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As confidence dips, M&A can be vital in helping UK SMEs to attain growth
- March 2025
With the UK's economic outlook seemingly worsening once again over recent months, highlighted by the recent Spring Budget, concerns are mounting that SMEs may put off plans to invest, potentially harming their growth prospects. With organic growth remaining a long-term challenge, M&A could be transf...
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FOR BUYERS Fears that insolvencies could spread to bigger companiesInsolvency statistics from the first quarter of the year have raised concerns that larger companies ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Three quarters of SMEs worried about late paymentsApproximately three quarters of small and medium-sized businesses in the UK are worried about cashfl...
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FOR BUYERS M&A activity forecast to be cautious yet stable in Q2 2023M&A activity is expected to remain stable during the second quarter of 2023, despite a host of geopo...
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FOR BUYERS ESG & M&A - The correlation between ESG and company valuationESG is becoming a core consideration in many business’ M&A strategies and with good reason. Numero...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Earnouts – The benefits, complexities and tax considerationsAn earnout – a financial arrangement in M&A in which a portion of a company’s purchase price is ...
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SECTOR GUIDES Accounting firms broaden their focus to stay relevantThe trend for accounting firms to venture beyond their traditional areas of service has been highli...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Insolvencies on the rise at mid-sized UK SMEsA new report has highlighted an increase in insolvencies among mid-sized UK SMEs over the past year ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Mergers and acquisitions in language services - Localisation, globalisation and fragmentationUpdated March 2024 - scroll to end Most industry sectors saw a drop in dealmaking activity in 202...
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FOR BUYERS Conducting due diligence in a downturn - Unlocking value and avoiding hidden risksDuring a downturn or recession, M&A opportunities are rife, with valuations low and more businesses ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Finding M&A value in an economic downturnDuring a recession or economic downturn, M&A activity will typically decline as sentiment dampens am...
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SECTOR GUIDES M&A in financial services - digitisation, disruption and divestmentsAs M&A activity dropped worldwide last year, the financial services sector remained something of an ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS How ego and pride can ruin a good deal...and a companyBy Chris St Cartmail An intriguing tale of a cross-border private equity deal that failed at the ...
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FOR BUYERS Tips for scaling up your six-figure business prior to a saleWhen you make the decision to sell your business, undertaking a fresh growth strategy might not be t...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS 2023: An outlook on developing M&A trendsAfter an explosive year of M&A in 2021 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, dealmaking returned to ...