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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 SELLERS Are you really ready to sell your business? - Key questions for owners considering a saleAs a business owner, there might come a day in the future when you wake up and think that it’s tim...
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FOR BUYERS UK Hospitality faces cruel winter - rise in acquisition and consolidation plans forecastAs the UK economy enters a winter of almost unprecedented uncertainty, the hospitality industry is a...
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FOR BUYERS Accelerating M&A deal originationDeal origination is the foundation of any successful acquisition-led growth strategy and, at a time ...
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FOR BUYERS Logistics firms targeting acquisitions despite falling confidenceClose to half of logistics firms in the UK say that they are likely to make an acquisition over the ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Seafood M&A - a look at what is behind the surge2021 was the busiest year for dealmaking in the global seafood industry to date, with a record level...
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FOR BUYERS Rock-bottom pound and low company valuations attract overseas buyersThe UK has recently established itself as Europe’s number one destination for inbound M&A investme...
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SECTOR GUIDES UK recruitment sector M&A remains buoyant in an uncertain economyThe past two years have turned the recruitment sector on its head, with the chaos of the COVID-19 pa...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK the most attractive destination in Europe for M&A investmentNew research has revealed that the UK has overtaken the Netherlands and Germany to become Europe’s...
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SECTOR GUIDES UK Snapshot: Dental Industry M&ADespite global uncertainty and the rising costs of running a business amid the UK’s soaring inflat...
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FOR BUYERS Peter Lidgitt: Building a £22m business through acquisitionsPeter Lidgitt is the Chairman of Mastiff Group, a group comprised of close to thirty independent bus...
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FOR BUYERS The key steps to making successful distressed acquisitionsBusiness distress is soaring in the UK, as companies contend with the withdrawal of government suppo...
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FOR BUYERS M&A as a strategy to mitigate global disruptionM&A is often used by companies to respond to shifts within their sector, whether these shifts are dr...
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FOR BUYERS How private business mergers and acquisitions differ between the US and UKWhen examining the respective M&A markets of the USA and the UK, perhaps the most striking thing to ...
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FOR SELLERS How do you know when the right time is to sell your business?When you’ve dedicated yourself to a business - whether started from scratch or taken on at a later...