INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
The technology sector has weathered the financial crisis better than most. Although M&A activity was significantly down in 2009 with global deal volume and value falling by 48% and 60% respectively, 2010 has seen a strong start. ...continue reading
DISTRESSED BUSINESSES
Now that we are technically out of recession, many businesses are still facing uncertainty in the face of a sluggish UK economy. However, there continues to be good opportunities for entrepreneurs to buy struggling businesses. Rec...continue reading
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A recovery in mergers and acquisitions has been forecast for the UK's food and drink sector in 2010, after last year witnessed a drop to just 70 deals compared to 132 in 2007. Figures analysed by Grant Thornton UK LLP reveal...continue reading
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Now that we are technically out of recession, many businesses are still facing uncertainty in the face of a sluggish UK economy. However, there continues to be good opportunities for entrepreneurs to buy struggling businesses. Rec...continue reading
FOR BUYERS
The Enterprise Investment Scheme The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) is designed to encourage investment by individuals in ordinary shares of unquoted trading companies. The scheme allows companies, which meet certain condition...continue reading
SECTOR GUIDES
Buying a property business can be a good way to indirectly invest in property. The fortunes of property companies often follow the market itself quite closely, so returns could be quite volatile. However, a well-managed property c...continue reading
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
As the recession period draws to a close, some analysts are wondering if it will spell the start of a particularly busy period for mergers and acquisitions. Following a time when firms were tightening their purse strings, those ...continue reading
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
image:lZEBKJLjK9ZfOjKMdDh0aOGqQkmSOOXf4PqFiVma.jpeg Mergers and acquisition activity declined for the eighth successive quarter to 445 publicly reported transactions a 20 per cent fall on both the third quarter of 2009 and the sa...continue reading
SECTOR GUIDES
Construction businesses are very much focused on people and relationships and as such have their own individual character. The people who run construction companies must be specialists in managing risk as mistakes in construction ...continue reading
SECTOR GUIDES
I got pitched a question last week from a principal of a software business. He asked what were the most common valuation approaches used for valuing a small software company in a slow-growing market segment with revenues around ...continue reading
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