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Construction tops insolvency stats in year to November
- December 2024
New figures from the Insolvency Service have revealed that more than 4,200 construction companies collapsed in the year ending November 2024, with the sector continuing to be one of the worst affected by high UK insolvency figures. 4,208 UK construction companies became insolvent in the last year...
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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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DEAL INSIGHT Startup vs long-established company
Learn about the difference between acquiring a startup and a long-established business....
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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...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Confidence in UK deals increasing among PE firms
M&A activity has increased in the UK during 2024, with improvements in economic and financing condit...
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FOR BUYERS How to find and buy distressed assets
Over recent years, insolvency levels and financial distress among UK businesses have soared. In the ...
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SECTOR GUIDES Over 90 per cent of financial services firms would consider M&A
Over 90 per cent of financial services firms have said that they either are planning M&A as a key pa...
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SECTOR GUIDES Waste and recycling M&A: Resilience, disruption and sustainability
Unsurprisingly, the UK waste and recycling industry has remained largely immune to the country’s r...
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SECTOR GUIDES Fashion manufacturer insolvencies up by nearly a quarter
The number of UK fashion manufacturers falling into insolvency rose by close to a quarter in the yea...
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FOR SELLERS Labour Government Budget deflates Business Asset Disposal Relief
The small print of The Autumn 2024 Budget contained a particularly nasty surprise for the millions o...