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Legal pros expect AI to drive most M&A processes within 10 years
- April 2025
A new survey of legal professionals by legal technology solutions firm Litera has found that law firms are embracing artificial intelligence (AI) within their dealmaking processes and that most professionals expect that AI-based technologies will be used to complete the majority of M&A processes in ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS This niche technology company is reaping rewards from consolidating its sectorLearning Technologies Group (LTG) is strategically set up to grow directly through consolidation of ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Founders don't always win big on 'successful' exitsYou start a business. It grows. Exponentially. Bigger and bigger. More customers, more sales. Sudden...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS The gig economy beckons - buying a business with a blended workforce
The world of employment is changing, driven in large part by rapid technological change that is evol...
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FOR BUYERS Spotlight on family businessesBusiness buyers looking to make their next purchase may not have considered a family business as the...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Are holiday parks great business investments?Two very large leisure deals at the back end of last year suggest the UK’s caravan parks, holiday ...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Buying intellectual property out of a business administration
Buying physical assets from a company in administration is well-trodden ground for many business buy...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS The most common hold-ups in a business acquisition
The most common hold-ups in a business acquisition are revealed in an exclusive video interview wit...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS The impact of Brexit on the M&A marketBuying and selling businesses in a challenging environment. After confusion and upheaval, Theresa M...
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FOR BUYERS Buying a business for its contractsAcquiring valuable contracts when taking over a business can provide you with an immediate source of...
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FOR SELLERS Survey of pub sales reveals large increase in freehouse dealsThe volume of operational freehouse pub sales has shot up by 150 per cent in the last year, whilst b...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Big shake-up in business insolvency rules loomingDeep reforms are designed to give trouble-hit firms the chance to restructure early and increase con...
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FOR BUYERS Keeping key staff is critical for a successful business acquisition
One of the biggest concerns for any business buyer undertaking an acquisition will be the retention ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Alternative finance available via 'Asset Based Lending' leaps to £4.3 billion
Amount of available lending against machinery and property in the UK The amount of alternative...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Chinese firms winning out by buying UK businessesChina’s growing economy has turned its attentions very firmly towards the UK in recent years, and ...