate insolvencies in the UK hospitality sector fell to a two-year low in October, providing a b...
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SECTOR GUIDES Drop in builders’ merchant insolvencies, but construction woes continue
The number of builders’ merchants falling into insolvency fell sharply during November 2024, accor...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Inbound investment up, but UK deal activity stalls in Q3
New data has revealed that UK M&A activity was sluggish during the third quarter of the year, with d...
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SECTOR GUIDES Media M&A: Is a resurgence in the works for 2025?
In this exclusive insight report, we examine the state of M&A activity in the media sector as a whol...
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FOR SELLERS Rush to lock in favourable tax rates no match for carefully planned exit
By the time that new Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered the Labour government’s first Budget in la...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Report: More than one in 10 UK restaurants facing insolvency
More than one in 10 restaurants in the UK are reportedly at risk of imminent closure as operators co...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES UK insolvencies down, but fears that budget measures could increase distress
During October 2024, the UK recorded a 10 per cent fall in corporate insolvencies compared to the pr...