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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 Low Oil Prices: how business buyers can profit
Plummeting oil prices have dominated the news of late as supply and demand issues continue to conspi...
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FOR BUYERS A hike in court fees could push SMEs into insolvency
There are concerns that a rise in court fees could lead to a decline in smaller businesses seeking j...
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FOR BUYERS Landlords vent frustrations after HMV administrators pocket millions
There were many who lost out financially when HMV toppled into administration back in January 2013, ...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES What you need to know about winding-up petitions
For business buyers, the land of distressed opportunities can be a happy hunting ground, filled with...
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FOR BUYERS Technology acquisitions tipped to heat up in 2015/16
It has emerged that technology companies will be at the top of business buyers’ target list over t...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Rising costs squeeze already strained businesses
As 2015 gets underway, it is becoming clear that UK businesses are under mounting pressure as rising...
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FOR BUYERS Why IT is vital to your M&A success
If customers are the lifeblood of a business and staff the vital organs, then IT is the skeleton hol...
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FOR BUYERS Logistics industry enters a phase of high insolvencies
There has been a spike in the number of courier and haulier businesses becoming insolvent, impacted ...
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FOR BUYERS High street sees less retailers failing in 2014
It was thought the high street might be changed beyond recognition with the ongoing trail of collate...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Getting a head start on competitors when buying a business in administration
It didn’t take long for the wheels to kick into motion following City Link’s slide into administ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Why 2015 is set to be a big year for business sales
While last year might have started slow, the merger and acquisition (M&A) market certainly gathered ...
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FOR BUYERS Survey highlights confidence among SMEs for 2015
A new poll indicates that the majority of small to medium sized businesses (SMEs) in the UK are feel...
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FOR BUYERS UK SMEs held back by ‘digital immaturity’
New research suggests that British small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) are failing customers by...
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FOR BUYERS ‘Shadow insolvencies’ cause £200 million loss to taxpayers
HMRC may have lost out on a massive £200 million in the last year as a result of ‘shadow insolven...