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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 How to turn around a struggling businessAnyone buying a business out of administration will know that they face a challenge to make it profi...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Issa brothers, TDR Capital to acquire Asda in highly-leveraged takeoverBrothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa and private equity firm TDR Capital are set to acquire the supermarke...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES One-third of UK businesses close to running out of cashNine months of interrupted trading have taken an enormous toll on UK businesses across many sectors,...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS COVID-19, pre-pack administrations and distressed acquisitions - 2020 in reviewThere’s not much left to be said about 2020, a year of enormous upheaval and disruption across alm...
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FOR BUYERS Government COVID-19 business lending hits £62 billion but criticisms persistAccording to new figures released by the Treasury, the total value paid out to businesses through th...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS COVID-19 driving long-term change at UK SMEsThe impact of COVID-19, and the way in which businesses have had to react and adapt, is driving long...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Confidence strong among UK SMEs, studies suggestTwo recent studies have suggested that confidence among the UK’s small- and medium-sized enterpris...
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FOR BUYERS Report claims fast-growing UK SMEs face £15 billion funding shortfallAccording to a new report, the UK’s fast-growing small- and medium-sized enterprises could face a ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Going from minority stakeholder to ownerWe look at Fairstone Financial Management’s ‘Downstream Buy-Out’ acquisition strategyIn recent...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS City urges caution over tougher scrutiny of foreign takeoversThe UK government has introduced regulation enabling greater scrutiny of foreign takeovers of Britis...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Jon Moulton criticises Future Fund and tells Treasury to expect corporate bankruptciesJon Moulton, founder and managing partner of private equity firm Better Capital, has said that UK co...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Government introduces Corporate Governance and Insolvency Bill 2020The government has this week brought in to action the Corporate Governance and Insolvency Bill 2020,...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES COVID-19 could see two-fifths of UK SMEs close permanently, survey findsA new survey from business insurance firm Simply Business has found that COVID-19 could see two-fift...
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FOR SELLERS Positioning your business for a post-COVID saleFor nearly everyone, 2020 has already proven deeply unpredictable. While many business owners may ha...