DISTRESSED BUSINESSES
A guide from company rescue firm KSA on how to buy a business from an Administrative Receiver, Administrator or Liquidator. This brief article shows you how to go about buying a business from an Insolvency Practitioner (IP) actin...continue reading
FOR SELLERS
Entrepreneurs considering selling their businesses over the next year are breathing a sigh of relief today as the chancellor, Alistair Darling, held back from lifting capital gains tax rates in today's Pre-Budget Report. Exp...continue reading
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
There has been a great deal of fuss in the press about the "pre-pack" administration process not giving a fair deal for the business's creditors and accountancy firms benefiting in the form of high levels of fees. Despite ma...continue reading
DISTRESSED BUSINESSES
According to latest figures released by KPMG this week, around half of MBO deals completed over the last three months have involved distressed companies. The other interesting fact born out by the data is that average deal size ...continue reading
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
A recent PwC survey showing that the pace of business failures has slowed is an indicator that the state of the UK economy is beginning to improve. The fact that growth in UK unemployment has also slowed helps to confirm this view...continue reading
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
Prices paid for businesses show signs of improvement as debt/funding availabilty increases. Higher business valuations are likely to follow. Average multiples paid for larger private businesses in the second quarter of 2009 wer...continue reading
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
The Private Company Price Index (PCPI), produced by accountancy firm BDO Stoy Hayward, tracks the relationship between the current four-month rolling average FTSE Non-Financials price/earnings ratio (p/e) and the p/es currently be...continue reading
FOR BUYERS
Several factors have been revealed as key to successfully integrating an acquired business, according to a new report by Accenture, the management consultancy. These 'catalysts' allow executives to ensure that synergies...continue reading
DISTRESSED BUSINESSES
Times are still tough for a lot of businesses. According to recent figures from The Insolvency Service, there were 5,055 liquidations in England and Wales in the second quarter of this year. This was a 39.1% increase on the same ...continue reading
FOR SELLERS
Most directors of failed businesses cite a drop in profitability caused by tougher trading conditions as the main reason for their firm's demise. In reality for many of these businesses, it is not 'profitability' bu...continue reading
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